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Inmate’s FOIL Request for Prison Directive Should Have Been Granted

The Third Department determined the inmate’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for a Department of Corrections directive should have been granted:

…”[T]here is a presumption that government documents are available for inspection, and the burden rests on the agency resisting disclosure to demonstrate that they are exempt under Public Officers Law § 87 (2) by articulating a specific and particularized justification” … .  Although the basis of the denial of petitioner’s request was that the disclosure may endanger the life or safety of a person (see Public Officers Law § 87 [2] [f]), we fail to see how the disclosure of DOCCS Directive No. 4004, which pertains to the specifications for creating unusual incident reports, poses a danger to lives or to anyone’s safety … . Accordingly, the directive must be disclosed. Matter of Flores v Fischer, 516131, 3rd Dept 10-24-13

 

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