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Jail Files of Prisoner Suicide
[…] are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies. In this case, that exemption that likely applies is found in section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory files" held by law enforcement agencies. Unfortunately, the California Supreme Court has held that this exemption operates to […]
June 14, 2009