(a) Except as otherwise agreed between the Judicial Department and the Department of Correction or other appropriate agency, the responsibility for transportation and custody of prisoners shall be assumed as follows:

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(1) The Judicial Department shall be responsible for the transportation of male prisoners between courthouses and: (A) Community correction centers, until sentencing; (B) other places of confinement after arraignment and until sentencing; and (C) the place of initial confinement, after sentencing. In addition, the Judicial Department shall be responsible for the transportation of adult female prisoners between courthouses and community correction centers, not including the correctional institution at Niantic. If such transportation is in other than state vehicles, the owner of the vehicle used shall be reimbursed by the state at the rate then established for state employees within the Office of Policy and Management.

(2) The Department of Correction shall be responsible for the transportation of adult female prisoners between places of confinement and either courthouses or community correction centers, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction. In the transportation of prisoners between courthouses and community correctional centers, there shall be complete separation of male and female prisoners.

(3) The Judicial Department shall be responsible for the custody of prisoners at courthouses, except that the local police operating any lockup which is designated by the Chief Court Administrator as a courthouse lockup shall be responsible for the custody of prisoners within that lockup. In addition, if such designated lockup is not in the same building as the courthouse serviced by it, the local police operating such designated lockup shall be responsible for escorting prisoners from the lockup to the courthouse. The town in which such a designated lockup is located shall be reimbursed pursuant to section 7-135a.

(4) In Hartford County, the Lafayette Street courthouse shall be used as housing for persons arrested by the police department of the city of Hartford and held for presentment at the next session of the court pursuant to the following terms and conditions: (A) No arrestees shall be admitted or released directly to or from the lockup, and no social visits shall be permitted at the lockup; (B) all processing and booking shall be accomplished by the police department of the city of Hartford at its booking facility; (C) after arrival at the lockup and prior to arraignment, the release of any arrestee, with or without bond, shall be accomplished by the police department of the city of Hartford from its booking facility; and (D) the Judicial Department shall be responsible for the operation of the lockup at the Lafayette Street courthouse and the transportation of arrestees prior to arraignment from the booking facility of the police department of the city of Hartford.

(b) The Judicial Department shall employ judicial marshals for prisoner custody and transportation responsibilities pursuant to this section. The Chief Court Administrator shall establish employment standards and implement appropriate training programs to assure secure prisoner custody and transportation. On and after October 1, 2011, the Judicial Department shall make available on its Internet web site a written summary of such employment standards, including, but not limited to, the standards for selection, continuance of employment and promotion for such judicial marshals. Any property used by the sheriffs for prisoner transportation shall be transferred to the Judicial Department.

(c) The Judicial Department may enter into an agreement with any appropriate agency for the management, training or coordination of courthouse security and prisoner custody and transportation functions, or any other matter relating to security.