March 10, 2026
馃晲 1:00 pm鈥2:30 pm
馃搷 Atelier d鈥檌nnovation sociale Mauril-B茅langer, Universit茅 Saint-Paul
This event explores how carceral bureaucracies and corporate telecommunications interests have transformed family contact into a profit center. From Michigan鈥檚 groundbreaking 鈥淩ight to Hug鈥 class action to jail policies across the United States that replace in-person visits with costly, glitchy, and surveilled video calls, the talk examines how family connection is being reshaped.
What does this litigation and issue mean for more fundamental rights, and for the increasingly authoritarian profiteering from the most basic and fundamental aspects of human relationships?
