(A) No sheriff, keeper, or officer of a detention facility may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to the sheriff’s, keeper’s, or officer’s charge when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by the committing person, of the offense charged against the prisoner.

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(B) A sheriff, keeper, or officer of a detention facility to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall within twenty-four hours after that commitment report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.