if you go to a u.s. federal prison for drugs do they take your dna and enter it into a data base?

Question

no record for any sex crimes.or violent crimes.

Answer 1

Violent Felons and those that commit sexual crimes in the US have their DNA put into a National Database. Originally, it was meant for only sexual crimes. Burglary was added in 2000 and the Patriot Act included terrorism.

The US Military is considering building a DNA database on every service member.

There is a legal issue related to family members since an EXACT DNA match is required for a conviction. However, a close match means a relative and the database is not authorized to release that data. Some lawyers want them to be able to do so, which is a huge privacy issue. If your brother does the crime then your DNA will be almost a match so if this law is passed then relatives of criminals will be subject to close matches.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dna_database
"A National DNA database is a database of DNA samples against which law enforcement agencies can match suspect DNA. The first national database was set up by the United Kingdom in April 1995. France set up the FNAEG in 1998. Originally intended for sex offenders, it has since extended to include almost any criminal offender.

In England and Wales, anyone arrested on suspicion of a recordable offence must submit a DNA sample to the database, which is then kept on permanent record. In Scotland, the law is different and most people are removed from the database if they are acquitted. In Sweden, only criminals who have spent more than two years in prison are recorded. In Norway and Germany, court orders are required, and are only available, respectively, for serious offenders and for those convicted of certain offences and likely to reoffend. All 50 states in the USA keep profiles of violent offenders, and a few keep profiles of suspects. Portugal has plans to introduce a DNA database of its entire population."

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_DNA_Index_System
"The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is the FBI-funded computer system that solves crimes by searching DNA profiles developed by federal, state, and local crime laboratories....

The DNA Identification Act of 1994 formally authorized the FBI to operate CODIS and set national standards for forensic DNA testing. TWGDAM guidelines served as interim standards until recommendations were provided by a DNA Advisory Board required under the Act"

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act%2C_Title_V
“The DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 primarily allows U.S. States carry out DNA analyses for use in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System and to collect and analyse DNA samples of violent and sexual offenders. Section 3 of the Act mandates the collection of DNA samples of Federal prisoners who were convicted of murder, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, involvement in sex trafficking, peonage and slavery, kidnapping, robbery or burglary; or for any military offense against the Uniform Code of Military Justice for which a sentence of confinement for more than one year may be imposed. Section 503 of the Patriot Act amended the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act to include terrorism or crimes of violence in the list of qualifying Federal offenses.”

Chris has a point DNA has caught criminals of past crimes, but with the Innocence Project it has also released people who were wrongfully convicted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_Project). On the whole it is a good idea.

The problem is that eventually everyone will be subject to having their DNA taken and filed. If that happens and insurance companies get hold of the data then they can determine if you have a genetic predisposition to a disease and so refuse to insure you. According to an episode of Think Tank on PBS the head of the Human Genome project says that insurance companies don’t seem to mind if they are prevented from doing this; since it will involve a lot of book keeping and other work.

The next problem is that even if the insurance companies don’t decide to use that information other companies can. DNA profiling can rule people out of having children, marrying, or getting a job solely based on their genes. While it might be a great idea to prevent the creation of a child with a rare genetic disorder where do you draw the line; can you let two people with substandard IQ scores marry? If you are Hitler then no, and that is just how scary the idea of DNA profiling is Hitler and his crowd would have loved to have had their hands on it.

Answer 2

Yes they enter the DNA into the system. Then if the DNA matches any that is evidence in another crime they come to question you, and then charge you, put you on trail, and then convict you. That time is then added on top of the drug charge that you were first in there for. They do it all the time. Now most police departments are going back and reprocessing evidence from cold cases before DNA came into use. They caught one guy a day before he was to get out after serving 20 years, and after his trial he got another 40.

Answer 3

I am a US citizen living in MX but until a year ago I lived in Phoenix, AZ. I have mixed feelings about this. He's always been a pompous butt and the media has always really pinned him to the wall and sometimes very unfairly. My ONLY reservation about Sheriff Joe is that his own staff despise him and actively campaign against him at every election but.. the people like him. He really is one of the few that is doing anything about sleazy, tax sucking illegals. I guess all in all I have seen him do things and then I've seen others blow it way out of proportion. But, I have also seen him do incredibly stupid things. I usually assume the truth is somewhere in the middle. Something does need to be done about illegals. It's way out of control.

Answer 4

Felons give DNA. If you're sent to prison, it's because you committed a felony. Period. So, Prison = DNA...

Answer 5

Felons have to give DNA.