US EditionThis algorithm wasn’t supposed to keep people in jail, but it does in Louisiana
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Louisiana Misuses Risk Prediction Tools To Deny Inmates Even Consideration for Parole.
First, a bit of background. I worked as a parole officer in the Canadian prison system for twenty eight years. I worked inside the prison. My job was multi-faceted. It included initial assessments of offenders, designing what we called Correctional...
This algorithm wasn’t supposed to keep people in jail, but it does in Louisiana
"In God We Trust". A new report from ProPublica published Thursday showed how the Louisiana government is using TIGER (Targeted Interventions to Greater Enhance Re-entry), a computer program developed by Louisiana State University to prevent recidivism, to approve or deny parole applications based on a score calculating their risk of returning to prison. Though the algorithm was initially designed to be used as a tool to help rehabilitate inmate…
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.
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