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AstroRig57
Apr 27, 2015Explorer
mlts22 wrote:
In some prisons, there is one main entry and exit for the COs and staff, which is called the sally port (term comes from castles that had a narrow opening other than the main gate for small groups to leave and enter, during a siege.)
Partially correct. Most correctional facilities have multiple sally ports. There are vehicle sally ports and there are pedestrian sally ports.
In prison or jail parlance, a sally port is any double gated, or double doored, controlled entry wherein you enter a holding area, hall, rotunda, or other passageway via one gate or door that must be closed before the next gate or door, at the other end of the of the holding area, can be opened. This is a means of controlling movement into or out of facilities, housing units, or other secure areas.
A sally port bypass is activated, enabling the gates or doors at BOTH ends of the passageway to be opened at the same time, when, due to some sort of an emergency, it is desirable to quickly get staff into a secure area or even to evacuate it. In most cases, officers controlling sally ports must get supervisory approval before activating the bypass. Sally port bypass keys are often kept in locked boxes with glass fronts that say "Break Glass In Emergency". This is why it's rather silly that the bypass keys are the all too common CH751.
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