Flaws plague a tool meant to help low-risk federal prisoners win early release
The Justice Department created an algorithm to measure a person's risk of committing a new crime after leaving prison. But even after multiple tweaks, the tool is leading to racial disparities.
Hasnain says:
Sigh. Algorithms are not neutral, example N+1:
“In a report issued days before Christmas in 2021, the department said its algorithmic tool for assessing the risk that a person in prison would return to crime produced uneven results. The algorithm, known as Pattern, overpredicted the risk that many Black, Hispanic and Asian people would commit new crimes or violate rules after leaving prison.”
Posted on 2022-01-26T20:31:12+0000