Texas § 501.113 TRIPLE-CELLING PROHIBITED; SINGLE-CELLING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INMATES.

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§ 501.113 — TRIPLE-CELLING PROHIBITED; SINGLE-CELLING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INMATES.

Texas § 501.113

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 501.113 (2026).

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Sec. 501.113. TRIPLE-CELLING PROHIBITED; SINGLE-CELLING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INMATES.

(a)The institutional division may not house more than two inmates in a cell designed for occupancy by one inmate or two inmates.

(b)The institutional division shall house the following classes of inmates in single occupancy cells:

(1)inmates confined in death row segregation;

(2)inmates confined in administrative segregation;

(3)inmates assessed as having intellectual disabilities and whose habilitation plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell;

(4)inmates with a diagnosed psychiatric illness being treated on an inpatient or outpatient basis whose individual treatment plans recommend housing in single occupancy cells; and

(5)inmates whose medical treatment plans recommend housing in a sing

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Sec. 501.113. TRIPLE-CELLING PROHIBITED; SINGLE-CELLING REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN INMATES. (a) The institutional division may not house more than two inmates in a cell designed for occupancy by one inmate or two inmates.
(b) The institutional division shall house the following classes of inmates in single occupancy cells:
(1) inmates confined in death row segregation;
(2) inmates confined in administrative segregation;
(3) inmates assessed as having intellectual disabilities and whose habilitation plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell;
(4) inmates with a diagnosed psychiatric illness being treated on an inpatient or outpatient basis whose individual treatment plans recommend housing in single occupancy cells; and
(5) inmates whose medical treatment plans recommend housing in a single occupancy cell.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446 ), Sec. 5.15, eff. September 1, 2023.