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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA
RDA: 1167
Database ID: 208
Record Series Title: INMATE INSTITUTIONAL AND CENTRAL RECORDS FILES
Record Series Abstract: DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE INITIATION OF ACTIVE OFFENDER STATUS AND CONTINUING UNTIL OFFENDER STATUS IS INACTIVE. DOCUMENTS INCLUDE COURT ORDERS/INDICTMENTS, CRIMINAL HISTORIES, PHOTOS, FINGERPRINTS, ORIGINAL TDOC TRANSFER FORMS AND OTHER OFFENDER RECORDS PERTAINING TO INMATE'S CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF INCARCERATION.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: Cut off after expiration of sentence or death of inmate
Total Retention: 50 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: Paper files are scanned within one year and then destroyed after verifying electronic record for accuracy and completeness. Paper files existing prior to 2004 will be scanned within 5 years of PRC approval of RDA. Electronic records will be uploaded into Filenet. Electronic records will be kept for 50 years on Filenet, and then destroyed by state approved methods. Microfiche and microfilm were created until 2004 and are kept in agency for 50 years, and then destroyed by state approved methods. Paper files not scanned will also be retained for 50 years after cut off and destroyed by state approved method.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 208
Record Location: TDOC Central Office: 320 6th avenue north, Nashville, TN 37243 and TSP Archive Building, 100 Bomars Nashville, TN 37219
File Arrangement: TDOC TOMIS ID #
Media Format Generated: Paper
Media Format Stored: Paper/Electronic/Film
Date Range: 1900 - current
Annual Accumulation: 860 cu ft, 170GB, 0 microfilm rolls
Current Volume: 5100 cu ft, 1731GB, 60 microfilm rolls
Record Value: Administrative, Legal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 999
Past Year: 999
2 - 5 Years: 500
Over 5 Years: 300
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: Yes
If Shared, List Agencies: Any prison or correctional facility; State or Federal Department; Probation or Parole offices; County jails; Background Investigation Agencies; and in compliance with public recrods requests
Essential Record: Yes - Original
Essential Record Stored: Original paper is kept in agency until imaged. Digital Image is uploaded to Filenet electronic content management system creating an electronic record.
Essential Record Media Type: Electronic
Confidential: Yes
Confidential Legal Citation: TCA 10-7-504 (8)
Media Recommendation: Other
Media Recommendation Other: Scan to Filenet
Agency Retention: 50 years
Agency Retention - Years Active:
Agency Retention - Years Inactive: 50 years
Records Center Retention Period: 0
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: TCA 10-7-504
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: Filenet
IT-ABC Number:
Hardware Description: SQL Server
Software Description: Word based program; Capture
System Location: OIR
Backup Procedures: a job is run nightly that creates a backup of the individual databases. Two days of backups are kept on the Server. OIR backs up the server on nightly bases which includes the current two days of backups for each database
Disaster Recovery: Back up data will be used to restore application information to server.
Data Migration Description: The records within the database will be migrated to another electronic application when it is determined the existing system no longer meets the requirements of the Tennessee Department of Correction and another electronic application is developed or purchased. At that time, TDOC IT staff will coordinate with the vendor/software supplier to map data exchanges between the current application and the new application. Data conversion will be required in order to format the current data values into the format required by a replacement software system. Preserving the data integrity is the highest priority when migrating the information from one application to another, to ensure the value of the data is not lost in the process.
Metadata Description: Content Subject/Title: Filenet applicaton consists of electronic offender information data. Format: Filenet data is stored in an electronic database.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Joyce O. Carmichael
Job Title: Director Records Management
Address 1: 320 6th Avenue North
Address 2:
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-253-8012
Email: joyce.carmichael@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Correction
Agency Head: DERRICK D. SCHOFIELD COMMISSIONER
Director: Julian P. Davis
Allotment Code: 32901
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 03-04-2015 No recommended changes
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 03-12-2015 No recommended changes.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2015-03-12 We have reviewed RDA 1167 from an audit standpoint. We concur with the recommended retention and disposition specifications.
Agency: 04-21-2015 No Comments
RMD Director Recomendations: 06-06-2015 RDA 1167 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will change from seventy-five years to fifty years and the format will be paper/electronic/film. The abstract has been updated to include records from other similar RDAs that will be retired. Recommend approval of RDA 1167.
Signed Form Received: 2015-06-02
PRC Meeting Date: 06-23-2015
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 1167.
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
208 1167 2015-06-23 Approved