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MONITORING AND RECORDING PHONE CALLS MADE BY PRETRIAL DETAINEES WHO ARE NOTIFIED THE CALLS ARE MONITORED AND RECORDED DOES NOT VIOLATE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, THE RECORDINGS MAY BE SHARED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS WITHOUT A WARRANT (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Feinman, over a two-judge dissent, determined recording phone conversation of pretrial detainees who are notified the calls are monitored and recorded does not violate the Fourth Amendment. Therefore such recordings can be shared with law enforcement and prosecutors:

… [W]here detainees are aware that their phone calls are being monitored and recorded, all reasonable expectation of privacy in the content of those phone calls is lost, “and there is no legitimate reason to think that the recordings, like any other evidence lawfully discovered, would not be admissible” … . Moreover, the signs posted near the telephones used by the inmates state that calls are monitored in “accordance with DOC policy” which, according to the DOC Operations Order, provides that while recordings are confidential and not available to the public, the District Attorney’s Office may request a copy of an inmate’s recorded calls which will be provided upon approval by DOC … . …

We therefore reject defendant’s argument that he retained a reasonable expectation of privacy once the calls were lawfully intercepted by DOC and hold that there were no additional Fourth Amendment protections that would prevent DOC from releasing the recording to the District Attorney’s Office absent a warrant. People v Diaz, 2019 NY Slip Op 01260, CtApp 2-19-19

 

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