Reintroduce legislation to protect private communication between incarcerated people and their lawyers.

Madeleine Dean · Pennsylvania · Democratic

policy impact 2.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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2/11/26 Dean, Jeffries, Lee, Bacon Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Private Communication Between Incarcerated People and Their Lawyers

Dean reintroduced legislation to protect confidential attorney-client communication for incarcerated people, showing a clear legislative commitment.

Press Releases | Congresswoman Madeleine Dean
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Evidence

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Congress.gov identifies H.R. 7491 in the 119th Congress as the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act, sponsored by Rep. Madeleine Dean, introduced 02/11/2026, and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The official title is to regulate monitoring of electronic communications between an incarcerated person in a Bureau of Prisons facility and that person's attorney or other legal representative.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official congressional record confirms Dean reintroduced the legislation in the 119th Congress. No newer official action appeared in the Aug. 18-20, 2026 lookback window; the bill remains introduced/referred.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R.7491 - Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act
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Rep. Dean's office announced that Dean, Laurel Lee, Don Bacon, and Hakeem Jeffries reintroduced the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act to protect the privacy of email communications between incarcerated clients and their lawyers. The statement says BOP recognizes attorney-client privilege for calls, mail, and in-person communications, but not email, and describes the bill as requiring warrant and review procedures for access to lawyer-client emails.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Dean's official release directly matches the promise language and explains the reintroduced bill's purpose: protecting private electronic communication between incarcerated people and their lawyers.

delivered same_term A for effort

Dean, Jeffries, Lee, Bacon Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Private Communication Between Incarcerated People and Their Lawyers
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Assessments

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The promise was specifically to reintroduce legislation protecting private communications between incarcerated people and their lawyers. Rep. Madeleine Dean sponsored H.R. 7491, the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act, in the 119th Congress on February 11, 2026, and it was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. Because the promised action was reintroduction, not enactment, this counts as delivered in the same term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%