Toilet rooms are frequently cited by Florida educators as a site for criminal activity, injury, and vandalism. Therefore, every opportunity to make them more secure and safe should be taken.
To begin with, locate toilet rooms directly adjacent to main corridors to maximize visibility and surveillance.
Toilet rooms void of entry doors and screened by a partition allow for acoustic surveillance from adjoining corridors~2. Care should be taken to preserve privacy by paying attention to sightlines from a hallway. To avoid the threat of assault by someone from behind this partition it could be raised above the floor to expose someone's feet. It could be constructed of translucent material as may be permitted by fire resistant requirements.
The enclosed nature of the toilet room allows vandals the privacy and opportunity to steal and damage fixtures. Therefore shelves, hand dryers, sanitary napkin dispensers, and trash containers should be heavy duty, recessed, fire resistant, and have separate locks.
Toilet room walls and floors should have a durable finish to withstand repeated cleaning of graffitti. Toilet stall partitions should be structurally sound and anchored to the walls and floors. Maintain partition heights at five feet, with a twelve-inch clearance above the floor to allow visual surveillance.