Specific Design Requirements.

Standard Level Features and Finishes

Court security inspectors' offices do not require location adjacent to or contiguous to USMS

space with U.S. Court facilities. These offices are located to support U.S. Courts within an

entire court circuit.

Specific Design Requirements. The following information clarifies information contained

within the USCDG, specifically Chapter 10. In addition, please refer to Requirements and

Specifications for Special Purpose and Support Space, May 1992 edition, prepared by the

USMS Administrative Service Division for specific specifications of security equipment

required in the USMS area.

Administrative and Clerical Areas. The administrative and clerical areas assigned to USMS

will be constructed in accordance to standards and regulations contained in the FPMR and

PBS-PQ100.1. The U.S. Marshal will be provided the highest quality finished identified for

office space in this document and PBS-PQ100.1. Upgrades requested for this office beyond

those specified in the FPMR and PBS-PQ100.1 will be provided on a reimbursable basis.

Construction Requirements for Structurally Modified Detention Areas (SP-3A). The

construction requirements for cell, sallyport, processing, and prisoner-side of secure interview

room spaces used to detain prisoners within Federal courthouses are provided in the

Requirements and Specifications for Special Purpose and Support Space.

Sprinkler heads should not be placed within the detention cells. Detention-type sprinkler

heads should be placed strategically within detention sallyports or prisoner corridors.

All detention space is controlled and monitored by U.S. Marshals. There are to be no "panic

bars" or door releases inside detention space. If an emergency develops, prisoners are put

under physical controls or restraints, and removed from the facility.

Detention cell security requirements should not be compromised to meet accessibility

requirements. If USMS takes into custody a physically handicapped person, USMS can elect

not to place the individual into a general population cell. The detainee will be placed into the

custody of a deputy and taken to appropriately equipped facilities within the building.

Detention space and all equipment and fixtures are specified for short-term maximum security

requirements. Equipment should not be installed that could be utilized to harm prisoners or

deputies.

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