Post by Logan on Jun 21, 2016 5:01:20 GMT -6
MADISON - Gov. Scott Walker's administration is keeping a trove of prison documents and videos to itself, preventing the public from examining information about alleged assaults, attempted suicides and the death of an inmate who allegedly overdosed on heroin.
In other instances, the Department of Corrections is releasing documents under the state's open records law after months of delay — a practice that freedom of information experts deem improper.
Many of the records cover incidents at the state's juvenile prisons that have been under criminal investigation for a year and a half.
The information that the department has refused to release has included the most basic of information, such as the names of employees who were under investigation and how much taxpayers spent on them while they were on paid leave. The workers were on paid leave for months in many cases, with one employee being paid to stay at home for a year before he was fired.
Read more: www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2016/06/20/state-agency-withholds-trove-prison-records/86134636/
In other instances, the Department of Corrections is releasing documents under the state's open records law after months of delay — a practice that freedom of information experts deem improper.
Many of the records cover incidents at the state's juvenile prisons that have been under criminal investigation for a year and a half.
The information that the department has refused to release has included the most basic of information, such as the names of employees who were under investigation and how much taxpayers spent on them while they were on paid leave. The workers were on paid leave for months in many cases, with one employee being paid to stay at home for a year before he was fired.
Read more: www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2016/06/20/state-agency-withholds-trove-prison-records/86134636/