Complaints referencing "prison," "jail," "CCA," "GEO Group," "MTC"
| Submitted | July 23, 2014 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
All complaints filed with the Office of the Inspector General since January 1, 2000 referencing the following terms:
- prison
- jail
- Corrections Corporation of America
- CCA
- GEO Group
- Management and Training Corporation
- MTC
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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
From: General, Inspector
Dear Mr. Lipton,
In response to your request, I am writing to let you know that Office of the Inspector General for the state of Georgia was established on January 13, 2003. Our jurisdiction extends to approximately 86 Executive Branch state agencies and approximately 100,000 state employees attached to those agencies.
Of the seven search terms you specify in your Open Records request, two of the terms were revealed from a search of our database since 2003: prison and jail. There are approximately 60 complaints that have been filed containing the word prison and/or jail since 2003. A review of the files indicate they are primarily letters from inmates, typically about their criminal case or a matter for which they could address internally via established grievance procedures within the Georgia Department of Correction. We have always referred the inmate correspondence to the Georgia Department of Correction, or in the event correspondence was received from an incarcerated individual in a local jail, we may have written him or her back, advising them that our authority to investigate does not extend to the Judicial Branch of government, their criminal case, or a grievance issue concerning a local jail in a city or county, etc.
In view of the aforementioned, I'm wondering, Sir, if it may be possible for you to tailor your request, in hopes that further time expended will indeed be responsive to your request. I wouldn't want to send you information that may not be beneficial for your needs. If it's easier for you to talk with me by phone, please let me know a good contact number and I will be glad to telephone you at a mutually agreeable date and time for further discussion.
Best regards,
Deb Wallace, CIG, CFE
Interim Inspector General
Office of the State Inspector General
2 MLK Jr. Dr. SW/Suite 1102 West
Atlanta, GA 30334
O: 404-651-6431 C: 404-314-9746
dwallace@oig.ga.gov
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From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Ms. Wallace,
Thank you so much for your prompt response to my request! I sincerely appreciate your willingness to work with me to ensure the most efficient use of both of our resources. As the two terms that returned results in your database were the two most generic on the list, I'm hoping I may amend my request to add the list of terms included at the bottom of this correspondence. Perhaps these queries will return fewer and more relevant results. If this is not helpful for your purposes, I would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you by telephone to work on identifying the method of inquiry that would work best for both of us.
Thank you so much for your time.
Best wishes,
Beryl C.D. Lipton
Coffee Correctional Facility
Jenkins Correctional Center
McRae Correctional Center
North Georgia Detention Center
Stewart Detention Center
Wheeler Correctional Facility
D. Ray James Correctional Facility
D. Ray James Detention Facility
Robert A Deyton Detention Facility
Riverbend Correctional Facility
From: General, Inspector
Good morning, Mr. Lipton,
In response to your amended request to search our database for complaints filed containing the ten (10) referenced detention or correctional facilities, our database did not reveal any matches, Sir.
If I can be of further assistance, please let me know.
Have a very nice day.
Best regards,
Deb Wallace, CIG, CFE
Interim Inspector General
Office of the State Inspector General
2 MLK Jr. Dr. SW/Suite 1102 West
Atlanta, GA 30334
O: 404-651-6431 C: 404-314-9746
dwallace@oig.ga.gov
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This email may contain privileged attorney/client communications or work product. Any dissemination of this email by anyone other than an intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the email or any attachments or from making any use of the email or attachments. If you believe you have received this email in error, notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the email, any attachments, and all copies thereof from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts of the email or attachments.
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Ms. Wallace,
Thank you again for your help. I'll be in touch again soon.
Best wishes,
Beryl C.D. Lipton
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