amount and type of drugs being administered by the medical facility to the inmate and other medical personnel. Then the over watch officer ensures the perimeter distance is sustained at all times and checks to see if the inmate has swallow their medication by opening their mouth and physically showing that they swallowed the medication. However, it is not required that the inmate must take their prescribed medication by the medical staff. Like in the constitution, even an inmate has rights to refuse medical treatment at any time. Also, this refusal must be properly documented by the medical personnel journal and the officer’s watch journal to cover themselves and the department from any false allegations of medical treatment denial. Overall,
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My assignment consisted of observing the booking and processing protocols for inmates arriving or departing the facilities at the counter operations center. I was paired up with senior veteran, Deputy Allen. Deputy Allen informed me that Tuesdays thru Thursdays are their busiest days of the week due to arrangements, medical appoints, inmates departures and receiving prisoners from other consortium county agreements for holding inmates until their arrangement to be seen by the court system for that particular circumstances. Butler County Jail is holding approximately 800 inmates for offenses ranging from a misdemeanor to a Class 1 Felony Offense. Today, my observation was going over the court documents for the inmates that had to go to court. Sgt Allen checked the list twice for the personnel had court and checked the computer database for location of the prisoner in the pod cells. After reconfirming the list, Sgt Allen communicates with each pod to have the prisoners prepare to be escorted up to the receiving center part of the jail. At this point, the inmates wait in a holding cell until the dedicated officer from Butler County Jail or an outside agency representative will arrive to escort them to the specified court system. During this shift, at least 30 inmates were escorted to various levels of the court system and another 12-15 was released during this work shift at the Butler County Jail. Overall, the large amount of personnel being in/out processed appeared to go very smooth without much disruption in the
My assignment consisted of observing the booking and processing protocols for inmates arriving or departing the facilities at the counter operations center. I was paired up with senior veteran, Deputy Allen. Deputy Allen informed me that Tuesdays thru Thursdays are their busiest days of the week due to arrangements, medical appoints, inmates departures and receiving prisoners from other consortium county agreements for holding inmates until their arrangement to be seen by the court system for that particular circumstances. Butler County Jail is holding approximately 800 inmates for offenses ranging from a misdemeanor to a Class 1 Felony Offense. Today, my observation was going over the court documents for the inmates that had to go to court. Sgt Allen checked the list twice for the personnel had court and checked the computer database for location of the prisoner in the pod cells. After reconfirming the list, Sgt Allen communicates with each pod to have the prisoners prepare to be escorted up to the receiving center part of the jail. At this point, the inmates wait in a holding cell until the dedicated officer from Butler County Jail or an outside agency representative will arrive to escort them to the specified court system. During this shift, at least 30 inmates were escorted to various levels of the court system and another 12-15 was released during this work shift at the Butler County Jail. Overall, the large amount of personnel being in/out processed appeared to go very smooth without much disruption in the