Brigging Procedures

The Brig area is under the authority of the Warden.

When confining someone inside of the brig, the suspect should be handed to the Warden for processing. It is then the responsibility of the Warden to search, confine, and process the suspect in alignment with sentencing procedures. If the suspect is awaiting trial, then they are to be transferred to the extended confinement area pending a trial. If the Warden is not available, then it is the responsibility of the arresting officer to process the suspect and handle evidence.

Treatment of Prisoners

Prisoners have certain rights that must be upheld by security and command personnel. Prisoners must be provided with the following:

• Adequate medical care and moral, spiritual, or legal counseling if it is requested and available.
  • These are rights, not grantees.
• Access their authorized radio encryption keys only.
  • This right may be revoked should it be abused.
• Clothing, food, and water on request.
• Habitable holding cells or permabrig.
  • If the secureness and safety of the holding area become compromised, the prisoners must be relocated, until the holding cells or permabrig are returned to a serviceable state.
• Freedom of movement within their holding area.
  • Unless there is an undue risk to life and limb.

Extended Confinement Prisoners

Additionally, prisoners in Extended Confinement have certain rights but also more firm restrictions that must be upheld by law enforcement:

• Only Extended Confinement prisoners may receive visitors.
  • A maximum of one individual may be permitted to visit a single convict every 10 minutes; a reason must be provided for the visit, and the visitor must consent to a search of their belongings.
  • The Warden or Head of Station Security may void the visiting time limit at their discretion.
• Upon approval, prisoners may request supervised work release if the staffing is available.
• Prisoners who intentionally and maliciously cause structural damage to the permabrig, to a degree that makes it unreasonable to hold prisoners within, are thereby guilty of a capital crime and may receive trial.
• Prisoners who intentionally, maliciously, and repeatedly cause significant bodily harm to their fellow inmates, visitors, and/or security staff are thereby guilty of a capital crime and may receive trial.
• Prisoners may request retrial for capital crimes; these requests may be refused depending on the discretion and availability of the court clerk, chief justice, or at the discretion of the warden or head of station security.
• Prisoners may request or may otherwise be given parole as permitted by the Paroles and Pardons section.

Preservative Stasis

Should prisoners repeatedly and maliciously antagonize law enforcement, to an extent where continued extended confinement becomes infeasible, two of the three authorized personnel; the Warden, Head of Security, or Commanding Officer, may agree to temporarily upgrade the relevant prisoners’ sentences to Preservative Stasis summarily.

Preservative Stasis is performed via any form of legally humane execution, but keeping them alive enough to be either put on a stasis bed or in any other location where their condition is put in stasis. In most cases, you put the prisoner to sleep the same way as you would surgery, put them in a critical state, and then proceed to put them on a stasis bed.

Paroles and Pardons

Prisoners may be admitted for parole by the Warden or Head of Security, or may apply for parole at the discretion and availability of the aforementioned parties under the following conditions:

• Shows peaceful compliance and assists officers with their duties.
• Displays clear signs of remorse concerning the committed crime and/or criminal behaviors

If parole is requested, they may receive a parole hearing conducted by the Court Clerk or Chief Justice, where they will state their case on why they should be released; they may request legal counsel in this hearing, but must represent themselves.

The sentencing officer of an arrest, the judge or arbiter of a trial, or the Warden - for extended confinement prisoners, may pardon members accused or sentenced for crimes if deemed in the best interest of the crew and vessel, and when the circumstances of the defendant or offense warrant suspension of sentence.