COVID-19 directives and preparation (Department of Corrections)
| Multi Request | COVID-19 directives and preparation |
| Submitted | March 9, 2020 |
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Communications
From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all directives, orders, plans, and communications issued to officials and managerial staff within facilities under the jurisdiction of this agency, as well as those provided to individuals under the supervision of this agency, regarding preparatory or responsive measures and requirements related to COVID-19, also known as coronavirus.
Please include as responsive any relevant plans and directives issued regarding inmate health, behavior, and participation in preparatory and defensive activities, including those conducted by the correctional industry program.
If you have any questions about this request, please call 617-299-1832.
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,
Beryl Lipton
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 9, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Corrections
Please be advised that the response to this request is not due until March 27, 2020 (it was received in our office on March 13th). This will be responded to accordingly.
Thank you.
Diane M. Gill
Office Manager
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Office of Legal Counsel
40 Howard Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 462.5168
Fax: (401) 462.2583
Email: Diane.Gill@doc.ri.gov<mailto:Diane.Gill@doc.ri.gov>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 9, 2020. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 27, 2020. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Corrections
Ms. Lipton,
These are attachments 4 and 5.
Kathy Kelly
From: Department of Corrections
Ms. Lipton,
These are attachments 6 and 7. So, you should have received I letter outlining my response and then attachments number blipton 1 to blipton 7. Please respond letting me know if you received all eight attahcments.
Thank you,
Kathy Kelly
From: Department of Corrections
Ms. Lipton,
It appears that the email with attachments 2 and 3 were rejected at your end. I am going to send each individually in the hopes they will go through. Here is #2.
Kathy Kelly
From: Department of Corrections
Ms. Lipton,
Here is attachment blipton 3.
Please confirm you received my letter and blipton 1 - blipton 7.
Kathy Kelly
From: Department of Corrections
Dear Ms. Lipton,
Attached please find the Rhode Island Department of Corrections response to your APRA request. I have attached the letter as well as all documents from the time of your request to the present that relate to your request. There are hundreds of pages of documents so I am going to send them in multiple emails to sure they go through.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Kelly
Executive Counsel
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
From: Department of Corrections
SENT ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE LEGAL COUNSEL, KATHLEEN M. KELLY, ESQ.
Good Morning Ms. Lipton: Attached please find a copy of (signed) correspondence which was previously sent to you (unsigned) on June 9th along with several emails providing documents for your ready reference in response to your recent APRA request.
Please confirm your receipt of all documents which were emailed to your attention in this regard.
Thank you.
Diane M. Gill
Office Manager
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Office of Legal Counsel
40 Howard Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 462.5168
Fax: (401) 462.2583
Email: Diane.Gill@doc.ri.gov<mailto:Diane.Gill@doc.ri.gov>
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