Facts
The complainant [A.] is in the execution of a sentence. On 23 November 2018, the Office of Justice of the Canton of Thurgau requested the District Court of St. Gallen to release court records concerning the criminal proceedings against [A.] . The Chief Public Prosecutor approved the request on 30 November 2018. On 3 December 2018, the records were served to the Office of Justice of the Canton of Thurgau. The latter returned the records on 17 April 2019.
The complainant lodged a complaint against the release of the records. By decision of 26 June 2019, the Indictment Chamber of the Canton of St. Gallen dismissed the complaint, insofar as it was entertained.
The complainant lodged a complaint in criminal matters with the Federal Court and requested that the decision of the Indictment Chamber of 26 June 2019 be set aside. In the alternative, the matter was to be referred back to the lower court for a new decision.
Considerations
The Federal Court considers that the contested decision concerns a matter of execution of sentences and can therefore be challenged by a complaint in criminal matters (cf. Art. 78 para. 2 lit. b FSCA).
The complainant challenges the release of the records to the Office of Justice of the Canton of Thurgau in several respects. The lower court considers that the records of the criminal proceedings are kept by the Public Prosecutor's Office and that the release of criminal records and the provision of information after the final conclusion of the criminal proceedings are carried out by the Chief Public…