Supreme Court of Connecticut· 8/6/1996

Washington v. Meachum

Citations

238 Conn. 692
680 A.2d 262
1996 Conn. LEXIS 311

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rejecting challenge to department of correction regulations 19 governing monitoring of inmates’ nonprivi-leged mail and telephone calls because monitoring was needed to “further the substantial governmental interests in security, order and rehabilitation”
relying on statements of Senators opposed to bill to discern legislative intent
text of article first, § 7, of state constitution does not support it providing greater protection than fourth amendment to federal constitution when two provisions virtually identical
official commentary to Penal Code suggested that eavesdropping statutes were not intended to penalize nonconsensual monitoring and recording of communication if at least one party to communication is aware of monitoring and recording
“reasonable restrictions on inmate telephone calls to attorneys are constitutional, so long as other viable means are available to the inmates to pursue their legal claims”
\[C]ourts are ill equipped to deal with the increasingly urgent problems of prison administration.\

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Judges: Berdon, Callahan

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