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Court Services Division Manual / Volume 2 - Lockup / Chapter 9 - Acceptance of Inmates and Processing

2-09/010.10 Misdemeanor Acceptance and Release Criteria for Court Lockups


2-09/010.05 DIMMS (Defendant Inmate Movement Management System)
2-09/015.00 Acceptance and Processing Inmates from City Police Departments (Except LAPD)

Remanded Inmates: See CSDM, 2-10/015.00 - New Remands from Court.

Open Charges, Misdemeanor Violations: Misdemeanor arrestees brought to a court lockup by any police agency on open charges to be heard at that court, will be accepted, and regardless of the offense charged. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, lockup personnel shall only accept inmates on the arraignment date listed in the Automated Jail Information System (AJIS) and/or Live Scan booking and property printout, refer to CSDM, 2-09/000.05 - Pre-Arraigned Inmates / 4030 PC. If the AJIS arraignment date is different, it is the responsibility of the outside agency to update the Live Scan booking report or AJIS, prior to lockup personnel accepting the arrestee.

Sheriff’s Department Misdemeanor Warrants Persons arrested for a Sheriff's Department misdemeanor warrant will be accepted, regardless of the arresting agency.

  1. If the accepting court issued the Sheriff's warrant, the inmate will be arraigned (if the inmate has additional warrants, see below.)
  2. If the warrant was issued by another Los Angeles County Court:
    • Determine whether the inmate meets the current IRC/CRDF acceptance policy (see IRC JDIC sent each Monday titled "IRC Policies on Bail Acceptance and Misdemeanor Arrests").
    • If the inmate meets the IRC/CRDF Acceptance Policy, they shall be accepted and transported to IRC/CRDF.
    • If the inmate does not meet the IRC/CRDF Acceptance Policy, they shall be cited and released. If the inmate was issued a warrant for violation of a fare evasion statute and does not otherwise meet the IRC/CRDF Acceptance Policy, they shall be cited and released. Citations for fare evasion are commonly issued by Transit Services Bureau personnel on trains crossing several judicial areas. The charging violation is Penal Code 640(b) (1-11); however, the citation may instead indicate a failure to appear violation under Penal Code 853.7.

Sentencing & Case Disposition

Inmates having dispositions on all charges that would release the inmate, and the only charge holding the inmate is a Sheriff’s Department misdemeanor warrant(s), shall be cited out if they do not meet the IRC/CRDF Acceptance Policy.

If the misdemeanor warrant is held by a local outside agency, the agency holding the warrant shall be contacted and given the opportunity to respond to the court and accept custody of the inmate. If the inmate will not be picked up by the agency, for whatever reason, the inmate shall be cited out if they do not meet the IRC/CRDF Acceptance Policy.

Any person sentenced to jail for three (3) days or less, or with the remaining time to be served of three (3) days or less, regardless of the offense charged, shall be placed on the potential release list e-mailed to IRC/CRDF. Court Services personnel will then follow the directions given by IRC/CRDF, as to releasing at court or transporting to IRC/CRDF.

NOTE: All judicial remands for Contempt of Court shall be returned to IRC/CRDF for processing.