Listening in parlatoria for factions grows; OAB questions practice
Listening in parlatoria for faction leaders grows in the states, Lula's government wants expansion and OAB questions practice. Read in Gazeta do Povo.
TL;DR
- State governments are expanding the use of surveillance in prison visitation rooms (parlatórios) to monitor communications of incarcerated criminal leaders.
- The federal government plans to formalize and expand these measures, which are intended to disrupt the flow of information and orders to criminal groups on the streets.
- The OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) contests the practice, arguing it violates attorney-client privilege and is unconstitutional.
- The Law Raul Jungmann (Anti-Faction Law) permits monitoring of conversations in parlatoria with judicial authorization if there's suspicion of a lawyer collaborating with a criminal organization.
- Surveillance in Ceará and Goiás has led to investigations and arrests of individuals, including lawyers, suspected of acting as intermediaries for criminal organizations.
- The federal government intends to implement monitoring in 138 state correctional facilities, providing technology and training, while states handle operational execution.