United States, Nationwide
Federal Bureau of Prisons
TruNarc and Smiths Detection narcotics testing of suspected mail, supplied by TruNarc, Smiths Detection (as listed in the inventory)
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-9A684C0F
- Body
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Nationwide
- Technology
- TruNarc and Smiths Detection narcotics testing of suspected mail
- Supplier
- TruNarc, Smiths Detection (as listed in the inventory)
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DOJ-0166)
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-9A684C0F
Notes
The Justice Department's 2025 AI use case inventory (entry DOJ-0166, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists 'TruNarc, Smith Detection' as deployed. The entry says the system tests suspected mail for narcotics and reports test results. It says the testing is used to confirm staff's visual identification of narcotics in institution mail, lists the vendor as 'TruNarc, Smiths Detection', gives an operational date of January 2024 and classes the use as high-impact. The entry does not describe how AI is used in the testing.
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