ARE SEGREGATED OUTDOOR EXERCISE SPACES THAT ARE SMALLER THAN THE PRESCRIBED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND RECREATION AREAS ALLOWED IN JUVENILE FACILITIES?
All juvenile facilities must have exercise areas that meet the dimensions established in Title 24, CCR. Some recent proposals for juvenile facilities incorporate additional segregated exercise areas adjacent to housing units. Juvenile regulations do not expressly prohibit these additional areas; however, they raise operational questions. To be considered in the calculation of required exercise areas, no single dimension can be less that 40 feet. Juvenile regulations in both Title 15, CCR and Title 24, CCR, clearly establish the intent that programming include significant amounts of daily indoor and outdoor exercise. It is also the intent of regulation, and the prevailing juvenile facility practice, that group interaction in supervised physical activities is a key component of physical activity programs. This recognizes not only the importance of developing the skills and abilities to engage in cooperative team efforts, but also physiological needs for large muscle activity. This operat
