State v. Mark Jackson State v. Jamie Monroe (083286)(Middlesex County & Statewide)

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Appellate Division’s reversal of trial court suppressions of inmate telephone call recordings obtained via grand‑jury subpoenas. The Court held that neither the New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act nor Title III applies to such recordings and that inmates have no constitutionally protected reasonable expectation of privacy in calls that are monitored and recorded. Accordingly, the recordings were admissible.