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California Prisons Ban High-Tech Lie Detector

On August 16, 2024, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) announced a ban on use of the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA). The controversial technology analyzes voice tremors that supposedly betray when a prisoner is lying. But it has been found scientifically unreliable—one expert said it was no ...

 

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