{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-24T07:30:42.583Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"contraband_phone","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"unknown","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":1,"coverage":{"cases":1,"countries":1,"languages":1,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":1,"lawsuits":0,"regulatory":0,"minors":1,"coreRelations":1,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2026-martin-county-florida-sheriff-says-prison-inmate-used-ai-to-make-thousands-of-sexual-images-of-his-original-child-victim","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Investigators determined that he communicated with the child through social media and used artificial intelligence to create thousands of sexually explicit images depicting the victim from his original case'; 'was being held at Martin Correctional Institution for offenses originating in Broward County when investigators received a tip that he was having inappropriate communication with a child'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The Martin County Sheriff's Office says investigators determined that a man serving a 25-year sentence used a contraband phone in his cell to communicate with a child through social media and used artificial intelligence to create thousands of sexually explicit images depicting the victim of his original case.","causal_attribution":"The investigating sheriff's office's account as CBS12 reports it; the AI tool and the technical basis are not disclosed; unproven allegations."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'detectives received an Internet Crimes Against Children tip last month about a phone downloading large amounts of child sexual abuse material'; 'prison staff recovered it'; 'So he’s continuing, essentially, to revictimize our victim while he’s sitting in prison'; 'investigators do not believe the AI-generated images of his original victim were among them'; 'He said the victim has been notified'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The sheriff said detectives received an Internet Crimes Against Children tip the previous month about a phone downloading large amounts of child sexual abuse material, prison staff recovered the phone, the victim has been notified, and investigators do not believe the AI images of the original victim were among images the man traded; he called it continuing to revictimize the victim.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff John Budensiek's remarks as reported by CBS12."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'sent an AI-generated nude image of a man to young girls on Snapchat'; 'The sheriff estimated it went to hundreds to thousands of children and said none of them appeared to engage'; 'is expected to face additional charges related to child sexual abuse material'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The sheriff said the man sent an AI-generated nude image of a man to young girls on Snapchat, estimated to have reached hundreds to thousands of children, none of whom appeared to engage; he is expected to face additional charges.","causal_attribution":"Sheriff's estimate as reported; the recipients are exposed people with no reported harm and are not counted."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'to 25 years in prison for lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The man had been sentenced in Broward County to 25 years in prison for lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12.","causal_attribution":"CBS12's account of the earlier case; no court record was inspected."}],"effects":[{"label":"depicted in thousands of AI-generated sexually explicit images made from prison, per the sheriff","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://cbs12.com/news/local/man-sentenced-25-years-accused-creating-ai-generation-child-sexual-abuse-images-martin-county-special-victims-unit-martin-county-correctional-institution-florida-news","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read in English on 2026-10-24 (CBS12, West Palm Beach, published 22 October 2026, HTTP 200). Reports the sheriff's office statement and the sheriff's remarks, with a Florida Department of Corrections statement.","independence_group":"martin-county-sheriff-briefing"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["others_use"],"contexts":["justice","privacy"],"unknowns":["Which AI tool was used and how investigators established that the images were AI-generated.","When the images were created, and whether the child he communicated with is the original victim or another child.","The charges eventually filed and any court outcome.","The victim's own account of the effect."],"geography":{"basis":"The phone was recovered from the man's cell at Martin Correctional Institution in Florida and the Martin County Sheriff's Office investigated (CBS12). Where the victim lives is not stated, and no new court case is reported yet.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":[]},"publication":{"basis":"Published as a core case (depicted_or_impersonated): the investigating sheriff's office says a prison inmate used AI to create thousands of sexually explicit images of the child victim of his original case and calls this a revictimisation; the victim has been notified. The allegations are unproven, and the tool and how its use was established are not disclosed.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-24"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The Martin County Sheriff's Office, whose Special Victims Unit examined the case with the correctional facilities after recovering the phone, says investigators determined that the man used artificial intelligence to create thousands of sexually explicit images depicting the victim of his original case (depicted_or_impersonated). The attribution comes from the investigating agency as reported by CBS12; the tool and the technical basis are not disclosed.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["depicted_or_impersonated"]},"name":"Florida sheriff says a prison inmate used AI on a contraband phone to make thousands of sexual images of the child victim of his original case","summary":"The Martin County Sheriff's Office in Florida said on 22 October 2026 that a man serving a 25-year sentence for child sexual abuse offences used a contraband phone in his cell at Martin Correctional Institution to communicate with a child through social media and to create, with artificial intelligence, thousands of sexually explicit images depicting the victim of his original case. Detectives had received an Internet Crimes Against Children tip the previous month about a phone downloading large amounts of child sexual abuse material; prison staff recovered the phone. Sheriff John Budensiek said the man was 'continuing, essentially, to revictimize our victim' from prison, that the victim had been notified, and that investigators do not believe the AI images of the original victim were among the images he traded with others. The sheriff also said he sent an AI-generated nude image of a man to young girls on Snapchat, none of whom appeared to engage. He is expected to face additional charges (CBS12). The allegations are unproven.","incidentKind":"bounded_series","incidentDatePrecision":"unknown","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2026-10-22","aiSystem":"An AI image tool, not named by the sheriff's office, used on a contraband phone to create sexually explicit images of a child","aiProduct":"Unidentified image tool","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["exploitation_or_abuse"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"According to the Martin County Sheriff's Office, the child victim of a man's original abuse case was depicted in thousands of sexually explicit images he created with AI from prison; the sheriff called it continuing to revictimize the victim, who has been notified (CBS12).","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":0,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":1,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"One child, the victim of the man's original case, depicted in the AI images (sheriff's office via CBS12). The child he communicated with may be a different person, which the report does not say; the recipients of the AI nude image of a man are exposed people, not counted. The accused is not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"US-FL","platformType":"other","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://cbs12.com/news/local/man-sentenced-25-years-accused-creating-ai-generation-child-sexual-abuse-images-martin-county-special-victims-unit-martin-county-correctional-institution-florida-news","primarySourceLabel":"CBS12, 22 October 2026: Man sentenced to 25 years accused of creating AI-generated sexual abuse images in prison","firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-24T03:08:48.613383+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T03:08:48.613383+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["ai_generated_csam","child_sexual_abuse_imagery","contraband_phone","prison","florida","sheriff_statement"]}]}