Plumbing

Prison combination toilet bubblers serve double duty as a sink faucet and drinking fountain — which is why they must be installed with the outlet facing up. A repeat offender of TICI violations had to completely uninstall every fixture to flip one screw on the back of each bubbler.

Prison flush valves that wouldn't work properly pointed to a water pressure problem. The cause was buried underground — a hot tap connection where the installer had only drilled the small pilot hole instead of the full-diameter cutter hole, restricting the water supply to a quarter-inch opening.