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Pennsylvania DOC's Nondisclosure of Documents Regarding Chemical Incident Upheld by Court

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2008

Filed under: Prison Industries, Workplace Injury, Work Conditions/Safety, Respiratory, Medical Records, Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records. Location: Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania state prisoner Christopher Heffran petitioned for review of the Department of Corrections' (DOC) non-production of requested documents regarding his asthma attack. The DOC stated that the requested documents were not public records under the Right to Know Act (Act). The court affirmed the DOC's adjudication.

Heffran worked in the ...

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