On June 1, 2017 the plaintiffs, previously detained at a private detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. The plaintiffs sued CoreCivic, Inc, that operated the detention facility and Securus Technologies, Inc, that provided phone and video conference services to the facility for violations of the Kansas, Missouri and federal wiretapping statutes. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel and sought monetary relief and attorney’s fees. The plaintiffs claimed that throughout the time they were detained defendants improperly and without authorization or consent by Plaintiffs, recorded confidential phone calls and meetings between detainees and their attorneys. Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara was assigned to the case.

In the complaint, plaintiffs asked for class certification, but this issue was never decided by the court. On November 13, 2017 an individual tried to join the case as a member of the class, but this motion was denied because class certification had not been granted.

CoreCivic and Securus moved to dismiss Count I (the violation of the Missouri wiretapping statute), and on March 2, 2018 this was motion was granted. Securus also moved to dismiss Counts II and III (the violations of the Kansas and federal wiretapping statutes), but this motion was denied.

As of September 24, the parties were engaged in settlement negotiations, with a temporary extension of the stay granted until October 31, 2018.

Anna Brito - 10/03/2018


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