3 Deaths Later, ICE Puts CoreCivic in Charge of Healthcare at the Stewart Detention Center (Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO))
Tracking # |
2023-ICAP-00152 |
Multi Request | 3 Deaths Later, ICE Puts CoreCivic in Charge of Healthcare at the Stewart Detention Center |
Submitted | May 8, 2019 |
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From: Andrew Free
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. All agreements executed in or around October or November 2018 allowing CoreCivic to take over provision of medical and mental healthcare services at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia from the Immigrant Health Services Corps.
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 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Andrew Free
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
May 15, 2019 Andrew Free MuckRock Dept MR 411A Highland Ave Somerville, MA 02144 RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2019-ICFO-38345 Dear Mr. Free: This acknowledges receipt of your May 08, 2019, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for 1. all agreements executed in or around October or November 2018 allowing CoreCivic to take over provision of medical and mental healthcare services at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia from the Immigrant Health Services Corps.. Your request was received in this office on May 15, 2019. Due to the increasing number of FOIA requests received by this office, we may encounter some delay in processing your request. Per Section 5.5(a) of the DHS FOIA regulations, 6 C.F.R. Part 5, ICE processes FOIA requests according to their order of receipt. Although ICE’s goal is to respond within 20 business days of receipt of your request, the FOIA does permit a 10- day extension of this time period. As your request seeks numerous documents that will necessitate a thorough and wide-ranging search, ICE will invoke a 10-day extension for your request, as allowed by Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(B). If you care to narrow the scope of your request, please contact our office. We will make every effort to comply with your request in a timely manner. Provisions of the FOIA allow us to recover part of the cost of complying with your request. We shall charge you for records in accordance with the DHS Interim FOIA regulations, as they apply to media requesters. As a media requester, you will be charged 10 cents per page for duplication; the first 100 pages are free. We will construe the submission of your request as an agreement to pay up to $25.00. You will be contacted before any further fees are accrued. We have queried the appropriate program offices within ICE for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. Please be assured that one of the processors in our office will respond to your request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your patience as we proceed with your request.
Your request has been assigned reference number 2019-ICFO-38345. Please refer to this identifier in any future correspondence. To check the status of an ICE FOIA/PA request, please visit . Please note that to check the status of a request, you must enter the 2019-ICFO-38345 tracking number. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please contact the FOIA office. You may send an e-mail to ice-foia@ice.dhs.gov, call toll free (866) 633-1182, or you may contact our FOIA Public Liaison, Fernando Pineiro, in the same manner. Additionally, you have a right to right to seek dispute resolution services from the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) which mediates disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies as a non-exclusive alternative to litigation. If you are requesting access to your own records (which is considered a Privacy Act request), you should know that OGIS does not have the authority to handle requests made under the Privacy Act of 1974. You may contact OGIS as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. (http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status) http://www.dhs.gov/foia-status
Regards,
ICE FOIA Office
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Freedom of Information Act Office
500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009
Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
Telephone: 1-866-633-1182
Visit our FOIA website at www.ice.gov/foia
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 8, 2019. 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: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
Good morning,
In regard to 2019-ICFO-38345, we have queried the appropriate component of DHS for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. We will process your request as expeditiously as possible. Upon completion of the processing, all documents that can be released will be made available to you at the earliest possible date. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA
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From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
Good morning,
In regard to 2019-ICFO-38345, we have queried the appropriate component of DHS for responsive records. If any responsive records are located, they will be reviewed for determination of releasability. We will process your request as expeditiously as possible. Upon completion of the processing, all documents that can be released will be made available to you at the earliest possible date. We sincerely apologize for the delay you are experiencing and appreciate your continued patience.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA
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~WRD000
From: Andrew Free
Good afternoon:
It has been nearly five months since your office sent its last communication regarding this request. If ICE wishes to provide records responsive to this request without court intervention, it should do so no later than December 2, 2019. I would not that
Thank you for your time and attention to this important matter.
Best regards,
Andrew Free
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
Dear Andrew Free,
The password to open the responsive records delivered in a separate email for 2019-ICFO-38345 is listed below. If you do not receive the email containing the responsive documents within a reasonable timeframe please contact our office at foia-obim@hq.dhs.gov. (mailto:foia-obim@hq.dhs.gov)
Document Password: 1V92dcLl
Sincerely, OBIM FOIA Branch
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
Mr. Free,
ICE's final response to your FOIA request, 2019-ICFO-38345, for 1. all agreements executed in or around October or November 2018 allowing CoreCivic to take over provision of medical and mental healthcare services at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia from the Immigrant Health Services Corps. is attached.
Please note that the attachment may be password protected. If you are prompted to enter a password when opening the attachment and you did not receive a password it may be in your junk/spam folder.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA
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2019-ICFO-38345
From: Andrew Free
I hereby appeal the agency’s response in its entirety. Please pay particular attention to the b4 withholdings, which violate DWN v ICE (SDNY).
From: Andrew Free
I never received any acknowledgment of this appeal. Please assign it a tracking number and adjudicate it in a timely manner.
Many thanks,
Andrew Free
Al Otro Lado #DetentionKills Transparency Initiatve
From: Andrew Free
I still have not received acknowledgement for this appeal. More than 8 months after sending it. Please confirm the agency intends to process this administrative appeal.
Many thanks,
Andrew Free
Al Otro Lado #DetentionKills Transparency Initiative.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 8, 2019. 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: Andrew Free
I still have not received acknowledgement from ICE of this appeal, which I submitted June 17, 2021, and which I inquired about on December 30, 2021, and March 14, 2021. Please assign an individualized tracking number, place this appeal in the queue as though it was received and tracked in accordance with the timing provisions of the Act, and adjudicate it without further delay?
Many thanks,
Andrew Free
From: Andrew Free
Good morning,
Still no appeal acknowledgment here.
Anyone home?
AF
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 8, 2019. 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: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
**Please Do Not Respond Directly -This email has been sent on behalf of ice-foia@dhs.gov**
We have received your Freedom of Information Act request for appealing the response in it's entirety especially the b4 withholdings of all agreements executed in or around October or November 2018 allowing CoreCivic to take over provision of medical and mental healthcare services at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia from the Immigrant Health Services Corps. and have assigned it tracking number 2023-ICAP-00152. Please refer to the attached Acknowledgement Letter for more information.
ICE FOIA.
From: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)
Mr. Free,
ICE's final response to your FOIA request, 2023-ICAP-00152, for appealing the response in it's entirety especially the b4 withholdings of all agreements executed in or around October or November 2018 allowing CoreCivic to take over provision of medical and mental healthcare services at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia from the Immigrant Health Services Corps. is attached.
Please note that the attachment may be password protected. If you are prompted to enter a password when opening the attachment and you did not receive a password it may be in your junk/spam folder.
Sincerely,
ICE FOIA
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