An appeals court said the Florida Department of Corrections did not violate the state’s public records law by refusing to provide specific explanations about why it would not disclose information sought by the Miami Herald.

A three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal overturned the ruling of a Leon County circuit judge, who said the department was required to provide item-by-item legal explanations for its decisions to black out information on public records requested by the Herald, a process known as redacting the information.

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