Episode
How bad data traps people in the US justice system | Clementine Jacoby
07:20
Published: Fri Jan 13 2023
Description
Right now, hundreds of thousands of people are "stuck" in the US criminal justice system. They've completed all of their requirements for release, but nobody knows it because the system is run on old databases that don't talk to each other. TED Fellow Clementine Jacoby describes how we can fix it -- bringing thousands of people home, reducing costs and improving public safety along the way.
Chapters
Criminal justice tech entrepreneur, Clementine Jacoby, discusses the importance of reformation in the US prison system due to bad data and broken processes that are holding people back who don't need to be locked up or stuck on probation.
00:00 - 01:46 (01:46)
Summary
Criminal justice tech entrepreneur, Clementine Jacoby, discusses the importance of reformation in the US prison system due to bad data and broken processes that are holding people back who don't need to be locked up or stuck on probation. She presents simple tools that can help people who need it and relieve an overtaxed criminal justice system.
EpisodeHow bad data traps people in the US justice system | Clementine Jacoby
PodcastTED Talks Daily
Data analytics can help improve the US justice system by helping people who are stuck in the system move to lower levels of probation or parole and eventually get out altogether.
01:46 - 06:41 (04:54)
Summary
Data analytics can help improve the US justice system by helping people who are stuck in the system move to lower levels of probation or parole and eventually get out altogether.