Administrative and criminal investigations of sexual abuse (Department of Corrections)
| Submitted | Feb. 11, 2014 |
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From: Todd Feathers
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Utah’s Government Records Access and Management Act (“GRAMA”), I hereby request the following records:
All administrative investigations since Aug. 20, 2012 into allegations of sexual abuse in correctional facilities administered by your agency. Title 115.71 (f) of the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires that all administrative investigations "shall be documented in written reports that include a description of the physical and testimonial evidence, the reasoning behind credibility assessments, and investigative facts and findings."
-All criminal investigations since Aug. 20, 2012 of allegations of sexual abuse in correctional facilities administered by your agency. Title 115.71 (g) of the PREA requires that all criminal investigations "shall be documented in a written report that contains a thorough description of physical, testimonial, and documentary evidence and attaches copies of all documentary evidence where feasible."
Title 115.71 (i) of the PREA requires that correctional agencies maintain copies of administrative and criminal investigations for "as long as the alleged abuser is incarcerated or employed by the agency, plus five years."
I understand that the documents I am requesting contain sensitive, personal information, and I expect that you will redact names and other identifying facts.
As a member of the news media, I request that all fees be waived.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Todd Feathers
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Gina Proctor
Mr. Feathers,
I have not previously received this request. The only other email I have
from you in my Inbox is dated January 14, 2014 regarding UDC Administrators
communications since 2010 with National Security Agency Utah Data Center at
Camp Williams. I did respond to that one on January 24, 2014.
This is the first time I've seen this request. Please allow 10 working
days for a response, unless an extension of time is needed to research this
information, in which case I will notify you an extension of time is
required.
Thank you,
Gina Proctor
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Gina Proctor
Records Manager
801-545-5700 Phone
801-545-5702 FAX
Utah Department of Corrections
Records Bureau
14717 South Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This email transmission from the Utah Department of Corrections, contains
information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you
have received this email in error, please notify us at ginaproctor@utah.gov.
.
From: Gina Proctor
Mr. Feathers,
Please see the attached notice. If you have any questions please let me
know.
Thank you,
Gina Proctor
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Gina Proctor
Records Manager
801-545-5700 Phone
801-545-5702 FAX
Utah Department of Corrections
Records Bureau
14717 South Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This email transmission from the Utah Department of Corrections, contains
information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you
have received this email in error, please notify us at ginaproctor@utah.gov.
.
From: Department of Corrections
An interim response, stating the request has been delayed
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 11, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Gina Proctor
Mr. Feathers,
The Administrative assault reports are still being reviewed by that office.
The Investigative PREA Reports have been gathered. Redaction has not been
made yet for private or protected information. I am still hopeful a
response will be made as mentioned in the extension notice.
I appreciate your patience while UDC is processing your request.
Please let me know if you have any concerns.
Gina
--
Gina Proctor
Records Manager
801-545-5700 Phone
801-545-5702 FAX
Utah Department of Corrections
Records Bureau
14717 South Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This email transmission from the Utah Department of Corrections, contains
information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you
have received this email in error, please notify us at ginaproctor@utah.gov.
.
From: Gina Proctor
Mr. Feathers...I am nearly done with the redactions I've had to make on
these reports. I will finish these in the morning and send them
electronically to you.
Thank you,
Gina
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Gina Proctor
Records Manager
801-545-5700 Phone
801-545-5702 FAX
Utah Department of Corrections
Records Bureau
14717 South Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This email transmission from the Utah Department of Corrections, contains
information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you
have received this email in error, please notify us at ginaproctor@utah.gov.
.
From: Todd Feathers
Gina,
Thank you so much for your help, I know this was a cumbersome request and I have to say I'm very impressed and appreciative of the speed with which you've handled it.
Best,
Todd
From: Gina Proctor
Mr. Feathers,
This last process of having my redactions approved needs just one more set
of eyes on them...I'm so sorry I didn't get these to you yesterday...I'm
hoping to hear back today that I can release them. Just as soon as I do I
will email them to you. Thank you for your patience while this process is
completed.
Gina
--
Gina Proctor
Records Manager
801-545-5700 Phone
801-545-5702 FAX
Utah Department of Corrections
Records Bureau
14717 South Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This email transmission from the Utah Department of Corrections, contains
information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you
have received this email in error, please notify us at ginaproctor@utah.gov.
.
From: Todd Feathers
Gina,
No worries at all. As I said before, you've been amazingly fast and helpful.
Best,
Todd
From: Gina Proctor
Mr. Feathers,
I've put the records in the mailroom to go out tomorrow morning. For
security reasons, I can only email records to other utah.gov mail boxes.
Thank you,
Gina
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Gina Proctor
Records Manager
801-545-5700 Phone
801-545-5702 FAX
Utah Department of Corrections
Records Bureau
14717 South Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
This email transmission from the Utah Department of Corrections, contains
information which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you
have received this email in error, please notify us at ginaproctor@utah.gov.
.
From: Todd Feathers
Great, I can't thank you enough Gina!
From: Department of Corrections
A cover letter granting the request and outlining any exempted materials, if any.
From: Department of Corrections
A copy of documents responsive to the request.
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