Jail Standards, Commission On

All county facilities used for confinement of county prisoners are subject to jurisdiction of Commission | Single cell and dormitory requirements for county jails, Commission has authority to establish reasonable standards for design of ancillary facilities which depart from | Jurisdiction of the Commission on Jail Standards, all county facilities used for confinement of county prisoners are subject to | Single cell and dormitory requirements for county jails, Commission on Jail Standards has authority to establish reasonable standards for design of ancillary facilities which depart from

Private detention facility, sheriff's only duty regarding is to conduct monitoring|Commission on Jail Standards has continuing duty to monitor private detention facility|Sheriff's only duty regarding private detention facility is to conduct monitoring

Alternative incarceration facilities, subject only to regulation of Commission which may promulgate minimum standards for|Commission on Jail Standards may promulgate certain minimum standards for "alternative incarceration facilities"|Commission on Jail Standards, "alternative incarceration facilities" subject only to regulations of

Commission on Jail Standards lacks authority to regulate or inspect penal institution housing only federal prisoners, even if municipality operates facility under an agreement with Federal Bureau of Prisons (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-96-151)|Penal or correctional institution housing only federal prisoners, Commission lacks authority to regulate or inspect (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-96-151)|Penal and correctional institution housing only federal inmates subject to federal, not state, standards and regulations, even if operated by a municipality under an agreement with the Bureau of Prisons (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-96-151)|Bureau of Prisons has exclusive authority to regulate or inspect a penal and correctional institution housing only federal inmates that is operated by a municipality under an agreement with the Bureau (Withdrawn by Tex. Att'y Gen. LO-96-151)

Fire sprinkler heads, Commission on Jail Standards may examine jail construction documents as well as existing jail facilities to determine where to place|Fire sprinkler heads, Commission may examine jail construction documents as well as existing jail facilities to determine where to place