Wow! It's always fascinating to see differences in how things work!
kristie911 said:
This is how it works in our two local jails, both of which are relatively small (holding approx 75-100 prisoners at full capacity):
Okay, our local jail has a bed size of 125. But we hope to add another 100 onto that real soon. So we're about the same size:
kristie911 said:
1: Males and females would never be held in the same cell, not during processing nor after they are processed, not in the drunk tank, nothing. Even when they are in general population they are not in an area where they can see or speak to prisoners of the opposite sex. Never. Even if there are two officers booking two seperate arrests (one male and one female) they will not be in the booking area together. One will wait in the security garage until the other is processed.
Not so here. We'll process them either together unless they are co-conspirators OR co-victims OR one is a victim arrested on an unrelated charge. Unless we don't have the staff for multiple bookings (which is common) in which case one is held in a holding cell while the other is booked.
kristie911 said:
2: I know that some of the bigger jails do have holding cells but in our jails the officer is required to stay with his/her prisioner until he is processed. There are no holding cells...once they are booked in, they go to the holding cell aka drunk tank until arraingment in the morning.
Semantics here but our 'drunk tank' is called 'holding'. For us there are only three reasons to be left in a holding cell:
Intoxicated by some substance
suicidal
getting out relatively soon (say, less than a day, so those who are going to bail in a few hours, civil protective custody, courtesy holds, etc)
Though, our arraignments take up to three or four weeks to happen. We have a '72 hour appearence' which is basically where the judge has reviewed the probable cause for arrest and then tells the detainee what they are charged with and what their bail is...but arraignment? Not for some time. (mostly because of how busy our courts are and how long our DA has to file charges).
kristie911 said:
3: If the subject was picked up for flight from a charge as serious as manslaughter they would bypass the holding cell, since a warrant does not require they see the magistrate in the morning, and go directly to a high security cell in solitary. Someone that has previously escaped and has a charge as serious as this would be treated very differently from your run of the mill drunk or domestic violence arrest. You can bet he would come in wearing cuffs and leg irons which would not be removed until he was in his cell, even during booking.
We don't automatically put people into solitary for manslaughter (which usually denotes death by accidental but criminal reasons, such as DUI, arson, etc. While the intent wasn't to kill, actions lead to death) but we do put them in felony blocks. Mainly because we don't have a lot of solitary cells to fill up with all sorts of bad criminals.
We do treat escapees with a higher degree of security and will isolate them for a time, but we'll also be sure to put them into general population after a bit of time with assorted precautions. But we won't always keep them shackled up unless their demeanor/attitude warrants it.
kristie911 said:
He would be held in the high security cell until the police agency with the charges was able to come and get him. And you can bet it wouldn't be long...
This also depends on where the charges are out of (another state?) and whether there are local charges? Chances are there is a local charge since the person was picked up on the warrant. But we have held bad criminals for a good long time on our 'local' charges and then even longer when they decided to fight extradition on the fugitive warrant. In Nevada, the extradition (if they fight it) can take up to four months. Three for the jurisdiction to prove this is the person they are looking for and then an additional month to obtain a governor's warrant ordering the return of the prisoner.
But reading your post gives me some ideas that I should run by our admin. Thanks for posting it.
Rabe...
But, no matter what the deputies will keep the males from the females. 
