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Montana Juvenile Prisoners' Files Disclosable for Purposes of Litigation

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Excessive Force, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Disclosure of Records. Location: Montana.

The plaintiffs were 16 Montana state juvenile prisoners. For litigation
purposes, their lawyer requested from the Pine Hills Youth Correctional
Facility (P.H.Y.C.C.) certain of the plaintiffs' personal records,
including those regarding the use of pepper spray on the plaintiffs.
P.H.Y.C.C. tried to avoid disclosing the records, claiming that MCA § ...

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