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  "record": {
    "id": "14853079-2ca0-411c-b827-310be48b7241",
    "code": "PAI-14853079",
    "force": "New York City Department of Correction",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "New York City",
    "technology": "Pocketalk real-time translation device for people in custody and visitors",
    "technology_slug": "ai-transcription-and-translation",
    "vendor": "Pocketalk",
    "vendor_slug": "",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "trial",
    "stage": "in-use",
    "evidence": "official",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "January 2025",
    "legal_basis": "",
    "oversight": "Disclosed in the City's annual Local Law 35 algorithmic tools report.",
    "notes": "The New York City Office of Technology and Innovation's algorithmic tools report for calendar year 2025 lists Pocketalk as a tool used by the Department of Correction's Division of Programs and Community Partnerships since January 2025. The report says Pocketalk 'is designed to support real-time, two-way conversation translation across more than 90 languages', for language translation for people in custody and visitors, and describes it as an off-the-shelf product. It says the department 'has implemented a small-scale, limited pilot to assess the efficacy of the devices', gives the frequency of use as 'Limited assessments (6 total)', and says that if successful Pocketalk will be piloted across select facilities to 'supplement (not replace)' qualified human interpretation. The report covers 2025 and does not say whether the pilot continued or what it found.",
    "source": "NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, Algorithmic Tools Report for 2025 (March 2026)",
    "source_url": "https://www.nyc.gov/assets/oti/downloads/pdf/reports/LL35%20Report%202025%20-%20Final%20-%202026-03-27.pdf",
    "last_checked": "2026-11-06",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/14853079-2ca0-411c-b827-310be48b7241"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}