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governmental agency and ordered production of most of the requested documents. CCA appeals.
1986. With respect to CCA’s other facilities in Tennessee, we conclude that the provisions of Tenn.
Code Ann. § 41-24-117 do not apply and, therefore, do not limit the documents available to Plaintiff.
discretion we granted the petition, withdrew our original Opinion, and now address these new arguments.
order granting his request for access to records and an award of reasonable attorney fees.
satisfy the judgment, settlement or claim. I am requesting all such . . .
operation of any jail, prison, holding facility, immigration facility, etc.
from January 1, 2002 through and including the date of this letter.
gathering all of the requested documents would be overly burdensome.
when it concluded that CCA was operating as the functional equivalent of a governmental agency.
local governments. Plaintiff asserts that the Trial Court’s rulings on the above issues were correct.
whether the requested documents as to that facility are covered by the Public Records Act.
the judgment of the Trial Court except as to its refusal to award Plaintiff attorney fees.
behalf of a government often do so as independent contractors.
Bennett5, The Privatization of Correctional Institutions: The Tennessee Experience, 40 Vand. L.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503(a)(2)(A) (Supp. 2008).
documents in its possession pertaining to the South Central Correctional Center must be produced.
Ann. § 41-24-117 both meaningless and superfluous, a result we are to avoid if possible.
Contracting Act of 1986, even though the private prison contractor is functioning as a state agency.
This is the General Assembly’s prerogative. If, in our attempt to give meaning to Tenn. Code Ann.
to amend the statute to more clearly set forth its intent in passing the applicable statute.
own terms, authorizes the State to contract with a private entity only for the operation of one prison.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-8-102 (2006).
facilities likewise are being operated by CCA as the functional equivalent of a governmental agency.
custody and being detained at the facility.
Plaintiff from CCA are those identified in the Private Prison Contracting Act at Tenn. Code Ann.
available pursuant to the Public Records Act.
documents from disclosure. On remand, the Trial Court must make this determination.
private contractor must comply with the various requirements of the County Correctional Incentives Act. See Tenn.
to an award of attorney fees. As relevant to this appeal, Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-505(g) (Supp.
In Memphis Publ’g Co. v. Cherokee Children & Family Servs., 87 S.W.3d 67 (Tenn.
decision absent clear evidence of an abuse of that discretion. Tenn.
Cherokee, 87 S.W.3d at 80 n.15.
award Plaintiff attorney fees incurred on appeal.
contents of this Opinion. See Cherokee, 87 S.W.3d at 79.
for which execution may issue, if necessary.
Correction, as opposed to CCA.

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