Emails relating to planning for women's prison, April - July (Department of Correction)

To Whom It May Concern:

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

All email communication regarding Mass State Project DOC 2002, Bay State Correctional Center, facility conditions at MCI-Framingham, trauma informed prison, women’s prison, and/or strategic plan and feasibility study for women’s corrections sent between Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC), Division of Capital Access Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), and/or Governor Baker’s office occurring between April 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

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,

Mel Patten

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/emails-relating-to-planning-for-womens-prison-april-july-department-of-correction-106440), I requested the following records on 8 January 2021 but have not had any response from the DOC.

"All email communication regarding Mass State Project DOC 2002, Bay State Correctional Center, facility conditions at MCI-Framingham, trauma informed prison, women’s prison, and/or strategic plan and feasibility study for women’s corrections sent between Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC), Division of Capital Access Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), and/or Governor Baker’s office occurring between April 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020."

with thanks,