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  • 021286

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  • Published 2006.
  • 4 pages.

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Tracking Prisoners in Jail With Biometrics: An Experiment in a Navy Brig

Publication year: 2006 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The use of biometrics to improve the tracking of inmate movements in a prison or jail is examined. Topics discussed include: what biometrics is; identifying inmates; tracking inmates; evaluating the project; and next steps. The computer tracking system reduced the time to notice an out-of-place prisoner from 45 minutes to 17 minutes.
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