Students, Prisoner Services


	Prisoner Services
	Each day, the Marshals Service houses nearly 44,000 prisoners in federal, state, local and private jails throughout the nation. Sometimes there are so many prisoners the Marshals Service has to rent beds from local jails.
	When a person is arrested, they must go before a magistrate (judge) to be charged (told why they were arrested). The magistrate then decides if the person is released or remanded (sent back) to prison until their trial. While in Marshals Service custody (hold) each prisoner is safely moved to and from court, securely housed and, provided meals and medical care. The Marshals Service may be required to escort prisoners many times during several legal proceedings, such as:
		Initial Hearing: defendant is told the reason for arrest
		Pre-Trial: proceedings to clear up subjects of law and facts
		Competency examinations: determine if a person can mentally understand the charges and a trial
		Trial: formal examination of the facts to prove guilt
		Pre-sentencing: after a person is convicted (declared guilty), the court's probation officer prepares a report of the person’s present and past offenses to decide the appropriate sentence.
		Sentencing: the punishment given by a judge for being found guilty of a crime
		Delivery: legal transfer to an institution to serve sentence
		Transfer: prisoner movement between institutions
		Move: criminal aliens to a deportation center
		Removal: deportation of aliens from U.S.
	MEDICAL CARE: If a prisoner becomes sick while in Marshals Service custody, the following arrangements are provided:
		medical appointment at a local doctor’s office or hospital
		safe escort to the medical appointment
		guard service during a prisoner’s hospital stay
		payment of the medical bill
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