Moving to "Post" -- your dorm and cell

As you fester in the holding cell, you'll hear fellow inmates speculate about "when we move to Post." This means when you'll be put in a regular "post" while you await trial or sentencing.
Like most jails, ICJ evolved over decades, with newer sections, known as posts, added over the years. So you'll hear people talk about Post 3 or Post 7. Think of it as a Post, a Dorm, and a Cell. For instance, you are assigned to Post 3, Dorm D, and bed 2.

When called -- and this could take hours -- you'll go to "Classification" and sit at a desk with a guard asking you questions. The most important question is whether you want to kill yourself. The correct answer to this is "No." (Be my guest if you wish to explore what happens when you say otherwise.) The guard will, based on the crime you're charged with, assign you a level of security risk, from low to high. Lower is obviously better; if you're assigned to a high security area, you'll be in a dorm with people who will beat you up with no excuse.

A guard will take your mug shot and prepare a wrist band with your photo, name, and inmate number on it. Your inmate number will be the same on any future visits to ICJ.

You'll also be given a uniform. If you are lucky, you'll get a two piece uniform; if you're not lucky, you'll get the typical jumpsuit. (They don't fit well. Prepare to have your voice go up an octave or two.)

You'll be given a pair of flimsy plastic flip-flop sandals. One of the brands they use has molded into the sole "Bob Barker." Yes, the former host of The Price Is Right has a side business providing shoes to the inmates of the land.

You'll also be given your "linens" -- a threadbare blanket, two ragged sheets, a washcloth, a flimsy towel, and a small laundry bag. Along with the linens you'll get a plastic bag containing the world's smallest toothbrush, a tiny tube of toothpaste, and a small bar of soap.

Now you're ready to go to Post. You and some fellow inmates will go to a checkpoint, and then you'll move to jail for real. Along the way to your dorm, the guard will have you pick up a mattress and a very, very thin pillow. You're on your way to your new home, a jail cell.