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The Warden will appoint an Inmate DNA Collection Coordinator (DNACC), who is a full-time

employee and ordinarily serves at a department head level. The DNACC oversees, monitors,

and trains staff in the DNA collection process at the institution. A multi-disciplinary team will

be established by assigning staff from multiple departments to collect DNA. After the DNACC

receives standardized training in the DNA collection process, the DNACC will train local staff in

the DNA collection process, to include other requirements necessary to accomplish this process

(e.g., fingerprinting, SENTRY instruction for DNA input, etc.).

Bureau staff will collect DNA samples from all Federal code and all military code offenders

(sentenced or detained), and from all non-U.S. citizen detainees who have not had a DNA

sample collected by another Federal law enforcement agency prior to incarceration. DNA

collection also extends to juveniles. DNA samples will also be collected from D.C. Code

offenders in Bureau custody as indicated on the list of qualifying offenses for D.C. Code

offenders, located on the Sallyport site for the Correctional Programs Division, Correctional

Programs Branch, Current Issues Section. The list will be updated periodically to reflect

statutory changes.

a. Initial Designations. Designation and Sentence Computation Center (DSCC) staff review

SENTRY and pertinent documents during initial designation to determine if newly sentenced

offenders have previously submitted a DNA sample to the Bureau or an appropriate arresting

agency. DSCC staff ensure the appropriate DNA SENTRY status is entered into the SENTRY

DNA number field based on a review of the inmate’s pertinent documents as described in

Section 4 (“SENTRY Transaction/Assignment of DNA Number”).

When qualifying inmates (initial designation or pretrial) arrive at their Bureau facility

(designated or assigned, in the case of pretrial), their DNA sample will normally be collected

within 72 hours of their arrival, but no later than 7 days, unless the inmate is not physically in the

institution. Any inmate who is immediately releasing from the institution before the 7-day

period expires will have a DNA sample collected prior to his/her release. The following steps

are performed to collect DNA:

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1. Review the incoming movement list to determine which inmates need to submit a DNA

sample.

2. Prior to arrival, review the inmate’s paperwork or their Inmate Load Data in SENTRY

(PP41) to obtain the Social Security number, FBI number, INS number, etc., necessary to

complete the FBI’s National DNA Database Entry Form FD-936.

3. After the inmates arrive and are keyed into the facility, review all inmates who do not

have a SENTRY DNA number and enter a valid DNA status in the SENTRY DNA number

(PP79).