MacKey v. Department of Corrections

Plaintiff appeals as of right from an opinion and order granting defendant’s motion for summary disposition. The trial court determined that Freedom of Information Act (foia) requests by prison inmates for information regarding other inmates are exempt under the act’s "prison security” exemption, § 13(l)(c), MCL 15.243(l)(c); MSA 4.1801(13)(l)(c).

Plaintiff is a prisoner at the Ionia Temporary Facility who works in the maintenance department as a skilled carpenter. He submitted a written foia request for copies of prisoner payroll and time sheets for the maintenance department after becoming…