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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A court-appointed official looking into the taping of attorney-client meetings at a federal detention center in Kansas says the state’s U.S. attorney’s office is no longer cooperating with his investigation.
Special Master David R. Cohen said in a report obtained by KCUR Radio that he received a 24-page letter last month from the U.S. attorney’s office stating that it will no longer provide him with information and documents as part of his investigation of claims involving at the Leavenworth Detention Center.
The decision may heighten suspicions that the U.S. attorney’s office is concealing information about the tapings from criminal defense lawyers, many of whom have filed motions to dismiss cases on the grounds that the Sixth Amendment rights of clients were violated.
At least two class-action lawsuits have been filed by attorneys on behalf of former detainees, both seeking at least $5 million in damages from the operator of the prison, CoreCivic Inc., and the company that provides the prison with phone services, Securus Technologies.
Both companies have denied wrongdoing. Cohen, in his report, commended both for their cooperation.
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