Wednesday, November 11, 2015

DOJ has a top secret program to listen on privileged telephone conversations between inmates and defense attorneys

Securus is a for-profit corporation that makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year from exclusive contracts with thousands of jails and prisons across the U.S., in which it gets to charge prisoners more than a dollar a minute, in addition to a host of extra fees. It is one of a tiny handful of companies that control the prison phone industry, and has used its power and influence to try to shape policy. Recently, Securus threatened to the sue the Federal Communications Commission over a new rule that would make prison phone calls more affordable for struggling families.
Securus has monopoly profits on phone calls, apparently sells those conversations to the DOJ who use parallel construction and evidence laundering so prosecutors can lie to federal judges. Further, Securus has the stones to sue the FCC so they can continue to screw poor people. Sweet. How do so many prosecutors all over the US end up with those confidential telephone call records?

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