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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="8-115" title_number="8" title_name="State and Local Correctional System -- Generally" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Standards for Correctional Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Commission or an authorized inspector finds a condition in a correctional facility that is life threatening or health endangering, the Commission or inspector may order the immediate cessation of operation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Within 96 hours after an order is issued under subsection (a) of this section, the Commission shall hold a review hearing to confirm or countermand the order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a correctional facility is ordered closed under this section, all incarcerated individuals in the facility shall be transferred to and accepted in a suitable place of detention, as the Secretary determines.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The governing body responsible for the cost of the closed facility shall pay the expenses incurred in transferring and maintaining incarcerated individuals under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
