| Receiving of Prisoners
 New prisoners being received at the IPC are processed through the Prisoner Search Area, AFIS, Property Inventory, Pre-trial Services, Probable Cause Court, Booking, Fingerprints, Dress-out, Medical Screening and Inmate Classification before being assigned to one of the Harris County Jail facilities. The IPC receives prisoners from numerous law enforcement agencies within Harris County, including all State and Federal law enforcement agencies.
The HCSO staff at the Inmate Processing Center have designed a receiving system (RCV) to increase the efficiency in which prisoners can be received and booked into jail. The RCV system also provides the HCSO with the ability to track a defendant throughout the intake process. While their criminal charges are being filed and their System Person's Number, (SPN), is being initiated and/or referenced, prisoners can be accepted in the receiving process. After the prisoner is positively identified, their assigned SPN can be attached to their receiving records and consolidated with any other information found in any other systems.
Inmate Processing Center Receiving Totals:
| Year |
Total |
| 1994 |
98,127 |
| 1995 |
107,057 |
| 1996 |
111,669 |
| 1997 |
107,245 |
| 1998 |
108,863 |
| 1999 |
110,672 |
| 2000 |
112,642 |
| 2001 |
104,454 |
| 2002 |
117,940 |
| 2003 |
119,156 |
| 2004 |
121,706 |
| 2005 |
128,518 |
| 2006 |
136,026 |
| 2007 |
135,050 |
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