STOCOPTICON
By Cesar Garcia
People are more than the data collected about them; communities deserve dignity, accountability, and a voice in the technologies and systems that shape their lives.
STOCOPTICON examines how surveillance, incarceration, and data systems shape the lives of justice-impacted communities and explores what happens when people become data within systems that monitor and categorize them.
About the Issue
Communities should have meaningful control over the technologies, data, and systems that shape their lives.
More technology and more data do not automatically create safer communities. U.S. Government and Accountability Office.
Surveillance systems increasingly collect information about people while often operating with limited transparency, oversight, or meaningful public participation. The Annual Review of Criminology.
STOCOPTICON invites audiences to critically examine the systems that collect, analyze, and act upon information about their lives.
Accountability should be measured by how people are treated—not simply by how much data is collected about them.
Take Action
Know What Is Watching Your Community
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Learn More
Learn what surveillance technologies operate in your community.
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Participate
Participate in local decision-making processes.
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Support
Support organizations working on accountability and transparency.
Host A Screening
Bring STOCOPTICON to your campus, organization, coalition, conference, or community event to spark conversation about surveillance, technology, incarceration, and accountability.
Interested in hosting a screening, panel, or community conversation featuring Cesar Garcia or local advocates?