"AI and technology can be transformative to the whole of the law and order space.When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times.Similarly, in the world of policing, in particular, we’ve already been rolling out live facial recognition technology, but I think there’s big space here for being able to harness the power of AI and tech to get ahead of the criminals, frankly, which is what we’re trying to do."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomLord Chancellors (United Kingdom)Labour Party (UK) politiciansWomen born in the 1980sGender-critical feminists
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Interview with Sir Tony Blair (December 2025), quoted in Charles Hymas, "'Minority Report policing' to catch criminals before they strike", The Telegraph (18 January 2026) and in Hamish Morrison, "Shabana Mahmood proposes AI 'Panopticon' system of state surveillance", The National (20 January 2026)
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