Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 37. LAW |
PART III. Agencies and Offices |
Subpart B. Department of Corrections |
Chapter 95. County Correctional Institutions |
SubChapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE STANDARDS, REGULATIONS AND FACILITIES |
Section 95.238. Recreation
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The following are the minimum requirements applicable to recreation:
(1) Jails shall provide all prisoners at least 2 hours daily, physical exercise in the open, weather permitting. If the weather is inclement, each inmate shall have 2 hours physical exercise daily indoors.
(2) Written local policy shall describe the prisons recreational programming for inmates.
(3) Physical exercise schedules for males, females and juveniles shall be arranged to provide for segregation. Jail administrators may separate inmates further based on age, vulnerability and other appropriate security criteria.
(4) Inmates under disciplinary status or segregation shall receive 1 hour of outdoor activity 5 days a week.
The provisions of this § 95.238 readopted May 18, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 1619; amended February 18, 2000, effective February 19, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 866. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (222409).
Notation
The provisions of this § 95.238 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186).