Friedmann seeks appeal of public records request case on in-person appearance requirement
Alex Friedmann, managing editor of Prison Legal News, has filed a request to appeal a Marshall County chancery court ruling last year that ordered release of records he requested, but declined to rule that one of his requests was denied because he would not appear in person to make the request. Friedmann began his request Feb. 3, 2014, with a letter to the Marshall County Sheriff's Department requesting disclosures of jail policies concerning inmate mail, inmate grievance policy, inmate medical care policies, whether the jail maintains a formulatory of medications for inmates, a copy of the jail's phone service contract, a contingency request if the jail is paid a commission on prisoner [...]