Opinion
June 11, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court (Harris, J.).
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law art 6) petitioner, a prison inmate, requested that he be provided with a copy of the State Department of Correctional Services Employee Manual. Respondents granted petitioner's request in part but denied disclosure of certain provisions, stating that the release of such provisions could endanger the safety and security of the correction facility. Following an unsuccessful administrative appeal, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding. Supreme Court granted the petition with respect to certain subsections of the manual but dismissed the petition with respect to others. Petitioner now appeals.
We affirm. Upon our in camera review of those portions of the manual that Supreme Court did not order disclosed, we conclude that such provisions pertain to the supervision and security of inmates and, as such, fall within the exemption governing materials which "if disclosed would endanger the life or safety of any person" (Public Officers Law § 87 [f]; see, Matter of Howard v. Malone, 247 A.D.2d 665). As respondents have made a sufficient showing that disclosure of the relevant subsections would pose the very risk of harm covered by the exemption ( see, Matter of Partee v. Bartlett, 241 A.D.2d 605, lv denied 90 N.Y.2d 811), Supreme Court did not err in partially dismissing the petition.
Crew III, J. P., White, Yesawich Jr., Peters and Graffeo, JJ., concur.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.