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Institutional Group
I-3 occupancy shall include buildings and structures that are inhabited by more than five persons who are under restraint or security. A Group
I-3 facility is occupied by persons who are generally
incapable of self-preservation due to security measures not under the occupants' control. This group shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Correctional centers
Detention centers
Jails
Prerelease centers
Prisons
Reformatories
Buildings of Group
I-3 shall be classified as one of the occupancy conditions specified in Sections
308.5.1 through
308.5.5 (see
Section 408.1).
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is allowed from sleeping areas, and other spaces where access or occupancy is permitted, to the exterior via
means of egress without restraint. A Condition 1
facility is permitted to be constructed as
Group R.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is allowed from sleeping areas and any other occupied
smoke compartment to one or more other
smoke compartments. Egress to the exterior is impeded by locked
exits.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is allowed within individual
smoke compartments, such as within a residential unit comprised of individual
sleeping units and group activity spaces, where egress is impeded by remotecontrolled release of
means of egress from such a
smoke compartment to another
smoke compartment.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is restricted from an occupied space. Remote-controlled release is provided to
permit movement from
sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas within the
smoke compartment to other
smoke compartments.
This occupancy condition shall include buildings in which free movement is restricted from an occupied space. Staff-controlled manual release is provided to
permit movement from
sleeping units, activity spaces and other occupied areas within the
smoke compartment to other
smoke compartments.
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