# How bad data traps people in the US justice system

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2022
- Speaker: Clementine Jacoby
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/clementine_jacoby_how_bad_data_traps_people_in_the_us_justice_system)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Right now, hundreds of thousands of people are "stuck" in the US criminal justice system. They've completed all of their requirements for release, but nobody knows it because the system is run on old databases that don't talk to each other. TED Fellow Clementine Jacoby describes how we can fix it -- bringing thousands of people home, reducing costs and improving public safety along the way.

## Lectures

1. [How bad data traps people in the US justice system](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/clementine_jacoby_how_bad_data_traps_people_in_the_us_justice_system/19f9e87fd8fd), 7 min (TED's player)