As jurors in Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial deliberated a second full day Tuesday, jailers prepared to house the pop music star in protective isolation if he's convicted and ordered into custody.

Sgt. Erik Raney, spokesman for the Santa Barbara County sheriff's office, says operational plans are in place that identify several cells for Jackson. Where he'd go would depend on whether he was to be transferred soon to a state prison for a felony conviction, or was to spend his sentence in a county jail if convicted of a misdemeanor, Raney says.

Santa Maria's jail houses no more than 20 inmates and is designed for stays of four days or less, Raney says. That's why it's likely that Jackson would be driven 75 miles down U.S. Highway 101 to the 600-inmate main jail in Santa Barbara, says former sheriff Jim Thomas, an NBC commentator on the trial.

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