Have recently had to conduct a subject access for a serving prisoner.
There are no restrictions on disclosures to prisoners within the DPA.
Do not the prison authorities have a responsibility in ensuring the prison
regime does not allow any material, received by a prisoner to be misused?
If so this would include subject access material. Possibly achievable by
retaining the subject access response for the prisoner in a secure property
store, once the prisoner has viewed it, or maybe retained by the prisoners
solicitor.
Ian W
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From: "GOULDING, Susan - NC" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:56 AM
Subject: Disclosure to prisoners
> Dear group
> I don't believe there are any restrictions on disclosure of personal data
to
> serving prisoners (but please correct me if I'm wrong). In which case,
> would we be obliged to release a "permanent copy" of a prisoner's case
> record or could a visit to allow access to the file suffice? (There are
> concerns, even with third party detail removed as far as possible, about
> releasing material which may then be used inappropriately).
> regards
> Su Goulding
> Data Protection Co-ordinator, NSPCC
> 020-7825-1393
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