The department of corrections and rehabilitation shall receive any offender who has been convicted and committed to the legal and physical custody of the department when the offender has been delivered to the department together with a copy of the judgment and sentence of the court ordering the commitment to the custody of the department. The warden, immediately upon the receipt of an offender assigned by the department to the penitentiary, shall enter in the record of the penitentiary, the name, age, sex, color, height, nationality, and every other fact, characteristic, and condition, natural or artificial, that in any way may tend to aid in the identification of the offender. After an intake, evaluation, and classification process, the department shall assign the offender to the penitentiary, another correctional facility, or other placement.