WiFi jail management
Keeping people locked in cages has never been so complicated, but the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office in Florida is taking things to the next level with their new WiFi network. Besides using the system for wireless handhelds, they're also using the WiFi to monitor inmate location, keep track of inmates records and photos, and for making VoIP phone calls between deputies. It isn't as Orwellian as it could be—there are no wirelessly-enabled cameras in the showers and the guards can't use WiFi to remotely activate your shock collar, but at least if we find ourselves spending a night in the Pinellas County jail we'll be able to while away the time looking at Internet porn. (At this point taking away our laptop would surely count as cruel and unusual punishment, wouldn't it?)
