While the average person is accustomed to using biometric technologies in airports, banks, and hospitals and to access their smartphones, one place we rarely think of needing biometric identification solutions is in correctional institutions. However, as biometrics have become more widely used in our everyday lives, they are also becoming a key resource to the US carceral system.
Whether as a resource to monitor prisoner and staff activities, assist release procedures, identify visitors, or improve inmate health and wellness, biometrics are used in correctional facilities.
This report will look at each of those uses, analyze the latest news in correctional biometrics, and assess how biometrics are beginning to have an impact on inmate safety.