The place in the Village heretofore established and used as the holding cell, or any other place which may be hereafter used for that purpose, is hereby declared to be the Village holding cell.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dwight as Ch. 8, Art. V, of the 1999 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Chief of Police shall be the keeper of the holding cell and shall have custody over all persons confined therein and of all property pertaining thereto.
The holding cell shall be used for the incarceration of all persons, arrested for violating any law of the State of Illinois, the United States or for violating any Village Ordinances until such person shall be lawfully brought before a Judge for a hearing or until such person shall be lawfully transferred to some other place of incarceration or otherwise lawfully released.
It shall be unlawful for any person to escape, attempt to escape, or to assist any prisoner to escape or attempt to escape from the holding cell.
It shall be unlawful for any person to communicate with any prisoner held in the holding cell without the permission of the Chief of Police or the police officer in charge.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined as designated in the fine rate schedule for each offense.