Prisoners' private electronic talks with lawyers would be protected from government monitoring.
This bill would require the Attorney General to create a new system within two years to stop the monitoring of private electronic communications between incarcerated people and their legal teams. It would set strict rules, including needing a court warrant, for law enforcement to access these privileged messages. Until the new system is ready, incarcerated people would receive notice if their communications are being monitored.
Today, electronic communications between incarcerated people and their legal counsel in federal custody can be monitored, and there are no clear federal rules protecting attorney-client privilege in this context. After this bill, the Attorney General would be required to create a system within two years to prevent the monitoring of these privileged communications. Access to retained privileged messages by law enforcement would require a court warrant and specific approvals, and courts could suppress evidence obtained improperly.
S 3850 · 119th Congress · February 11, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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