Legal Opinion

Bureau of Prisons Disclosure of Recorded Inmate Telephone Conversations

Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel

Decided January 14, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

Bureau of Prisons Disclosure of Recorded Inmate Telephone Conversations T he policy o f the C rim inal D ivision requiring outside law enforcem ent officials to obtain som e form o f legal process authorizing access to contents o f inm ate telephone conversations is not m andated by the C onstitution or T itle III o f the O m nibus C rim e Control and Safe Streets Act o f 1968. T he practice o f profiling specific groups o f inm ates for m onitoring raises concerns when it requires or causes the Bureau of Prisons to alter its established m onitoring procedures for purposes unrelated to prison…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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