§ 15:1176 — Records, confidentiality

NOTE: This provision of law was included in the Unconstitutional Statutes
Biennial Report to the Legislature, dated March 14, 2016 .
§1176. Records, confidentiality
Before any cause of action may be heard in any state or federal court,
administrative remedies must be exhausted under the procedure authorized by
this Part. Therefore, in addition to any other provisions of law providing for
the confidentiality of records of the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections, including any records maintained by a contractor of a private
prison facility, or a sheriff, all reports, investigations, and like supporting
documents prepared by the department, a contractor, or a sheriff for purposes
of responding to the offender's request for an administrative remedy shall be
deemed to be prepared in anticipation of litigation and are confidential and not
subject to discovery by the offender in any civil action which may follow his
request for an administrative remedy. All formal written responses to the
offender's request shall be furnished to the offender as a matter of course, as
required by the procedure.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, No. 672, §1; Acts 1988, No. 212, §1; Acts 1993, No. 871, §1.