February 12, 2014
Two individuals from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services: Benny Noordhoek, Criminal Investigator, and Jeff Peterson, Intel Coordinator/Analyst, came to discuss investigations and data mining in the prison system.
Noordhoek and Peterson described how data is collected on inmates, which can produce a tremendous amount of information for each individual, and explained how ‘data mining’ is collecting and consolidating this data for use in investigations.
There are currently 10 correctional facilities in the state of Nebraska housing 5,000 inmates and many instances of contraband smuggling, assaults and money laundering are investigated within the department of corrections each year. More…