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Records Requested from Washington DOC Under Public Records Act May Be Rejected as Contraband

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2013

Filed under: Disclosure of Records, Mail, Mail Regulations. Location: Washington.

The Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) may reject as contraband records requested from the DOC under the Washington Public Records Act, the Washington Supreme Court held, July 3, 2008.

Michael Livingston, a Washington prisoner, filed a public disclosure request for the training records of a DOC guards. Finding no applicable ...

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