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| State acts to fix felon databank gap |
| By jsonline.com |
| Published: 09/23/2009 |
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State officials took short-term steps Tuesday to improve DNA collection from felons while planning a meeting later this week to discuss long-term changes to the system and how to close a 12,000-felon gap in the state's DNA databank. The Department of Corrections will begin making in-person deliveries to the State Crime Laboratory of all DNA samples taken in state prisons, according to a letter sent Tuesday from Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch to Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. The Department of Corrections also requested that the Crime Lab send confirmation after samples have been processed, verified and added to the databank, the letter says. Before Tuesday, DNA samples from state prisons were mailed to the Crime Lab, said John Dipko, spokesman for the Department of Corrections. The Crime Lab did not send confirmation to the Department of Corrections that samples had been received, Dipko said. Meanwhile, more felons whose DNA is known to be missing from the state databank provided samples at sheriff's departments throughout Wisconsin on Tuesday, one day after the state ordered them to do so. Felons who are not in custody but must still provide DNA samples have been notified by their probation or parole agents, Dipko said. The DNA is collected by swabbing cells from the inside of the mouth. Read More. |
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