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Texas Act Requires Compelling Reasoning for Nondisclosure of Requested Prisoner Information

Loaded on July 15, 2008

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Sentencing, Parole, Pardons/Clemency. Location: Texas.

The Office of the Attorney General (AG) of the State of Texas opined the legal parameters regarding the release of prisoner information by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The opinion is in accordance with the State's Government Code (Code) and Open Records Decision No. 664 (2000).

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