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Delaware Law Bars Prisoner Access to DOC Files

Loaded on July 15, 2008

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records. Location: Delaware.

The Delaware Supreme Court held that state law prohibits prisoners from accessing their Department of Corrections (DOC) files.

On September 9, 1980, three Delaware prisoners were denied access to their DOC central files. Under the Delaware Freedom of Information Act (DFIA), they had ten days to challenge the decision. However, ...

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