Drug Free Zone Sentence Enhancements: North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
| Submitted | June 11, 2024 |
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From: Jenny Wadhwa
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
A copy of all records related to persons serving or who have served a sentence for a state drug free zone law violation – under N.D.C.C. 19-03.1-23.1(1)(a) & (2). Specifically, I am requesting a list of all people currently or formerly incarcerated for a drug-free zone violation from 2015 to the date that this request is processed. The list should include names, date of conviction, date of end of sentence, offenses convicted of, inmate ID, facility type (ie. state prison, local jail) and parole eligibility date.I would also like to request any demographic information that may be readily available for the above persons, such as, but not limited to, each person’s date of birth, age at arrest, current age, race, ethnicity and gender. If this time frame is overly burdensome, please provide a date range that can be fulfilled.
In addition, I am requesting a copy of any and all reports or studies generated by the state that discuss the passage and efficacy of the drug free zone law.
If there are any fees for obtaining or copying these records, please inform me should the cost exceed $100. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees as I am requesting the information on behalf of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of drug free zone laws. This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.
If possible, please provide the requested documents electronically in Excel format. However, if this is not feasible, please inform me of the available methods for obtaining these records. Further, if you expect a significant delay in responding to this request, please contact me with information concerning when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption that justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
Jenny Wadhwa
From: Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Good afternoon,
This request has been received and placed in our queue. We will let you know if we anticipate any charges before proceeding.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following North Dakota Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 11, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Good morning,
Thank you for reaching out. The Business Analyst working on this request hopes to have something to me by the end of the week.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following North Dakota Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 11, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following North Dakota Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 11, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following North Dakota Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 11, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following North Dakota Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 11, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following North Dakota Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 11, 2024. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Good evening,
Attached is a file with the requested information for individuals that have or are serving sentences for Drug Free Zone violations as of 2015.
Couple of things to keep in mind:
1. Not all offenses for an individual may be listed as we are providing only those that qualify as Drug Free Zone Violations.
2. Because of this, there may be individuals serving a life sentence on a separate booking which may not be listed. In those instances there may not be values for Probable Release Date, Final Sentence Expiration Date or Parole Review Date columns.
3. The value in the Release Date column is the actual date an individual was released if they were.
4. We do not have a value for arrest date but we do have a column called Offense Date which may or may not be the Arrest Date. In some cases it can be but in others it may not be. So we used that to attempt to calculate their age at the time of offense as that is what we have to work with.
If any additional information is needed including all offenses for these individuals that will take approximately 3 hours to retrieve in addition to what is attached and will require additional charges.
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