Holding without a chargeOOC

A guard on duty may hold someone in its cells: a known person from its register, or a description of someone unknown. The clock starts then.

• The limit (out of character). Server staff set how long someone may be held without a charge (an hour to begin with) and how long before it to warn. Whoever held them and the guard’s judges are told once near the limit and once at it.
• Charging. Opening a case on them charges them and stops the clock. Deciding the case ends the detention.
• Releasing. Anyone on duty may let them go; the record stays.
• Serving time. The Cells page also lists who serves a jail sentence here.