Where does the FBI hold persons it arrests?

Major FBI Field Offices do have holding rooms/jails.

Any inmate, whether pre- or post- trial is held under the authority of the order holding said inmate, regardless of the physical location of the inmate. In other words, an inmate arrested or tried in New Hampshire can be transferred to another state or Federal prison, but is still held and is still in the custody of the State of New Hampshire.

Pre-trial Federal inmates in New Hampshire are usually held in the Hillsborough County House of Corrections, aka Valley Street. Custody level is determined both by the arresting authority and the jail. Valley Street has a high level of security, but inmates requiring more are transferred to the State Prison, which has a super max area.

Best of luck,

Jim Clark-Dawe

Federal agencies, to include the FBI, are responsible for maintaining custody (and the well being) of persons arrested until presented for an initial appearance before the court of appropriate jurisdiction (FRCP: Part. 5)

https://www.justia.com/criminal/docs/frcrimp/rule5.html

Most agencies have limited holding facilities within their offices. Those that do not can have prisoners held in local jails provided the jail has a contract to hold federal prisoners. Such individual contracts are negotiated and overseen by the US Marshals Service (DOJ/USMS) for pre-trial criminal violators, Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS/USCIS/ICE/CBP) for illegal aliens (& criminal aliens), and the US Bureau of Prisons (DOJ/BOP) for sentenced prisoners.

http://www.usmarshals.gov/prisoner/index.html

http://www.dhs.gov/topic/immigration-enforcement-overview

http://www.dhs.gov/border-security-overview

http://www.bop.gov/about/facilities/

At the initial appearance a date for arraignment is set and the matter of interim release (bail/bond, if warranted) is discussed. The arrested person is either granted (restricted) release pending the next scheduled appearance before the court, or is remanded to the custody of the Attorney General (USMS custody, regardless of which federal agency made the initial arrest. The prisoner is typically held in a local contracted jail). If there are other state charges pending, any release is moot unless the concerned state (judicial) authority grants bail/bond thereon.

This may be more information than you need, but if not, it's to your advantage to get it right. Those who know will notice if you don't.

Since you're in NYC, a federal pretrial prisoner would probably wind up here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Correctional_Center,_New_York

In smaller cities, like mine, the US Marshal Service puts pretrial prisoners in local jails. We have clients spread all over southern West Virginia (and even a few in Virginia and Kentucky).

Run a search for Metropolitan Correctional Center and Madoff and you'll get some pictures from inside of the MCC. Also there's a description by Jim Dwyer in the NEW YORK TIMES describing the transfer of inmates from the MCC to the courthouse.

Best of luck,

Jim Clark-Dawe

tko, why don't you give the FBI NYC field office a call?

tko said:

Not only that, they have a web site where authors of novel and screenplays can submit questions.

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Interesting - could you share the link?

Thanks!

Thanks.