Suffolk County Jail AI inmate-call monitoring (LEO Technologies 'Verus')
Suffolk County, NY (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office) — Suffolk County Jail AI inmate-call monitoring (LEO Technologies 'Verus')
Suffolk County, NY (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office) · Suffolk County Jail AI inmate-call monitoring (LEO Technologies 'Verus')
- Status
- In effect
- Took effect
- April 1, 2019
- Applies to
- Suffolk County, NY (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office)
The Suffolk County Sheriff's jail deployed LEO Technologies' Verus AI, which uses Amazon speech-to-text to transcribe and keyword-flag inmate phone calls, monitoring over 2.5 million calls between April 2019 and May 2020.
Who is protected: People subject to this body's AI/surveillance systems.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Suffolk County, NY (Suffolk County Sheriff's Office) |
|---|---|
| Level | County |
| Strength | Limited |
| Citation | Suffolk County Jail AI inmate-call monitoring (LEO Technologies 'Verus') |
| Topics | automated decision-making · police and surveillance AI · consumer data privacy · government use of AI |
| News report | AI surveillance takes U.S. prisons by storm - Context (Thomson Reuters Foundation) |
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