Section 343.218 - Location and Operations(a) Co-located Facilities. (1) If the juvenile facility is located in the same building or on the same grounds as any type of adult corrections facility, the juvenile facility shall be a separate, self-contained unit.(2) All applicable federal and state laws pertaining to the separation of juveniles from adult inmates shall apply.(3) The facility shall submit information to and agree to monitoring from the Office of the Governor and/or the contract representative.(b) Separate Operations. (1) All pre-adjudication programs shall be operated separately from any post-adjudication programs.(2) Where a pre-adjudication program and a post-adjudication program are located in the same building or on the same grounds, direct verbal interaction and/or physical interaction between the two populations shall be kept to a minimum. Sight-and-sound separation is not required. Allowing the two populations to hear each other (non-interactive) and see each other does not constitute non-compliance with this standard.(3) During program hours, separate and distinct juvenile supervision officer supervision ratios shall be maintained in accordance with applicable standards in Subchapters C and D of this chapter if pre-adjudication and post-adjudication populations are sharing the same physical space and/or program activity. (4) During non-program hours, a single juvenile supervision officer may simultaneously satisfy the supervision ratios for pre-adjudication and post-adjudication populations housed in single-occupancy housing units.(c) Programming on Facility Premises for Non-Residents. Any youths who participate in day programming on the facility premises who are not residents of the facility shall be kept physically separated from residents of the facility at all times.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 343.218
The provisions of this §343.218 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 7095; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 47, November 21, 2014, TexReg 9253, eff. 1/1/2015