Prisons from Hong Kong to Chennai to Georgia are setting up biometric surveillance

Hong Kong's Correctional Services Department this week agreed with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks to build a framework for exploring "market-proven" projects to address jail needs.

According to the prisons' department, the two organizations, which have worked together on other projects, have signed a memo of understanding outlining development goals. One of the goals is the creation of a "penal lab" for testing technologies.

The prisons' commissioner has linked this work to Chinese government-imposed biometric surveillance development throughout the …

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