Article: ACLU protests redacted pages Group: Blacked-out jail manual violates open records law.(News)

Byline: Sue Lindsay, Rocky Mountain News

The American Civil Liberties Union blasted Denver officials Wednesday for blacking out several pages of the city jail policy manual before turning it over to the watchdog group.

The ACLU sued the city last month to get the manual, citing concerns that the jail was unprepared to handle the anticipated onslaught of protester arrests during the Democratic National Convention.

"I am mystified," ACLU attorney Taylor Pendergrass said Wednesday. "The manual is heavily redacted, which we were hopeful it wouldn't be. Whole pages have been redacted in some of the policies that we have gotten previously.

"It's quite obvious the ...

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