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Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos

Artificial Intelligence

June 5, 2025

Surveillance, System Avoidance, and the Health of People Formerly Incarcerated

Recent attempts to merge disconnected data systems within agencies reveal the government’s capacity for surveillance and population control, and highlight critical data privacy concerns.

Surveillance, System Avoidance, and the Health of People Formerly Incarcerated
Human Rights

May 8, 2025

Banning Strip Searches While Keeping the Status Quo in Brazilian Prisons

On April 2, 2025 the Brazilian Supreme Court decided that strip searches of prison visitors were unconstitutional except in “exceptional circumstances.” The decision is one step in the direction of reducing the mental and physical…

Banning Strip Searches While Keeping the Status Quo in Brazilian Prisons
Human Rights

April 18, 2025

The Constitutive Contradictions of Prison Health Care in the United States

From forced labor on plantations, roads, and industrial plants to extracting blood, fines, and fees, incarcerated peoples’ bodies have been a known site of capitalist exploitation. Yet, they are also the only group entitled to…

The Constitutive Contradictions of Prison Health Care in the United States