The sheriff’s department says the wristbands will increase efficiency in the jails, but a digital civil liberties expert said the technology could be a slippery slope
Santa Clara County inmates may soon be forced to wear “non-removable” electronic wristbands that would track their movements inside jail under a sheriff’s department proposal that is drawing skepticism among advocates of civil liberties.
“Technology playing more and more of a role in the incarceration process,” said Quintin, who offered the example of Global Tel-Link, a telecommunications company that recently filed a patent for a robot that could replace certain tasks of a correctional officer. If approved by the Board of Supervisors in May, the county will enter into a five-year, $1.6 million contract with Guardian RFID, a Minnesota-based company that creates technology for correctional institutions.
On Tuesday, supervisors pushed a vote on the new wristbands to late May after Supervisor Joe Simitian said he wasn’t provided enough time to review details about the technology.“We need this,” she said at Tuesday’s meeting. “We need this now. Supervisor Simitian seems to always want to be an obstacle.”
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