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Technology in Corrections - Social Media

  • North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Social Media Policy (2013)

    "This document will provide guidelines for use of social media within the N.C.

  • Department of Correction launches social media pages (2014)

    "Commissioner Robert Coupe today announced the launch of the official Department of Correction Twitter and Facebook pages.

  • Pathways to identity: using visualization to aid law enforcement in identification tasks (2012)

    "The nature of identity has changed dramatically in recent years and has grown in complexity.

  • Issue Paper on The Use of Social Media in Community Corrections (2014)

    "This paper was developed to elevate the awareness of the potential of social media, also known as social networking, in the field of community cor

  • Social Media in Community Supervision: Promising Practices for Policy and Implementation (2015)

    "In recent years, social media has become a valuable tool for community supervision agencies to monitor and address the activities of people on pro

  • The Role of Social Networks in the Evolution of Al Qaeda-Inspired Violent Extremism in the United States, 1990-2015 (2016)

    "How do terrorists organize?

  • 2016 Law Enforcement Use of Social Media Survey

    "A national scan of practice among law enforcement agencies across the United States reveals that they use social media to notify the public of saf

  • Social Media Surveillance by Police and Correctional Agencies (2017)

    "The report (summary below) by the US Department of Justice addressing possible connections between terrorism and mass murders raises a perplexing

  • Virtual Prison Visits Mean Some Prison Inmates Never See Family in the Flesh (2017). "You might ask your friends this hypothetical question on social media or while relaxing with a beer: How long could you last if your only contact with the outside world

    "Program aims to reduce tension between inmates while offering them more educational opportunities and contact with friends and family"