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ACLU Battles Department of Corrections over Public Records
By sunshinestatenews.com - Jim Turner & Dara Kam
Published: 08/16/2013

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has gone to court to try to get records related to a Panhandle prison, after being rebuffed by a state agency that admits to working with "antiquated" technology.

The ACLU filed a lawsuit this month against the Florida Department of Corrections, claiming the agency rejected public records requests in November and May that involved computerized information about housing assignments and cell or bunk assignments for inmates at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution. Around the State

Sara Latshaw, ACLU Northwest Florida regional director, said in an email that it's "ludicrous" for a government agency to skirt Florida’s public-records laws by pretending employees don’t know how databases work.

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