Bello v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Citations

• 2020 Ohio 4559

Syllabus

Core Terms: public record R.C. 149.43 court of claims R.C. 2743.75 moot duplicate inmate R.C. 5120.21. Overview: Requester sought copies of the same inmate misconduct disposition records from two locations within the prisons department, and copies of audio recordings of related hearings. The special master found that a requester is entitled to only one copy of the same record kept by multiple departments when they are identical, i.e., no additional \records\ such as notes or metadata exist on a separate copy. The special master found that audio recordings of Serious Misconduct Panel hearings fell squarely under the public records exception for \records of inmates\ provided in R.C. 5120.21(F).