A legislative study group voted to recommend the state adopt stricter polices about recording and listening to calls between prisoners and their attorneys.
A legislative study group is recommending that Maine adopt stricter policies to prevent calls between lawyers and their clients in jail from falling into the hands of prosecutors and police.
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AUGUSTA A bill that would penalize prosecutors who listen to recordings of attorney-client conversations made by Maine county jail phone systems was instead turned into a study group on Thursday. The vote came after conversations with the state.
Maine Lawmakers, Defense Attorneys say Jails ‘Must Stop’ Recording and Listening to Attorney Calls. https://www.themainemonitor.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Aroostook-Sh… Maine county jails “must stop” recording and listening to calls that inmates make to.