Opinion
Opinion By: Daniel Cameron,Attorney General;Michelle D. Harrison,Assistant Attorney General
Open Records Decision
Appellant requested from the Center a copy of the Center's policies and procedures regarding the calculation of "time credit" for inmates serving their sentences. However, the Center denied Appellant's request under KRS 197.025(2) because the requested policy did not contain a specific reference to Appellant.
KRS 197.025(2) authorized the Center to deny the request. The Center is not "required to comply with a request for any record from any inmate . . . unless the request is for a record which contains a specific reference to that individual." KRS 197.025(2). The policy Appellant requested is a generally applicable policy that does not refer to any specific inmate. Accordingly, the Center did not violate the Act in denying the request. 1
Either party may appeal this decision may appeal by initiating action in the appropriate circuit court per KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882. Pursuant to KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General shall be notified of any action in circuit court, but shall not be named as a party in that action or in any subsequent proceeding.
Footnotes
Footnotes
1 The Center also stated on appeal that it did not realize initially that Appellant had requested a previous version, or "historical version," of the policy. The Center stated that upon realizing that Appellant sought an older version of the policy, it determined that it did not possess a copy of the older policy.