# Is AI deciding who’s dangerous in Michigan prisons?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/is-ai-deciding-whos-dangerous-in-michigan-prisons/
- Published: 2026-11-10T19:30:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T20:38:41+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/ai-deciding-whos-dangerous-michigan-prisons
- Topics: AI, Technology, World

## Key points

- Michigan will test a new system for prison security assessments.
- Officials say it could improve violence predictions by about 30%.
- Staff, not the software, will make final decisions.

## Summary

Michigan plans to pilot a new prison security scoring system from 1 December, aiming to help staff identify changes in behaviour sooner and improve predictions of prison violence. Officials say it could make those predictions about 30% more accurate, potentially affecting where people are housed, how closely they are supervised and their access to education and job training.

The system, developed with nonprofit Recidiviz, draws on a decade of Michigan prison classification data and records already held by the prisons. It applies rules and factors chosen by state corrections experts, with recent disciplinary incidents weighted more heavily and sustained good behaviour potentially supporting a lower security level. Michigan’s Department of Corrections oversees about 32,000 people; staff will make the final security decisions, and the pilot will begin at selected men’s prisons.

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