Ron Huber, news producer
WRFR Community Radio 
20 Gay Street
Rockland ME 04841

June 2, 2010

Mr. Harold Doughty
Associate Commissioner/Interstate Compact Coordinator  
Maine Department of Corrections 
State House Station 111
Augusta, ME. 04333
Dear Mr. Doughty
Please treat this letter as a request pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. 408, the Maine Freedom of Access Statute, to inspect and to copy as necessary the following public records:
All letters, email, memos, meeting minutes, reports, phone logs and other public records in the custody of the office of the Interstate Compact Coordinator that pertain to the transfer of Maine prisoners to corrections systems within other states. This includes records relating to decisions to send Maine prisoners out of state, decisions to return prisoners to Maine,  formal and informal requests by transferred prisoners and/or their family or representatives to be returned to Maine from a Receiving state, formal and informal appeals of decisions to transfer a Maine prisoner out of state or  to continue to hold a Maine prisoner out of state.
NOTE: This request is limited to documents of the above categories generated or received between January 1, 2010 and June 2, 2010, 2010.
If there is a decision to deny permission to so inspect or copy or abstract any of the requested public records, please state the reason for the denial, including the appropriate legal citation(s).When written information is withheld as privileged, please 'black out' those words that are privileged. Please do not 'white out' the privileged pages or portions of pages.
I look forward to receiving your response within five (5) working days of your receipt of this letter, as required by 1 M.R.S.A. 409 (1).    
I am prepared to inspect and review these requested public records at the  Department of Corrections office in Augusta office. Please have the appropriate staff person contact me to set an appointment to review these records. My telephone number is 207-691-7485

Sincerely 

Ron Huber, producer 
WRFR Community Radio