State-level solitary confinement policies/procedures and reporting requirements (Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services)
| Submitted | April 9, 2015 |
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From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Maryland's Public Information Act ("PIA"), I herby request the following records:
All policies/procedures and associated reporting requirements for facilities under this agency's jurisdiction (including juvenile, privately-operated, and those of various security level) related to the segregation of an inmate/person in custody/offender due to disciplinary, classification, medical, safety, or other reasons. Please include policies/procedures/reporting requirements for all such segregation activities, including, but not limited to, those associated with the following terms:
• solitary
• solitary confinement
• Security Housing Units
• Special Housing Units
• Intensive Management Units
• Restricted Housing Units
• Communication Management Units
• disciplinary segregation
• administrative segregation
• involuntary protective custody
The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, and is not being made 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 30 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
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 April 9, 2015. 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 Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 9, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Fletcher, Tia
Greetings Mr. Lipton:
As requested, attached is the response to the Public Information Act Request that you have submitted to the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
Please ensure that reproduction or electronic distribution of these publications does not occur. Reproduction or electronic distribution is prohibited without prior written permission from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
If you have any questions or seek additional directives or policy information from another department or agency, please feel free to contact the unit at 443-339-5073 to the attention of George Hall.
Tia Fletcher
Office of Grants, Policy and Statistics (OGPS)
Policy Analyst
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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