Inaccurate Facial Recognition in Prisons is Keeping Families Apart | New York Civil Liberties Union

Before they are allowed to see their loved ones, New Yorkers visiting people in prison must endure a number of burdensome, uncomfortable, and sometimes demeaning procedures. Now, based on information uncovered by the NYCLU, we know they’re also under the invasive, error-prone surveillance of facial recognition technology

This technology — one of several deployed by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) — has prevented untold numbers of family members . . .