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Corrections and Compliance
Recent legal developments in the corrections world
CHRISTMAS V NABORS IS ONGOING
Where legal mail is scanned and then delivered, it may violate the first amendment rights of the incarcerated individual. Plaintiff Christmas sued his jail and jail Commander, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that his claims amounted to a violation of his constitutional rights. His case is now proceeding against the jail Commander and Sergeant in their individual capacities.
Read the decision here. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-11th-circuit/114836246.html
Where legal mail is scanned and then delivered, it may violate the first amendment rights of the incarcerated individual. Plaintiff Christmas sued his jail and jail Commander, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that his claims amounted to a violation of his constitutional rights. His case is now proceeding against the jail Commander and Sergeant in their individual capacities.
Read the decision here. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-11th-circuit/114836246.html
LEGAL MAIL UNDER ATTACK IN OHIO
Photocopying legal mail and keeping original may violate first amendment. A filing in Ohio claims that where jail officials photocopy paper mail in front of an incarcerated individual and provide them with a copy while retaining the original, the possibility that a jail may read the mail violates attorney-client privilege.
Learn more about this case here: https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2024/06/cc/.
Photocopying legal mail and keeping original may violate first amendment. A filing in Ohio claims that where jail officials photocopy paper mail in front of an incarcerated individual and provide them with a copy while retaining the original, the possibility that a jail may read the mail violates attorney-client privilege.
Learn more about this case here: https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2024/06/cc/.
More information:
Christmas motion adds defendant
Federal Prison Oversight Act
The Martha Wright-Reed Act
Christmas motion adds defendant
Federal Prison Oversight Act
The Martha Wright-Reed Act
Lightning Law™ is the Answer!
Lightning Law™ offers much more than just compliance support. We provide access to justice and enhance safety for corrections officers. By minimizing the amount of legal mail entering a facility, we reduce the risk of contraband, reduce time searching cells and escorting attorneys through security, making the environment safer for everyone.Providing incarcerated individuals with efficient access to their legal discovery, case information and counsel benefits every stakeholder in the criminal justice system.
New laws may require facilities to provide data showing that their residents are obtaining access to counsel and legal mail. Our digital legal mail and remote attorney meeting solution can provide you with that data. Without violating attorney-client privilege, we can demonstrate how many attorney client meetings are occurring and the volume of evidence being shared.Of course, Lightning Law™ offers much more than just compliance support. We provide access to justice and enhance safety for corrections officers. By minimizing the amount of legal mail entering a facility, we reduce the risk of contraband, reduce time searching cells and escorting attorneys through security, making the environment safer for everyone.
Providing incarcerated individuals with efficient access to their legal discovery, case information and counsel benefits every stakeholder in the criminal justice system.
Lightning Law™ offers much more than just compliance support. We provide access to justice and enhance safety for corrections officers. By minimizing the amount of legal mail entering a facility, we reduce the risk of contraband, reduce time searching cells and escorting attorneys through security, making the environment safer for everyone.Providing incarcerated individuals with efficient access to their legal discovery, case information and counsel benefits every stakeholder in the criminal justice system.
New laws may require facilities to provide data showing that their residents are obtaining access to counsel and legal mail. Our digital legal mail and remote attorney meeting solution can provide you with that data. Without violating attorney-client privilege, we can demonstrate how many attorney client meetings are occurring and the volume of evidence being shared.Of course, Lightning Law™ offers much more than just compliance support. We provide access to justice and enhance safety for corrections officers. By minimizing the amount of legal mail entering a facility, we reduce the risk of contraband, reduce time searching cells and escorting attorneys through security, making the environment safer for everyone.
Providing incarcerated individuals with efficient access to their legal discovery, case information and counsel benefits every stakeholder in the criminal justice system.