25-ORD-402 – Keenan Elliott/Logan County Detention Center

Opinion Content:

December 15, 2025

In re: Keenan Elliott/Logan County Detention Center

Summary: The Logan County Detention Center (“the Center”) violated
the Open Records Act (“the Act”) when it failed to respond to a request
within five business days of receiving it.

Open Records Decision

Inmate Keenan Elliott (“Appellant”) submitted a request to the Center for five
categories of records, which was received on August 30, 2025. 1 On October 23, 2025,
having received no response from the Center, the Appellant initiated this appeal.

Under KRS 61.880(1), upon receiving a request for records under the Act, a
public agency “shall determine within five (5) [business] days . . . after the receipt of
any such request whether to comply with the request and shall notify in writing the
person making the request, within the five (5) day period, of its decision.” According
to the Appellant, on October 23, 2025, he had yet to receive a response to his August
30, 2025, request. On appeal, the Center admits that it did not respond to the
Appellant’s request because it “was misplaced” and “never made it to [the Jailer] or
[the] administrative staff to read and respond appropriately.” 2 Thus, the Center
violated the Act. 3

1 As proof, the Appellant provides a signed return receipt indicating a date of delivery of August 30,
2025, and the delivery address as the Center.
2 The Center on appeal also states it has “implemented changes to prevent an incident like this from
occurring in the future.”
3 The Center, on appeal, states that, once it received a copy of the request as part of the notice of
appeal, it “immediately pulled [the Appellant’s] inmate records and sent him a letter with what [it]
had for him and a total number of pages.”

A party aggrieved by this decision may appeal it by initiating an action in the
appropriate circuit court under KRS 61.880(5) and KRS 61.882 within 30 days from
the date of this decision. Under KRS 61.880(3), the Attorney General shall be notified
of any action in circuit court, but shall not be named as a party in that action or in
any subsequent proceedings. The Attorney General will accept notice of the complaint
emailed to [email protected].

Russell Coleman
Attorney General

/s/ Matthew Ray
Matthew Ray
Assistant Attorney General

Keenan Elliott #160211
Joshua Toomey
Joe Ross