Alaska Administrative Code
Title 22 - Department of Corrections
Chapter 20 - Alaska Board of Parole
Article 16 - General Provisions
22 AAC 20.910 - Access to parole board records

Universal Citation: 22 AK Admin Code 22 AAC 20.910

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, access to board records is limited to

(1) the board, the executive director, and the board staff; and

(2) personnel and agents of the department.

(b) Parole conditions are not confidential. The board will release them upon written request.

(c) A parolee, the parolee's attorney, or any other requestor must make in writing a request for access to records and must include with that request a release of information, a copy of the court order, or a copy of the search warrant.

(d) The board will not release

(1) the voting records of individual board members;

(2) the identity of an informant or information given in confidence;

(3) Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN) records or documents;

(4) reports, memoranda, or other documents prepared specifically for transmittal to the Department of Law or an attorney retained by the state in anticipation of or during the course of litigation, or otherwise treated as confidential under the attorney-client privilege;

(5) except as provided in (f) of this section, any statement in the case record of the victim's residence address, mailing address, electronic mail address, or telephone number, or any other information that could disclose the location of the victim of a crime;

(6) a record that is confidential under applicable law; or

(7) a record that the board or executive director determines to contain confidential information.

(e) The board will not release to a prisoner

(1) presentence reports, if the court has specifically found that access by the prisoner would be detrimental to the rehabilitation of the prisoner or safety of the public; or

(2) a document or report containing medical, psychiatric, or psychological records concerning the parolee, including treatment records, if the clinical provider determines in writing that the release of the report to the prisoner will be detrimental to the rehabilitation of the prisoner or safety of the public.

(f) The board will not disclose the victim's residence address, mailing address, electronic mail address, or telephone number, or any other information that could disclose the location of the victim of a crime to a prisoner, a parolee, the prisoner or parolee's attorney, or any person outside of the board or the department, except for those officials of the justice system with a specific need to know in connection with an active investigation or litigation, such as agents of the Department of Public Safety or the Department of Law.

(g) The board will not disclose a parole progress report except as provided in 22 AAC 20.125.

Authority:AS 33.16.060

AS 33.16.170

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