Opinion ID: 398038
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: new facilities

Text: 135 A. Defendants shall not make final selection of a site for, nor undertake the construction of any new units for housing prisoners unless they have filed a report with the court demonstrating that the following conditions are met: 136 1. The population of the unit will not exceed 500 prisoners, or the unit will be so structured that the population of each organizational sub-unit within the unit will not exceed 500 prisoners, in accordance with Section VIII of this order. 137 2. The unit will not be located more than fifty miles from a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), as defined by the United States Bureau of the Census, with a population exceeding 200,000, unless defendants' report shows that defendants are able to recruit and maintain adequate numbers of qualified professionals, paraprofessionals, and others in all disciplines necessary to the effective functioning of the unit in a constitutional manner. 138 3. All prisoners classified as maximum security prisoners in accordance with the classification plan to be submitted pursuant to Section II-E of this order will be confined to single cells of at least sixty square feet. 139 4. All prisoners classified as minimum security prisoners in accordance with the classification plan to be submitted pursuant to Section II-E of this order will be confined to single cells of at least sixty square feet or in dormitories providing at least sixty square feet per prisoner, excluding bathing, toilet, and recreation (dayroom) areas. 140 5. The facility will comply with the fire safety standards of the current edition of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association. 141 B. By August 1, 1981, defendants shall file a report with the court providing the information required above for the Beto Unit (now under construction) and the proposed Grimes County unit. 142 C. Defendants shall not undertake the construction of any new facilities or cellblocks for housing prisoners on existing units, unless they have filed a report with the court demonstrating that the following conditions are met: 143 1. All prisoners classified as maximum security prisoners in accordance with the classification plan to be submitted pursuant to Section II-E of this order will be confined to single cells of at least sixty square feet. 144 2. All prisoners classified as minimum security prisoners in accordance with the classification plan to be submitted pursuant to Section II-E of this order will be confined to single cells of at least sixty square feet or in dormitories providing at least sixty square feet per prisoner, excluding bathing, toilet, and recreation (dayroom) areas. 145 3. Defendants are able to recruit and maintain adequate numbers of qualified professionals, paraprofessionals, and others in all disciplines necessary to the effective functioning of the entire unit in a constitutional manner. 146 4. The facility or cellblock will comply with the fire safety standards of the current edition of the Life Safety Code of the National Fire Protection Association. 147 5. The addition of the facility or cellblock will not impede the defendants' compliance with Section VIII of this order relating to reorganization of existing TDC units. 148