INTAKE
AND BOOKING
Booking
is a term pertaining to taking custody of those individuals
arrested by law enforcement agencies for crimes committed.
The booking room is an area comprised of 10 individual
cells, two of which are large enough to hold at least
ten people at one time. Also included in those cells
is a padded cell, this is comprised of rubber walls
and ceiling with no furniture. This cell is used to
temporarily house suicidal inmates or those whom are
physically combative. There is also a staff center present
in the center of the room that allows easy viewing of
the cells and the open waiting area. The open waiting
area is comprised of chairs bolted to the floor along
with a television, three phones, and a public bathroom.
This area is occupied by those individuals who are cooperative
and behavior appropriate. They occupy this area while
awaiting bail, to have their photos or finger prints
taken, or for waiting to be escorted to a housing unit.
The people here are closely monitored by jail personnel.
There
are several aspects to the booking process:
- Those individuals,
who are arrested are brought into the jail through
a secure sally port where the arresting officer then
escort the person into a secure vestibule where the
jail personnel then enter and take custody of the
person from the arresting officer. At this point,
a jail official will ask the detained medical questions
such as whether or not the subject has any allergies,
if he or she has any special diets, and whether or
not the subject is taking any prescribed medication
along with checking to see if the person is intoxicated.
- Once all of
the medical questions have been answered, the detained
individual is then pat searched, their property is
gone through and sealed and at that point they are
then escorted inside the booking room where he or
she is allowed to make phone calls (behavior permitting),
and are then booked into the jail.
- If the detained
subject is unable to make bond, or if no bond is set,
they are then showered and changed into jail clothing
and moved into general population. If the subject
is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, they are
housed in a cell in booking where they can be closely
monitored until he or she is sober.
- Once the persons
property is all inventoried and sealed, a property
sheet listing the contents of the detained belongings
is then signed by that individual clarifying that
we have in possession all of the belongings that came
in with that person. At this point the property is
then placed in our secure property room until that
person is released from custody.
- Mug shots
are also taken in the booking room along with finger
prints of the individual if needed. Pictures are now
done by computer and can be scanned on the booking
sheets of those in custody for easy reference. An
ID card is also made with a photo of that individual
that is worn on the subject's uniform shirt pocket
for easy identification amongst jail personnel.
The
entire booking process, consisting of booking people
into the computer, searching and the inventory of property,
the taking of the photos and fingerprints along with
preparation for the transfer out of booking to a housing
unit which consists of classifying that individual based
on their current charges and current or past behavior
and cooperation level can take as little as a half an
hour up to several hours depending on existing circumstances
such as the number of people waiting to get booked in
or out of jail, the amount of paper work involved with
each case and the behaviors of those in custody.
If
there are any questions relating to someone that is
incarcerated, a Deputy can be reached at the jail by
calling 701-271-2900.
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