County of Sherburne v. Schoen

Todd, Justice.

Defendants appeal from an order permanently enjoining, the commissioner of corrections, and his agents from disclosing the contents of any presentence report to inmates, parolees, or probationers unless first authorized to do so by court order. We reverse.

After “considerable investigation and study,” the Minnesota Department of Corrections announced that it was adopting a new open-file policy whereby inmates at Minnesota penal institutions, parolees, and probationers were to be allowed access to the information contained in their files. Plaintiff county asserts that in put from…