Drunk tank

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As a drunk tank is referred to rooms in police stations, which serve to hold is under the influence of drugs or alcohol until the end of their intoxication.

Reasons for the detention in a drunk tank

Reasons for such detention may be that the imprisoned person has committed at large a disturbance of the peace or other form of public safety has (for example, due to vandalism ) affected. It is also possible that the person was arrested for a non- related to the noise floor, but was intoxicated at the time of arrest and the police want to let the person so sober up first under controlled conditions.

Furniture and equipment

In contrast to normal cells, drunk tanks are characterized by a sparse furnishings. You are continuous in many cases, or at least mostly tiled in order to facilitate cleaning. This is needed precisely because of the effects of alcohol poisoning, including vomiting and uncontrolled urination may include.

To prevent damage to property, drunk tanks usually contain no movable furniture. The toilet is designed for example as squatting toilet and the bed is a (likewise tiled ) elevation in the soil.

Development

The problem can be in the system that people that are spent in the drunk tank, on an unstable health status feature (eg, alcohol poisoning) and therefore require a medical monitoring. For this special drunk tanks were set up in Zurich, which apart from safety, or - even more than medical personnel.