Unless sufficient facilities are not available, the managing official of a correctional facility shall receive and confine an individual arrested by a police employee without warrant or on warrant from a county. An individual confined under subsection (a) of this section: is deemed to be in the custody of the Department; and shall remain confined until a court of competent jurisdiction issues a warrant or other process, or the individual is returned to the county. Before the issuance of a warrant or process, an individual confined under subsection (a) of this section may be released only to and on written order of a police employee. This section does not abridge the right of an individual to be taken before a judicial officer of the State promptly after arrest. The managing official of a correctional facility in which an individual is confined under this section, shall notify the State’s Attorney immediately if the individual is confined for more than 12 hours.