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The Ministry of Correctional Services (now the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services) (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the requester's institutional and health care records which were compiled up to November 30, 1992 by a named correctional facility. The Ministry located a number of responsive records and granted access to some of them, denying access to others, either entirely or in part, pursuant to sections 14(1), 14(2), 49(b) and 49(e) of the Act. The requester appealed the Ministry's decision to the Commissioner's office.
During the mediation stage of the appeal, the Ministry revised its original decision and issued a new decision letter disclosing further information to the appellant, but denying access to the remaining records in whole or in part pursuant to sections 14(1), 14(2), 20, 21, and 49(b) of the Act.
Further mediation was not successful and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the appellant and the Ministry. Representations were received from both parties.
In its representations, the Ministry indicated that it had disclosed parts of three additional records to the appellant. Further, the Ministry claimed that pages 60 and 61 of the records contain information which is not responsive to the request. I have reviewed these two pages and I agree. Accordingly, pages 60 and 61 are no longer at issue in this appeal. The Ministry also indicated that it was no longer relying on the exemption provided by section 20 of the Act.
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