BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 26 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release:

At a Yale Law School law and technology speaker series, new scholarship examines outdated privacy doctrine in modern carceral technology.

As digital tablets and communication technologies become standard tools behind bars, University of Baltimore School of Law Associate Professor Zina Makar is examining a pressing constitutional question: Do the legal standards governing prisons adequately protect the privacy in an era of expansive digital surveillance?

In her latest research, presented at the Yale Information Society Project (ISP), Professor Makar examines how courts are grappling with the use of digital tablets and other technologies to collect da...