The Alabama Department of Corrections now requires all prison
visitors to have their fingerprint scanned before entering,
making Alabama the first state to enact such a requirement,
according to USA Today. The requirement, which was instated in
August, is facing opposition from the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) National Prison Project (NPP).  Department of
Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett attributed the new rule to
an updated computer system. "Our IT department came up with the
idea of scanning fingerprints as part of the upgrade," Corbett
said, reported USA Today. "We still require visitors to have a
government-issued photo ID, and that requirement will remain in
place. But there are times when someone else resembles the photo
on an ID. Scanning the fingerprint of visitors verifies they are
who they say they are."  Visitor fingerprints will not be stored
in a database, but only used to verify identity at the door,
Corbett said. Regardless, David Fathi, director of the ACLU NPP,
called the rule “ex