Major tech firms, including Google and Microsoft, proposed controversial ideas at a meeting with UK officials to address overcrowding in prisons. Ideas included using subcutaneous implants for real-time tracking, robots for prisoner management, and AI-assisted rehabilitation. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood emphasized the need for collaboration between technology and government to improve prison conditions and offender tagging methods. Some warned of potential dystopian consequences from misapplying advanced technologies like quantum computing for predicting criminal behavior. Human rights groups expressed concerns over these technologies being discussed in a justice context.
Subcutaneous implants for real-time tracking of offenders, AI rehabilitation assistants, and autonomous vehicles for transporting inmates were all ideas discussed to innovate the justice system.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood emphasized deeper collaboration between the government and tech sectors to solve prison capacity issues and enhance offender tagging technologies.
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