Circumventing Prison Tech Censorship

Sunday, July 14, 2024: 12:00 pm (Marillac Auditorium): As lockdowns and solitary confinement increase, an out of control private prison tech industry is profiteering off draconian new restrictions on access to communications: banning books, visits, a...

Sunday, July 14, 2024: 12:00 pm (Marillac Auditorium): As lockdowns and solitary confinement increase, an out of control private prison tech industry is profiteering off draconian new restrictions on access to communications: banning books, visits, and physical mail to sell a dystopian digital regime where every message is taxed and monitored on sandboxed tablets and kiosks. This talk will unpack the world of carceral technology: map out the major security corporations, what they have in store for us, and how we can fight back. In this era of police repression and imperialist genocide, how can technologists reject complicity and cooptation? How can hackers practice global solidarity instead, working to undermine and overcome the logic of borders and cages on both the net and in the streets?

Jeremy Hammond
Cooper Quintin