If an inmate is getting released from prison will they be re-booked if they have a warrant in a different county?

Answer 1

The usual drill is that if an individual is serving time in a given facility and a warrant is know to exist on this individual from somewhere else, the court that issued the warrant will be contacted by the agency holding the individual. That jurisdiction will be asked if they want to pick the individual up when he is released from the facility where he is currently serving time. The institution where he is currently housed will not, in general, have any authority to hold the individual beyond his release date. The jurisdiction of the area from where the warrant originated will decide if they want to send someone over to collect the person or will permit him to surrender himself (which is usually not done). If it's anything of a "serious" nature, an officer or two will meet the person at the exit sallyport of the facility from where he is being released, and they'll have a copy of the warrant. It will amount to a change of custody, and the inmate will be taken into custody as he is released. The individual will then be returned to the jurisdiction of the court that issued the warrant. He will be held pending the retention of council prior to a bail hearing, and the process of adjudication of that warrant will proceed. Best of luck sorting all that out.