Palm Springs Jail

The Palm Springs Police Department operates a Type-One temporary holding jail. Prisoners are held for a maximum for 72 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) before appearing before a judge in a video hearing.

The jail is overseen by Captain Ron Starrs. The jailers are police department employees specializing in custody. This staffing level provides for two jailers on duty at all times. The jail facility is in operation 24 hours per day, seven days per week.

Jail personnel are responsible for the processing of all prisoners; this includes booking, fingerprinting, photographing, feeding and monitoring prisoners while they are in the jail facility.

The Palm Springs Police Jail is equipped with the Live Scan fingerprinting system. This computerized system allows the recording of a prisoner's fingerprints without the use of ink. The system is in direct contact with the State of California's Cal-ID fingerprint computer, which allows the Palm Springs Police Department to correctly identify a prisoner through the use of their fingerprints. Cal-ID currently has over one million sets of fingerprints available for comparison.

The Jail is also equipped with the new Cal-Photo computer system. Photos of prisoners taken in the jail can be used to properly identify them. Photos are also taken of any tattoos or other markings that the prisoner may have on their bodies.

The Cal-Photo unit allows a prisoner's photo to be transmitted to the California Department of Justice on Sacramento, providing for timely identification of individuals while they are still in custody.

Trustees are assigned to the Jail from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Work Release Program at the Banning Correctional Facility.