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State chief data officer urges small pilots, community input for jail data and AI tools
Summary
Jason Lally, California's chief data officer, told the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board that incremental pilots, community engagement and accessible procurement paths are the most practical ways to modernize jail technology and responsibly deploy AI.
Jason Lally, State Data Science Chief and former San Francisco chief data officer, told the Sheriff's Department Oversight Board on July 11 that modernization of jail technology and use of artificial intelligence should begin with small pilots, clear performance measures and community engagement.
Lally described the approach his Office of Data and Innovation uses: start with basic measures (“How much? How well? Is anybody better off?”), talk to people who will be affected, run low-risk pilots and scale what succeeds. He said San Francisco and California have both demonstrated that local government can publish granular data while protecting privacy, referencing federal and state guidance and the need to balance HIPAA…
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