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State agency wants $2,000 for prison rape records
By desmoinesregister.com
Published: 11/20/2014

The leader of the Iowa Public Information Board is supporting a state agency's decision to charge more than $2,000 for access to mandatory reports about sexual violence in Iowa's prisons.

Board executive director Keith Luchtel has concluded that the charge by the Department of Corrections isn't excessive and complies with the open records law. The board will review his opinion Thursday.

The Marshall Project, a nonprofit that reports on the criminal justice system, is seeking sexual violence incident reports that were required to be submitted to the federal government under the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

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