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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules No Privacy Right Exists for Jail Phone Calls

Loaded on May 15, 2010

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Self Incrimination, Evidence, Telephone Monitoring. Location: Massachusetts.

On September 11, 2009, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that jail prisoners had no right to privacy with respect to the recording of the non-legal phone calls they made while in jail, and the sheriff must provide recordings of the phone calls when the grand jury requests them ...

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