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Judges Junk Jailcam

Posted by michael on from the panopticon-foiled-for-now dept.

theodp writes "With one dissenting opinion, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an AZ sheriff's use of Webcams to broadcast prisoners being booked and held in cells constituted a profoundly undesirable level of humiliation, rejecting the sheriff's argument that the Webcasts deterred crime and showed the public how jails work." The Village Voice has a good article from a few years ago detailing how the jailcams work.

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  1. thankfully by proj_2501 · · Score: 4, Funny

    jailBAITcam is still operational...

  2. Hey! I liked that camera! by slughead · · Score: 5, Funny

    My friend got arrested for [something :P] and I had a field day watching him sit in his cell downtown.

    I asked him later "hey what did that bum want who talked to you?" he was so pissed.

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  3. WTF?! by Anita+Coney · · Score: 4, Funny

    How is this going to effect my "lifetime" subscription to www.hornywomenbehindbars.com?!

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    1. Re:WTF?! by Kenja · · Score: 5, Funny
      "How is this going to effect my "lifetime" subscription to www.hornywomenbehindbars.com?!"

      Well, it means we're going to have to kill you. You realy should have read the license agreement before selecting the "lifetime" subscription option.

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      "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
  4. Re:I would feel safer if... by nebaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    If a person feels like they're being watched, they're a lot less likely to try anything 'funny'.

    Yeah. If they try anything funny, we'll just put them in jail. Oh wait.

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  5. Having been there before... by Zaranne · · Score: 5, Funny

    from the been-there-done-that department

    Humilation is one thing. Great, show it to grade school kids and they might think twice in the future. But I for one, do not want my "adventures in the drunk tank" broadcast for all to see. Barfing on the cop at the scene of my accident was enough.

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  6. Next Reality Show? by JOhn-E+G · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would think all the reality show entities would jump on this to make it their next show.
    They could title it "NYPD Jail Cell 24/7" and it could run right after Cops on Fox!

  7. Re:People on COPS sign a waiver by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    The producers give people $500 to entice them to ... sign a waiver giving the show the right to show their faces on TV.

    Good. Maybe they can use some of that money to go out and buy a fucking shirt.

  8. Re:The problem is with *who* the cams are on... by sulli · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why find him guilty? Just throw him in his own jail pending trial.

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    RTFJ.