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72E- Holding Facility Policy & Procedure Page 10 of 11 (i) Make arrangements with other holding facilities to hold the detainees. (ii) Bail all eligible detainees eligible. This may require the Police Department to pay the Bail Commissioner’s fee. The Department will not, however, post bail. (iii) Relocate detainees to an unaffected area of the police facility. (f) Warrants will be sought for detainees who are unaccounted for. 8. Separation of Detainees [72.5.3] [72.5.6] a. Juveniles i. Lockup and other detention facilities shall be such as to prevent juveniles who are detained from coming in contact with adult detainees. ii. Juveniles shall be separated by sight and sound from adult detainees. iii. The facility must be approved in writing by the Commissioner of Youth Services. See Department policy 44B - Handling Youthful Offenders. b. Females i. Female detainees shall be separated by sight and sound from male detainees.xxv ii. A Matron shall be called whenever a female prisoner is to be searched and placed in the holding facility, unless a female employee (who is a qualified matron) is working and able to cover short periods of time (such as when the Bail Commissioner will be arriving without delay). [Note: In any city required under M.G.L. c. 147, §18 to designate a station for the detention of females and appoint matrons, a matron shall be called in a timely manner and shall remain constantly at the station so long as any female is detained and shall have the entire care and charge of all females.]xxvi i M.G.L. c. 40, §34. ii M.G.L. c. 40, §35. iii M.G.L. c. 147, §18. iv M.G.L. c. 40, §34. v M.G.L. c. 40, §36A-C.