The data leaked by Securus, a phone service provider whose platform usesfrom more than 1,2 million US inmates, show the company was recording and storing calls between inmates and lawyers. The leak brings to light issues surrounding the secure attorney-client privilege.
In accordance with Intercept leaked (via SecureDrop) files containing 70 million inmate phone calls, including at least 14.000 calls to lawyersconditions.
The records list the names of the inmates, the phone numbers they called, the date, the time and duration of these calls. They also included a link to download the audio file of each call.
Calls made by US prisoners (and not only) are usually recorded and monitored. According to Securus, data is protected and accessible only to authorized law enforcement officers, such as police and prosecutors.
However, the sixth amendment provides all prisoners the right to speak freely with their lawyers, without their calls being recorded. This is exactly where the problems begin, as among the 70 million calls, there are 14.000 that are calls to lawyers.
The company, on the other hand, claims that there is "absolutely no evidence" of conversations between lawyers and detainees, which were recorded without the consent of both parties.
However, this breach highlights two major issues: it is waterproof.
