Connecticut General Statutes 18-101f – Prohibition against disclosure of certain employee files to inmates under the Freedom of Information Act
A personnel or medical file or similar file concerning a current or former employee of the Division of Public Defender Services, Department of Correction or the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, including, but not limited to, a record of a security investigation of such employee by the department or division or an investigation by the department or division of a discrimination complaint by or against such employee, shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in § 1-200, to any individual committed to the custody or supervision of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in a facility of the Whiting Forensic Hospital. For the purposes of this section, an “employee of the Department of Correction” includes a member or employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles within the Department of Correction.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 18-101f
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.