== Works of the United States Government and various other governments are excluded from copyright law and may therefore be considered to be in the public domain in their respective countries. == 

 Works of the United States Government and various other governments are excluded from copyright law and may therefore be considered to be in the public domain in their respective countries.[26] In the United States, when copyrighted material is enacted into the law, it enters the public domain. 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#Government_works 

 The Gotti tapes were not private conversations, they were taken in Federal Prison, and they are fully aware that they are being recorded. 

 There is no copyright issues.