The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week:
1. 21-ORD-067 (In re: David Pennington/Big Sandy Regional Detention Center)
Summary: The Big Sandy Regional Detention Center (the "Center") violated the Open Records Act when it failed to respond to an open records request, and when it denied a request for records under KRS 61.878(1)(a) without explaining how the exception applied to the records withheld.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…
2. 21-ORD-068 (In re: Christopher Hawkins/Kentucky State Penitentiary)
Summary: The Kentucky State Penitentiary did not violate the Open Records Act when it was unable to produce a record that did not exist in its possession.
https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…