Intelligence gathering by capturing the social processes within prisons

TL;DR

This paper introduces a prototype system for capturing and analyzing social interactions over time within prisons to aid intelligence efforts against organized crime and terrorism.

Contribution

It presents a novel system for longitudinal social process capture in detention settings, demonstrating its effectiveness through civilian study results.

Findings

System successfully captures social interactions over time

Demonstrates potential for intelligence analysis in prisons

Provides insights into social dynamics of detainees

Abstract

We present a prototype system that can be used to capture longitudinal socialising processes by recording people's encounters in space. We argue that such a system can usefully be deployed in prisons and other detention facilities in order help intelligence analysts assess the behaviour or terrorist and organised crime groups, and their potential relationships. Here we present the results of a longitudinal study, carried out with civilians, which demonstrates the capabilities of our system.