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and for the first time, the suicide deaths of two San Marcos prisoners. At present, the five cell detention area can hold up to 24 prisoners. It is in association ith a long hallway leading to the outdoor parking lot of the Police building and includes a booking and processing area. There are no monitoring devices inside of theses facilities whatsoever. Although prisoners are usually held only over night, there is no supervision within the facilities.. Presonnel levels do not permit for full time observation. At night, the radio dispatcher is often the only occupant of the entire police building other than detained prisoners. Those individuals housédin the jail facilites are occasionally checked by uniform personnel who periodically return to the station. Both suicide deaths recorded in 1982 were not discovered throughout the nighL They were discovered by booking officers long after death had occured and after reasonable medical practices could have assisted.