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Authorities Listen in on Attorney-Client Calls at Jails in FL, CA and TX
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2008, page 32
by David Reutter & Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Criminal Prosecution,
Telephones,
Attorney Calls,
Telephone Monitoring.
Locations:
California,
Florida,
Texas.
In December 2007, it was reported that an investigator at Florida’s Charlotte County Jail was caught listening to telephone conversations between a prisoner and his attorney. As a result, the investigator, Kenneth Hill, was reprimanded and placed on road patrol.
Hill was investigating charges ...
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