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Opinion Letter No. 91-25
December 11, 1991
Department of Public Safety Clip File
A newspaper clippings binder compiled by the Department
of Public Safety (PSD) must be made
available for inspection and copying by inmates. However, the right
to copy the clippings binder is
subject to the payment of copying fees and the OIP lacks jurisdiction
in the area of copying fees.
Therefore, the OIP found that it could not assist inmates in obtaining
free copies of the clippings binder
as requested. Further, the OIP does not have the authority to require
the PSD to maintain the binder
in the Halawa Correctional Facility's Law Library rather than the
Recreational Library. Finally, the
UIPA does not require the PSD to provide individual inmates with
their own free copies of
newspapers.
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