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Jail board votes to let defense counsel access inmate records with signed releases
Summary
The Prince William–Manassas Regional Jail Board approved a motion to grant defense counsel access to a defined set of inmate records upon presentation of a signed release, after months of debate about HIPAA, privileged materials and administrative burden.
The Prince William–Manassas Regional Jail Board voted to grant defense attorneys access to a defined set of inmate records — including recorded phone calls, text and tablet messages, video visits, booking photos, visitor logs, nonlegal mail, incident reports, housing and classification records and medical records — when an inmate signs and presents a release.
The motion, introduced by board member Miss Lennox, says "any inmate's attorney or a member of that attorney's office shall be granted access upon presentation of a release signed by the inmate" and excludes privileged material. Proponents said the change restores…
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