police custody
Arrested and held
Police custody is the state of being held by law enforcement, typically after arrest but before formal charging or release.
A person in police custody is under police control and not free to leave.
The term often appears in reports of deaths or injuries: He died in police custody.
Distinct from prison custody, which follows conviction.
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- arrestSeize by law
- holding cellTemporary detention room
- warrantFormal authorization document
- fingerprintingRecording unique digit patterns
due process · habeas corpus · Miranda rights · legal counsel · remand · awaiting trial · interrogation · mugshot · booking photo · strip search · humane treatment · rights violation · criminal procedure · presumption of innocence · probable cause · stigma · social isolation · judicial oversight
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
- arrestarrest, handcuffs, Miranda warning, booking, detained
- detention rightshabeas corpus, pretrial detention, pre-trial detention, remand, detention hearing
- Criminal Procedurearraignment, arrest, grand jury, investigation, guilty plea
- custodycustodial parent, noncustodial parent, visitation rights, non-custodial parent, supervised visitation
- defendant rightsright to counsel, Miranda rights, Miranda warning, presumption of innocence, right to silence
police custodyfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · release · free · at liberty · at large
police custodyimprisonment
Legal detention in jail
incarceration · prison · penitentiary · serving time · penal servitude