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| Utah panel supports prison records policy |
| By sltrib.com - Brooke Adams |
| Published: 11/16/2012 |
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An indigent inmate lost his challenge of a new Department of Corrections policy that limits the number of documents it provides free of charge, though the State Records Committee said Thursday the prison must find a way for inmates to review records they can’t afford to get copied. Inmate Michael Luesse sought relief from the committee after administrators refused to waive copy fees for documents, including personal write-ups and policy manuals, he requested under the state’s Government Records Access and Management Act. He made the three records requests in early May and learned more than a month later that Corrections had a new policy, adopted "out of the blue," that caps free copies at 100 pages per inmate annually. Matthew Anderson, an assistant attorney general, said Corrections instituted the policy on June 8 to curb excessive and frivolous records requests made by Luesse and about 15 other inmates, most of whom sought fee waivers. The requests strained staff and financial resources. Read More. |
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