Imagine a prison system that focuses on rehabilitation, not punishment. A system where criminals are offered a chance to shorten their sentences by undergoing a procedure that implants artificial memories into their brains. These memories wouldn’t be happy vacations – they would be crafted from the victim’s perspective, forcing the prisoner to experience the emotional impact of their crime. This is the core idea behind Cognify, a controversial concept for a future prison system designed by Hashem Al-Ghaili, a Berlin-based filmmaker and science communicator.
