Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

This bill protects communications between incarcerated people in federal custody (Bureau of Prisons or U.S. Marshals Service) and their attorneys by requiring a new system to block monitoring of protected messages. It mandates that all electronic messages stay private unless authorities obtain a court warrant approved by a U.S. attorney, with strict rules preventing prosecutors from using accessed information in related cases. The system must retain all messages until release, and the government can only access them for system maintenance or with a warrant. It applies only to federal facilities, not state prisons, and does not affect non-protected communications.