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Senate committee recommends exemption for corrections staff schedules after security concern
Summary
The Senate Industry and Business Committee voted 5-0 to recommend passage of House Bill 1415, which would make Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee work schedules exempt from public-records law after testimony that a staffer shared schedules with a former inmate.
The Senate Industry and Business Committee voted 5-0 to recommend passage of House Bill 1415, a measure to add Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee work schedules to a list of exempt public records.
Supporters told the committee the change is intended to protect staff safety after a recent incident in which an employee photographed and shared unit work schedules with a former resident. "House bill 14 15 would add the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee work schedules as exempt records," Representative Emily O'Brien said in opening…
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