“Like Being Back in Jail”: Wisconsin Returns Released Sex Offenders to Lifetime GPS Monitoring by On April 1, 2024, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) signed SB 874 into law, effectively nullifying a state Supreme Court ruling issued the previous year that directed the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to remove …

Expert Declaration of Kelly M. Socia, PH.d-Sexual Crimes and Mandatory Lifetime GPS Statute, Dec 2023 EXPERT DECLARATION OF KELLY M. SOCIA, PH.D. Individuals convicted of sexual crimes and Wisconsin’s mandatory lifetime GPS statute Prepared by: Kelly M. Socia, Ph.D. Professor School of Criminology and Justice Studies University of Massachusetts Lowell …

Report of Kate Weisburd-GPS Monitoring, 2023 REPORT OF KATE WEISBURD I. Qualifications 1. I am a law professor at George Washington University School of Law (“GW”) in Washington, D.C. At GW, I teach Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and a seminar on Race, Surveillance, and the Criminal Justice System. Prior to …

The George Washington University Law School-Rights Violations as Punishment, 2023 GW Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Paper No. 2023-25 GW Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-25 Rights Violations as Punishment Kate Weisburd This paper can be downloaded free of charge from the Social Science Research Network: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4424954 Electronic …

Punitive Surveillance, 2022 COPYRIGHT © 2022 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION PUNITIVE SURVEILLANCE Kate Weisburd* Budget constraints, bipartisan desire to address mass incarceration, and the COVID-19 crisis in prisons have triggered state and federal officials to seek alternatives to incarceration. As a result, invasive electronic surveillance—such as GPS-equipped ankle monitors, smartphone …

Microsoft Invests in Digital Incarceration by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In the summer of 2020, the social landscape of the United States was shaken by nationwide demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd. In response, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told his employees that the company was committed to …