"My paper was written with advocates and policymakers in mind, so it's a real honor that the Forum selected my paper for the Privacy Papers for Policymakers award. While there is much public and scholarly debate about data privacy, the privacy rights of people in the criminal legal system have been largely overlooked. This paper reveals how invasive electronic surveillance in the criminal justice system - what I call punitive surveillance - deprives people of fundamental rights, including privacy, speech, and liberty. This paper very much draws on research conducted by a team of incredible GW Law research assistants, who helped me track down and analyze almost 250 agency records relating to probation, parole, and electronic ankle monitoring. I hope that my paper will be value-added to the ongoing conversations about effective alternatives to incarceration, as well as how privacy protections can be - and must be - extended to everyone, including people in the criminal justice system," says Kate Weisburd, Associate Professor of Law at GW Law.
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) announced that Professor Kate Weisburd's paper, "Punitive Surveillance," is one of six winning papers honored with the 13th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award. The FPF award recognizes leading privacy scholarship relevant to policymakers in the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, and international data protection authorities. Professor Weisburd's paper, along with the work of five other prominent scholars, will be showcased at a ceremony on Capitol Hill on February 16, 2023. Additional information regarding the award may be found here.