Abstract A portable jail cell which can be transported as a unit and installed in a jail or designated building. A windowless structure which has a foraminous metal screen door for light and air, is of ribbed sheet metal panels except for the floor. The floor is of cast concrete provided with channels on which to set and weld a unit cell. Sheet metal bunks which are welded inside the cell create a solid one piece unit. At one corner is an angled wall portion connecting contiguous side walls, and on the inner side of which are the toilet and wash bowl and on the outer side are suitable plumbing fixtures. This enables two cells to be placed side by side with adjacent angled wall portions to provide convenient access chambers and dispose the plumbing for the two cells in conveniently accessible location. The sheet metal for the wall panels is not less than one-eighth inch in thickness to militate against manual cutting.
A prisoner detention cell adapted to be transported as a modular unit to the place of use comprising a prefabricated self contained structure having a floor in the form of a cast slab, a ceiling and side walls, each side wall and ceiling consisting of sheet metal panels having a series of integral, parallel reinforcing ribs generally V-shaped in cross section, and spaced substantially from each other, adjacent side walls at one corner being truncated or terminating at an appreciable distance from each other, a flat corner wall panel joining the edges of said truncated side walls, and providing a mounting panel for water and waste pipes common to plumbing facilities, whereby two detention cells can be arranged side by side so that plumbing can be conveniently installed in each of the adjacent mounting panels and arranged in close juxtaposition for economy and ease of inspection and servicing, the ceiling and side walls being closed except for one side wall, and a door in said last side wall having a foraminous section affording air, light and access to the cell.
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A prisoner detention cell adapted to be transported as a modular unit to the place of use comprising a prefabricated self contained structure having a floor in the form of a cast slab, a ceiling and side walls, each side wall and ceiling consisting of sheet metal panels having a series of integral, parallel reinforcing ribs generally V-shaped in cross section, and spaced substantially from each other, adjacent side walls at one corner being truncated or terminating at an appreciable distance from each other, a flat corner wall panel joining the edges of said truncated side walls, and providing a mounting panel for water and waste pipes common to plumbing facilities, whereby two detention cells can be arranged side by side so that plumbing can be conveniently installed in each of the adjacent mounting panels and arranged in close juxtaposition for economy and ease of inspection and servicing, the ceiling and side walls being closed except for one side wall, and a door in said last side wall having a foraminous section affording air, light and access to the cell.