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  • How NCIC / Securus Is Allegedly Spying on People and Harvesting Their Data An Investigative Look at Forced Surveillance, Data Extraction, and Consent Collapse

    By LeRoy Nellis Austin, Texas January 2026 Executive Summary This article documents serious concerns and allegations that NCIC and Securus, a private correctional communications vendor, operates systems that function not merely as communication tools but as surveillance and data-harvesting platforms. These concerns arise from the structure of NCIC’s services, the absence of meaningful consent, and…

  • Are Jail Communication Apps Using AI and Biometric Surveillance to Harass Pre-Trial Detainees and Their Families?

    By LeRoy NellisAustin, Texas Pre-trial detainees in the United States are legally presumed innocent. Yet they are often subjected to some of the most technologically aggressive monitoring systems deployed anywhere in American society. What is less understood—and far more concerning—is that the families and friends of these detainees may also be swept into advanced surveillance…

  • Request for Independent Security Review — NCIC Jail Communication App (Public-Interest Inquiry)

    security@eff.org,info@eff.org,tips@propublica.org,security@themarkup.org,tips@theintercept.com,disclosures@citizenlab.ca,contact@citizenlab.ca,security@aclu.org,tips@wired.com,security@mozilla.org,bugcrowd@bugcrowd.com,disclosures@hackerone.com,security@torproject.org,press@torproject.org,security@wikimedia.org,info@openprivacy.ca,contact@privacyinternational.org,security@openrights.org,tips@bellingcat.com Good afternoon, I am reaching out to request an independent, good-faith security and privacy review of the NCIC jail communications platform (mobile application and associated backend services) from a public-interest and civil-liberties perspective. The concern is straightforward and narrow: Whether the NCIC application engages in surveillance, data harvesting, tracking, or secondary data use that…