Flock Cameras in Prison?!

Our Take

The John Rondi Show dropped a clip titled "Flock Cameras in Prison?!" — light on specifics in the description, but the premise alone is worth sitting with. Whether the segment is about cameras monitoring prison perimeters, tracking visitors' vehicles, or something else entirely, the fact that Flock Safety's name keeps popping up in conversations about carceral infrastructure says a lot about how far this company's footprint has spread. We give Rondi credit for putting the topic in front of a casual podcast audience that might never otherwise hear the word "ALPR."

This is exactly the kind of mission creep we track: a technology pitched to suburban HOAs and small-town police departments as a tool for catching stolen cars quietly becomes infrastructure for monitoring people at every stage of the justice system, before and after they've even been convicted of anything. Once plate-reading cameras are normalized as background furniture — at your apartment complex, your grocery store parking lot, or outside a correctional facility — the question of who's watching, and why, gets harder for the public to ask.

We can't verify the specific claims in this clip without watching the full episode, so take the title as a conversation starter rather than a confirmed fact. But it's a good prompt to check what's already watching you. Browse our camera map to see documented Flock deployments near you, and visit take-action if you want to push back on unchecked expansion in your own community.