The Kentucky Attorney General issued the following open records decisions last week.

1. 21-ORD-041 (In re: Newsy/Louisville Metro Police Department)

Summary: Because the Louisville Metro Police Department failed to respond to an open records request within ten days, it violated the Open Records Act as modified by Senate Bill 150.

https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…

2. 21-ORD-042 (In re: Christopher Hawkins/Kentucky State Penitentiary)

Summary: The Kentucky State Penitentiary did not violate the Open Records Act when it did not provide an inmate a copy of a letter that posed a security risk under KRS 197.025(1).

https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…

3. 21-ORD-043 (In re: WAVE 3 News/Louisville Metro Department of Corrections)

Summary: Louisville Metro Department of Corrections did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied a request for records under KRS 17.150(2).

https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…

4. 21-ORD-044 (In re: Brandon Voelker/Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Summary: The Cabinet for Health and Family Services did not violate the Open Records Act when it denied a request for an employee's personal records stored on a state issued computer.

https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…

5. 21-ORD-045 (In re: Michael Swansburg/Jefferson County Public Schools)

Summary: Jefferson County Public Schools violated the Open Records Act when it failed to give a detailed explanation of the cause for its delay in providing access to approximately 5,000 e-mails. The District also subverted the intent of the Act by claiming that it required four months to process the request.

https://ag.ky.gov/Priorities/Government-Transparency/orom/2021/21-ORD-0…