“Big brother invasion of privacy or pro-active policing? That’s the question after a new report revealed seven North Carolina universities use or have used powerful social media-monitoring programs to keep an eye on everything from campus protests to student well-being to drugs.” So begins this WRAL story about Social Sentinel, a product used by some campus police departments to track student social media posts that may indicate potential unrest or criminal activity. Duke, UNC, and NC State are among the institutions named in the story. The reporter who led the investigation is a former UNC student who became interested in the topic during the Silent Sam protests on campus. Keep reading for more news. Todd Ishee named Secretary of the Department of Adult Correction. This press release indicates that Governor Cooper has selected Todd Ishee to lead the Department of Adult Correction, which is being spun off from the Department of Public Safety as a result of recent legislation. Mr. Ishee has been serving as Commissioner of Prisons within the Department of Public Safety, so he appears to be well-positioned to do the job. According to the release, he “brings more than 30 years of correctional experience to his new role as Secretary.” New Council on Criminal Justice report on racial disparities in imprisonment. Speaking of prisons, the CCJ has a new report here. The headline finding is that “[o]ver the first two decades of the 21st century, the disparity in Black and White state imprisonment rates (the ratio of Black-to-White [...]
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