Email from November 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 regarding any proposed or planned new women’s prison. (Department of Correction)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

I request all email communication between and among the DOC, DCAMM, EOPSS, and the Governor’s Office from November 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 regarding any proposed or planned new women’s prison.

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.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that there are fees, 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,

Deeper Than Water

To Whom It May Concern,

Given the lack of communication to this request, I am considering this inquiry non-responsive and will be filing an appeal with the Supervisor of Records.

Secretary of the Commonwealth
Public Records Division
McCormack Building
One Ashburton Place, Room 1719
Boston, MA 02108

pre@sec.state.ma.us

Dear Public Records Division,

I would like to file an appeal for a public records request to the Department of Corrections. As you can see from the history of this request on Muckrock (https://www.muckrock.com/foi/massachusetts-1/email-from-november-1-2020-to-december-31-2020-regarding-any-proposed-or-planned-new-womens-prison-department-of-correction-107198), I requested the following records on 25 January 2021 but have not had any response from the DOC:

"all email communication between and among the DOC, DCAMM, EOPSS, and the Governor’s Office from November 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 regarding any proposed or planned new women’s prison"

with thanks,