A Maine jail recorded hundreds of an attorney’s calls. He wants to know why.
Law enforcement officials listened to dozens of those recordings, Aroostook County data show.
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Eavesdropping in Maine Jails
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Study group may replace bill to strengthen privacy of attorney-client calls in jails
Lawmakers stripped away penalties in favor of a 16-person committee to look at the problem.
Maine man recorded by jail while on phone with lawyer won’t get new trial
Judge William Stokes denies Steven Clarke's request to set aside 2016 plea deal.
Maine lawmakers, defense attorneys say jails ‘must stop’ recording and listening to attorney calls
Gov. Janet Mills instructs the Department of Corrections to work with lawmakers to protect attorney-client privilege in jails and prisons.
One man fights to undo plea deal due to jail recording of attorney calls
Steven Clarke gambles that a justice will let him take back his guilty plea.
Attorney calls recorded by Maine jails
Maine jails recorded nearly 1,000 calls from inmates to their attorneys at the Aroostook, Androscoggin, Franklin and Kennebec county jails.
Jailed defendants expected private attorney calls. They didn’t always get them.
Murder suspects fear they can’t get a fair trial after state police acknowledge listening to portions of phone calls with their attorneys.