(Optional) Outline procedures for booking a prisoner into a jail or lockup.

Outline should include

  • following methods designed to prevent injury to a prisoner, including self-inflicted injury or injury inflicted by others
  • re-searching a prisoner being booked into the jail
  • following methods for the control and discipline of prisoners during booking
  • completing legally required records associated with booking
  • using basic fingerprinting techniques
  • rolling/scanning a set of classified prints
  • following methods for booking females, juveniles, or sick or injured, mentally deranged, or intoxicated prisoners.

Process/Skill Questions:

  • How do the staff reduce the possibility of an inmate takeover?
  • What national system stores fingerprints, and who maintains the system?
  • Why is it important to fingerprint individuals who are arrested?