Avery v. Webb

GARRARD, Judge.

This appeal is taken in order to compel the State Department of Corrections (Department) to allow the petitioner to view letters contained in an inmate packet kept by the Department.

Lloyd Avery (Avery) is presently incarcerated at Westville Correctional Center. The genesis of his suit occurred in 1979 when Avery applied for admission into the state's Work-Release Program. 1 Barbara Webb (Webb) was the state official responsible for the initial review of Avery's application. On the recommendation form that she submitted, she made a handwritten notation which read: "There is a…