"AI surveillance takes US prisons by storm". The article describes a system called Verus made by LEO Technologies. It sounds like it uses Amazon speech-to-text technology to transcribe phone calls, then searches them in real time for keywords prison officials are interested in and alerts them in real time.

"In Suffolk County, emails from the sheriff's office show officials sometimes searched for words with multiple or benign meanings such as 'mara', which can mean gang or simply a group of friends."

INSIGHT-'Scary and chilling': AI surveillance takes US prisons by storm

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