Thursday, May 17, 2012
 

FOI Request

Suffolk County Jail Suicide Watch/Prevention Policies

Requested by morisy on Aug. 19, 2010 for the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department of Suffolk County, MA

Status: Awaiting Response, past due by 1 year, 8 months


From Michael Morisy on Aug. 19, 2010:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the state Freedom of Information Act, G.L.M. c.4, €7, clause 26th, I hereby request the following records:

Any official written documentation or policy guidelines on preventing inmate self-injury and/or suicide, including policies on contraband, qualifications for suicide watch, and suicide watch policies and procedures.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. 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,

Michael Morisy
Filed via MuckRock.com
185 Beacon St. #3
Somerville, MA 02143

Daytime: (857) 488- 3081
E-mail: requests@muckrock.com

 
From Suffolk County Sheriff's Department on Aug. 30, 2010:

Response from Suffolk County Sheriff's Department noting that the request is currently being reviewed, and materials vetted to see which are responsive to the request.

 
From Michael Morisy to Suffolk County Sheriff's Department <pvandelft@scsdma.org> on Feb. 3, 2012:

Hi,

I wanted to follup on this request, which is well over a year old at this point. Russell Homsy indicated the request was being processed in a letter on August 30, 2010.

Thanks,

Michael

 
From MuckRock.com to Suffolk County Sheriff's Department <pvandelft@scsdma.org> on Feb. 26, 2012:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 19, 2010. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

 
From MuckRock.com to Suffolk County Sheriff's Department <pvandelft@scsdma.org> on Feb. 26, 2012:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 19, 2010. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

 
From "Van Delft, Peter" <pvandelft@scsdma.org> to Michael Morisy on Feb. 27, 2012:

Mr. Morisy,

I've forwarded your follow-up to our General Counsel and they will be contacting you soon.

Take care,

Peter

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Peter Van Delft
Public Information Officer
Suffolk County Sheriff's Department
200 Nashua Street
Boston, MA 02114
Phone - (617) 704-6682
Email - pvandelft@scsdma.org
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From MuckRock.com to Suffolk County Sheriff's Department <pvandelft@scsdma.org> on May 8, 2012:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 19, 2010. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

 
 
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