20-601. COUNTY JAILS -- BY WHOM KEPT AND FOR WHAT USE. The common jails
in the several counties of this state are kept by the sheriffs of the counties
in which they are respectively situated, and are used as follows:
1. For the detention of persons committed in order to secure their at-
tendance as witnesses in criminal cases.
2. For the detention of persons charged with crime and committed for
trial.
3. For the confinement of persons committed for contempt, or upon civil
process, or by other authority of law.
4. For the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment therein
upon a conviction for crime.
5. Any person who is arrested and taken to a county jail shall submit to
the entire booking process, to include, but not be limited to, having his or
her photograph taken and his or her fingerprints recorded. Any person who
refuses to submit to the entire booking process will be held in the county
jail until the process is completed, or until ordered to be released by a mag-
istrate or district judge. A person held under this section shall be taken
before a magistrate at the next scheduled first appearance time, but shall
not be released until either the entire booking process is completed or the
judge orders the release.
[(20-601) 1863, p. 475, sec. 17; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 8525; C.S.,
sec. 9415; I.C.A., sec. 20-601; am. 1999, ch. 301, sec. 1, p. 753.]