Code of Massachusetts Regulations
103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 920.00 - County Correctional Facilities - Physical Plant
Section 920.09 - Special Management/Isolation Cells
Universal Citation: 103 MA Code of Regs 103.920
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) The county correctional facility shall provide special management rooms with living conditions that approximate those of the general inmate population. Special management housing units shall provide the following:
(a) single occupancy rooms or cells with a
floor area of at least 70 square feet where confinement exceeds ten hours per
day (excluding a normal eight hour sleep period), this requirement applies only
to renovations and new facilities;
(b) a bed at above floor level, desk or
writing surface and proximate area to sit; and,
(c) continuous access to the following:
1. above-floor toilet facilities;
2. hot and cold running water; and,
3. natural light
(2) Special management rooms shall have doors which provide staff with the ability to observe within the room and inmates with the ability to communicate with staff outside the room.
103 CMR 920.11 shall not apply to community release facilities.
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