Number: RS21077
Title: Monitoring Inmate-Attorney Communications: Sixth Amendment Implications
Authors: T.J. Halstead, American Law Division 
Abstract: Citing the need to ensure that individuals in federal cus6tody are not abot to facilitate acts of terrorism through conversations with an attorney, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons instituted an interim rule on October 30, 2001, authorizing the monitoring of attorney-client communications when the Attorney General determines that reasonable suspicion exists to believe that such communications might facilitate acts of violence or terrorism. This report provides an overview of the provisions of the interim rule, as well as a synopsis of Sixth Amendment implications regarding intentional intrusion into the attorney-client relationship.
Pages: 6
Date: Updated November 27, 2001