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Hong Kong prisons to test new CCTV system that can detect suspicious behaviour by inmates
- Computer video analysis will help spot erratic or aggressive motions and send alert to staff
- New tool part of ‘smart prison’ push to modernise city’s correctional facilities
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Hong Kong prisons are set to test a new system within the next two months that can detect suspicious behaviour by inmates.
The “smart prison” project – a move to modernise the city’s correctional facilities – was one of the initiatives Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor raised in her policy address last month.
Revealing more details in the Legislative Council on Friday morning, security minister John Lee Ka-chiu said prisons would install a new CCTV system with a video analytics function that could detect erratic and aggressive motions by prisoners, looking out for fights and suicide attempts.
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When suspicious movement was detected, the system would send an alert to prison staff.
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“If there is a fight in the canteen, the motion would be different from the quiet state, like in usual circumstances,” Lee said.
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