US jails expand continuous biometric monitoring as data rules lag
A growing number of U.S. jails are moving beyond periodic checks of people in custody toward continuous physiological and video-based…
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LEO Technologies extends prison surveillance from calls to voices, faces, and behavior
LEO Technologies has launched a pair of AI products that expand correctional surveillance beyond the content of incarcerated people’s communications,…
UK to deploy biometric ID in prisons after 179 released in error
The UK government has announced the digitalization of the prison system, with a new biometric ID system aimed at preventing…
US expands biometric security cooperation abroad
A U.S.–Peru security cooperation initiative announced last week puts biometric identity technology inside Peru’s prison system as Washington accelerates a…
Do biometrics hold the key to prison release?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the criminal justice setting there are two questions in…
Federal prisons turn to biometric monitoring for reentry programs
The U.S. federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is asking private industry and community groups to propose new ways of running…
Russia wants to collect biometric data of convicts without their consent
The Russian government wants to collect biometric data of convicts without their consent. For this purpose, the Ministry of Justice…
Aratek fingerprint biometrics improves inmate verification in India
Taiwan-based fingerprint biometrics provider Aratek says a partnership with Indian firm Dialtronics helped improve the authentication system for inmates across…
South Africa conducts biometric voter registration for prison inmates
Inmates being held at correctional facilities across South Africa will from today undergo biometric voter registration ahead of the country’s…
Pakistan’s Sindh state installs inmate biometrics system at 14 prisons
Fourteen prisons in the Pakistani state of Sindh are now equipped with biometric systems for the identification and monitoring of…
