Dept. of Corrections
Denied: Petition about inmate, as criminal investigative record
September 14, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
information related to a petition to place an
inmate on a restricted release list. Read
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Denied: Request for answer to question to Dept. of Corrections
September 08, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
information about why a particular inmate was
being held at a county prison. Read
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Denied: Request for DOC incident statement
September 02, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for a copy
of a statement taken in connection with an
incident. Read
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Granted: Dept. of Corrections policy on inmate book ordering
August 31, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for two parts of a
Department of Corrections policy manual.
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Denied: Request for first names of corrections officers
August 18, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for the
first names of security officers at the State
Correction Institution-Mahoney. Read
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Denied: Parole vote sheets, subject to another law
August 18, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for copies of vote
sheets related to the requester's parole. The DOC
granted access to another part of the request,
but denied the vote sheets, citing a
confidentiality provision in the regulations of
the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
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Denied: Records from Department of Corrections that do not exist
August 17, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for copies
of request slips the requester had filed from
1999 to 2002. Read
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Denied: Copyrighted material referenced by Dept. of Corrections
August 12, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for copies
of an accreditation company’s correctional
standards referred to in a DOC administrative
manual. Read
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Denied: Requester's medical incident report
August 12, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for a report on a
medical incident the requester was involved in.
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Denied: Corrections nutrition handbook that no longer exists
August 12, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for a copy
of the agency’s nutrition support handbook. The
DOC denied the request, saying the handbook is an
old document that is no longer used or maintained
by the agency. Read
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Denied: Proceeding records not in Dept. of Corrections possession
August 12, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for a copy of a file or
tape connected to a certain court proceeding. The
DOC denied the request, stating that it was not
in possession of the records sought. Read
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Denied: Violent offender information DOC says doesn't exist
August 06, 2009
Denied: A request for
information from the Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections regarding the percentage of violent
offenders who receive institutional support for
parole. Read
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Denied: Records of murderer that DOC could not find
August 05, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for the
booking record, photo and mental health record of
an individual convicted of murdering the
requester’s mother in 1966. Read
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Denied: Records of inmate attorney visits that no longer exist
August 04, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
records regarding visits by the requester’s
attorney while the requester was incarcerated
between 1990 and 1992. The DOC responded that the
records in question no longer exist. Read
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Denied: A proposed Department of Corrections policy
July 28, 2009
Denied: A request for a copy of
a proposed Department of Corrections commissary
operations policy, not yet in effect.
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Dismissed: Appeal on request the DOC had granted
July 17, 2009
Dismissed as moot: An appeal on
a request for records from the Department of
Corrections, to which the requester asserted the
agency had failed to respond. Read
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Denied: Jail bed platform records not in DOC's possession
July 16, 2009
Denied: A request for records
about the installation of bed platforms at the
State Correctional Institution-Greene, which the
Department of Corrections said were not in its
possession. Read
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Denied: Record that Department of Corrections says doesn't exist
July 14, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for a copy
of the requester's "Judgement of Sentence."
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Denied: Copies of requester's own mental health records
July 10, 2009
Denied: A request for copies of
the requester's mental health records from the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
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Denied: Jail surveillance video showing requester's slip and fall
July 08, 2009
Denied: A request for copies of
internal prison video surveillance footage of the
requester slipping and falling at his workplace,
the State Correctional Institution at Graterford.
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Dismissed: Appeal on DOC request not filed in time
July 06, 2009
Dismissed as untimely: An appeal
to the Office of Open Records which was not
submitted within the 15 day time limit.
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Denied: Inmate grievance cost record that doesn't exist
July 06, 2009
Denied: An request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
records documenting the cost of inmate
grievances, which the agency said did not exist.
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Dismissed: Appeal after Dept. of Corrections provided information sought
July 02, 2009
Dismissed as moot: An appeal
over records requested from the Pennsylvania
Department of Corrections, after the request was
clarified and the records were provided.
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Denied: Copies of investigative records on behalf of union member
June 30, 2009
Denied: An union
representative's request to the Department of
Corrections seeking copies of investigative
materials and a police report associated with a
union member. Read
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Denied: Inmate behavior records from Dept. of Corrections
June 29, 2009
Denied: A request by an inmate
for a copy of his weekly housing report and vote
sheet from the Department of Corrections.
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Denied: Ex-Corrections employee's own personnel records
June 25, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A former Department of Corrections
employee's request for portions of his personnel
record and documents relating to his application
for unemployment. Read
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Denied: First names of corrections officers, as threat to security
June 17, 2009
Denied: A request for records
showing the names of employees at a state
correctional instutition. Read
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Denied: Inmate's appeal of $2,500 in copy fees for requested documents
June 16, 2009
Denied: A 12-part request to the
Department of Corrections for records concerning
the contract with a commissary supply company,
based on an inmate's appeal of the cost involved
in making copies of all the documents requested.
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Denied: Requester's own Department of Corrections medical file
June 12, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for the
requester's own medical files. Read
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Denied: Requester's own transcripts from Dept. of Corrections
June 09, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for the requester's own
academic transcripts and scores. Read
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Denied: Requester's own academic transcripts from DOC
June 08, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for the requester's
academic transcripts and scores. Read
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Denied: Case photographs not in Dept. of Corrections' possession.
June 03, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for photographs
connected with a court proceeding in Luzerne
County. The agency denied the request, saying it
was not in possession of the photographs and
suggested the requester contact Luzerne County
Court of Common Pleas. Read
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Denied: Inmate record that doesn't exist, investigative record
June 01, 2009
Denied: A request for the
requester's inmate records from the Department of
Corrections.
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Denied: Corrections treatment program manual attachment
May 22, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Department of Corrections seeking a copy of the
the Therapeutic Community program operations
manual, including an attachment that details with
the daily operation and procedures of the
residential alcohol and drug treatment program.
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Denied: Inmate records from 25 years ago that no longer exist
May 06, 2009
Denied: Request for information
from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
regarding an inmate released in 1981. The request
was for the dates and institutions where the
person was incarcerated. Some records were
provided, but the DOC responded that the rest of
the records requested did not exist. Read
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Denied: Department of Corrections letter that doesn't exist
April 22, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for a communication
about the requester from the State Correctional
Institution at Graterford to the Pennsylvania
Board of Probation and Parole. Read
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Denied: Non-existent records responsive to questions
April 20, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that
consisted of 16 questions relating to inmate
population. The DOC had provided records in
response to five of the questions, but stated
records in response to the other 11 questions did
not exist. Read
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Granted: Access for requester to inspect and copy
April 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Department of
Corrections for records about claims and
settlements, which the DOC granted but required
prepayment of an estimated $8,750. Read
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Denied: DNA evidence related to requester's conviction
March 18, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections seeking DNA evidence
related to the requester's conviction.
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Denied: Inmate's claim that access to records denied
March 05, 2009
Denied: An inmate's claim that
although he had been granted access to records he
requested from the Department of Corrections, he
was in effect denied because he could neither
inspect the records in person nor afford to pay
$49 for a copy of the documents to be mailed to
him. Read
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