Multiple Occupancy Areas

(1) When used for minimum or medium security inmates multiple occupancy rooms house no less than two and no more than 64 inmates each who are screened prior to admission for suitability to group living. (2) The rooms provide 25 square feet of unencumbered space per occupant. "Unencumbered space" is usable space that is not encumbered by furnishings or fixtures. At least one dimension of the unencumbered space is no less than seven feet. (3) When confinement exceeds ten hours per day (excluding a normal eight hour sleep period) there is at least 35 square feet of total floor space per occupant. (4) The rooms shall provide the following: (a) ability for continuing observation by staff; (b) access to toilet and wash basin with hot and cold running water, a minimum of one operable toilet for every eight females, one operable toilet for every 12 males (a of required toilets may be urinals), and one operable wash basin for every 12 occupants; (c) access to one operable shower with hot and cold running water for every 12 occupants in community release facilities, showers shall be available at a ratio of one for every eight occupants; (d) natural light; (e) beds above floor level; and, (f) a storage container for each occupant. 920.08: continued (5) Planning the use of multiple occupancy areas for inmate housing in new/additional medium facilities shall ensure that the areas are programmed for lower or minimum security areas within the facility only, and that inmates are screened for group living prior to assignment. Planning the use of such areas in new/additional maximum facilities is precluded.