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Recreation: Resident Handbook, page 13, St. Louis County Justice Center in Clayton.

Resident Handbook, page 13.

You will be permitted to participate in scheduled recreational and dayroom activities, with the approval of the Housing Unit and Infirmary Officer, after completing the cell/unit clean-up and inspection each morning. If you are housed in the Infirmary, you will not have access to a recreation area. Dayroom activities will be allowed on an individual basis with the approval of the Corrections Medicine staff. Residents housed in Disciplinary Segregation will be given one (1) hour per day for showering and walking. Residents serving more than eight (8) hours of lockdown in the housing unit for a minor infraction will be given one walk per day for showering and walking.

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