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The Attorney General of Texas
JIM MATTOX
Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
P. O. Box 12548
Austin, TX. 78711 2548
512/475-2501
Telex 9101874-1367
Telecopler 512475066
714 Jackson, Suite 700
Dollars, TX. 75202-4506
214/742-.M44
4824 Alberta Ave., Suite 160
El Paso, TX 799052793
915533484
1001 Texas, Suite 700
Houston, TX. 77002-3111
7131223886
80* Broadway, Suite 312
Lubbock, TX. 79401-3479
806476238
4300 N. Tenth, Suite B
MlIen, 11 X 7350-IS
200 Main Piaza, Suite 400
San Antonio, TX. 782052797
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An Equal Opportunityl
Affirmtive Action EmployerOctober 18, 1985
Mr. Robert 0. Vitens
Executive Director
Texas Comtission on Jail Standards
P. 0. Box 12985
Austin, Texas 78711Opinion No. JM-360
Re: Detention of persons in
county jail under articles 5115
and 5547-26, V.T.C.S.Dear Mr. Vitera:
You request an opinion construing several statutes with respect
to when a mentally 1.11 person Uay be detained in the county jail. You
first ask whether article 5115, V.T.C.S., conflicts vith article
5547-26, V.T.C.S. Article 5115 provides in part:The Ccemissioners Court
and suitable jails for
counties. . .shall provide safe
their respective. . .U
SUITABLE SEGREGATION
The term 'safe and suitable jails.' as used in
this -Act, shall be construed to mean jails which
provide - s~quate segregation facilities . * .
separating; witnesses from all classifications of
prisonite; and males from females. . .
.. lNo T-sw:suspected of insanity, or who has
beenlega aJuduged insane, shall be housed or
held in I jai, except that sue a person who
Aemanstraie bho icidal tendencies, and who aust be
restraine from committing acts of violence
against otl.er persons, may be held in a jail for a
- eriod of tie not to exceed a total of twenty-
four 424)1tours, during which period be shall be
kept under observation continuously. At the end
of the tw nt-four (24) hour period. such-person
shall be re lased or taken to a hospital or mental
hospital. Furthermore, for such temporary holdingp. 1645
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-360, text, October 18, 1985; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth272800/m1/1/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.