D.C. Jail to Fingerprint Visitors, Check for Warrants
All visitors to the Washington, D.C. jail soon will have their fingerprints scanned and checked against lawenforcement databases for outstanding warrants.
The D.C. Department of Corrections is already using the live scan fingerprint technology on inmates when they enter and leave the jail, corrections officials said. The digital technology allows the department to take an image of an inmates fingerprint and check it against D.C. police databases to confirm the inmates identity.