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BOP Program Statement 5216.06 § 10
PHOTOGRAPHS AND FINGERPRINTS . Photographs and fingerprints of a juvenile
who has not attained his or her 18th birthday, or is sentenced under the JJDPA, may be taken
without the Court’s permission to assure adequate identification and accountability of
committed delinquents and to alert federal law enforcement authorities in the event of an
unauthorized absence from custody. Distribution of photographs within the facility is
authorized to satisfy ordinary security and custodial requirements.
a. Information Submission to the FBI. Contract facility staff must submit a juvenile’s
fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on a Fingerprint Card (FD -249), upon
admission to the facility with a notation in the “additional information ” block that “the subject
has been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent under 18 U.S.C. 5037 ” or “the subject has not
attained his/her 18th birthday but was sentenced as an adult. ” The FBI will furnish the FBI
number and the arrest history, if one exists, and return the Fingerprint Card.
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b. Disclosure Limitation. Fingerprints and photographs of a juvenile wh o has not attained his
or her 18th birthday, or is sentenced under the JJDPA, may not be used as a method of
exchanging arrest information between law enforcement agencies.
History
PS 5216.06 dated 2019-04-26
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
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