CRCL Stewart Oversight 2017-2021

Andrew Free filed this request with the Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the United States of America.

It is a clone of this request.

Tracking #

2022-CRFO-00102

Status
Completed

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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 records created, sent, or received by CRCL before, during, or after CRCL's February 2017 on-site inspection of ICE's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, GA, regarding complaints received by CRCL about ICE detainees in at Stewart.

2. All records CRCL sent to or received from the agency's subject matter experts (a medical document, a mental health expert, an environmental health and safety expert, and a corrections expert.

3. The Expert Report Memorandum CRCL sent ICE in May 2017 following its review of Stewart, as well as the experts' written reports, and all records created or reviewed by CRCL in the drafting and approval of the Expert Report Memorandum and attachments.

4. ICE's February 2018 response to CRCL's May 2017 memo, and all CRCL records created on or after receiving this response.

I make this request on behalf of the #DetentionKills Transparency Initiative of Al Otro Lado.

Please note that I previously filed an identical request two years ago, to which CRCL offered no acknowledgment, tracking number, or response.

Thank you,

Andrew Free

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: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
Request Number 2022-CRFO-00102 has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference request number 2022-CRFO-00102.
Regards,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

April 25, 2022 Andrew Free MuckRock News DEPT MR 127467 411A Highland Ave Somerville, Massachusetts 02144-2516 Re: 2022-CRFO-00102 Dear Andrew Free: This acknowledges receipt of your April 17, 2022, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and received on April 18, 2022, seeking, 1. All records created, sent, or received by CRCL before, during, or after CRCL's February 2017 on-site inspection of ICE's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, GA, regarding complaints received by CRCL about ICE detainees in at Stewart. 2. All records CRCL sent to or received from the agency's subject matter experts (a medical document, a mental health expert, an environmental health and safety expert, and a corrections expert. 3. The Expert Report Memorandum CRCL sent ICE in May 2017 following its review of Stewart, as well as the experts' written reports, and all records created or reviewed by CRCL in the drafting and approval of the Expert Report Memorandum and attachments. 4. ICE's February 2018 response to CRCL's May 2017 memo, and all CRCL records created on or after receiving this response. Please note that the CRCL FOIA Office did not stand up until April 23, 2021.  Prior to that date, all FOIA requests were handled by the Privacy Office on behalf of CRCL . Therefore, CRCL did not have a FOIA contact until that date. Your request has beenassigned reference number 2022-CRFO-00102.  Noadditional information is needed at this time.  However, if anyadditional information is needed in order to complete our search for documentswe will contact you.  If you have any questions pertaining to thoserequests, please feel free to contact this office at crclfoia@hq.dhs.gov . Sincerely, CRCLFOIA Office

From: Andrew Free

Thank you very much for this information. Is CRCL able to provide an estimated date on which this request will be completed?

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your CRCL FOIA request #2022-CRFO-00102 has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Good Morning: Attachedis our final response to your request. If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, pleaseprovide the CRCL reference number. Regards, CRCLFOIA Office

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your CRCL FOIA request #2022-CRFO-00102 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Andrew Free

Good morning,

Thank you very, very much for promptly responding to this request.

We appeal the adequacy of the agency’s search and the application of Exemption 5 to what appear to be post-decisional recommendations from CRCL to ICE. As to the search, there are several CRCL complaint numbers listed in the recommendations memos that have not be produced. Nor have any communications from CRCL’s contract MH experts been provided in response to Item 2 in the request. There also appear to be no records responsive to Item 4.

We look forward to resolving these issues as soon as possible. Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require any additional information.

Best regards,

Andrew Free
#DetentionKills Transparency Initiative
Al Otro Lado

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
Your request has been received by the Department of Homeland Security. The request has been assigned tracking # '2022-IGFO-00173', please log into your account and review your submission.
The application address is https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/.
Thank you,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your OIG FOIA request #'2022-IGFO-00173' has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your OIG FOIA request #2022-IGFO-00173 has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
Your request has been received by the Department of Homeland Security. The request has been assigned tracking # '2022-ICFO-17052', please log into your account and review your submission.
The application address is https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/.
Thank you,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your ICE FOIA request #'2022-ICFO-17052' has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your ICE FOIA request #2022-ICFO-17052 has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Andrew Free

We hereby appeal DHS-PRIV's failure to acknowledge and properly route our appeal sent July 7, 2022.

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Good Afternoon,

Please find attached, correspondence related to the above-referenced FOIA request.

Thank you,

DHS OIG FOIA Team

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your OIG FOIA request #2022-IGFO-00173 has been updated to the following status 'Closed'. To log into the Department of Homeland Security PAL click on the Application URL below.
https://foiarequest.dhs.gov/
Sincerely,
Department of Homeland Security

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Good morning,

We are in receipt of an appeal you filed for Freedom of Information Act Request 2022-CRFO-00102. In the attached appeal you stated that there was a previous appeal filed on July 7, 2022; please provide a copy of that appeal and please include the nature of the appeal if it is not iprovided. Thank you for your assistance in helping us resolve your matter. Please direct your correspondence direct to me at the below email address. I look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully,

Sharon R. Deshield
Department of Homeland Security, HQ
Office of the Secretary and Executive Management
Litigation and Appeals
Privacy Office
Email: sharon.deshield@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:sharon.deshield@hq.dhs.gov>

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From: Andrew Free

Hello,

The link below provides documentation of the July 2022 appeal.

https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/crcl-stewart-oversight-2017-2021-127467/

Thanks,

Andrew Free
#DetentionKills Transparency Initiative
Al Otro Lado

From: Department of Homeland Security, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Good afternoon,

I am resending the final response along with the responsive records to your FOIA request 2022-CRFO-00102, please see attachments. The final response along with the responsive records were sent to you via email on May 23, 2022.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Respectfully,

Claudia Cisneros

Government Information Specialist

U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Privacy Office

Claudia.Cisneros@hq.dhs.gov

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From: Andrew Free

We appeal again.

There are zero emails in these records.

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09/15/2023RE: ICE FOIA Case Number 2022-ICFO-17052 Dear Requester:ICE's final response to your FOIA request, 2022-ICFO-17052, for 1. All records created, sent, or received by CRCL before, during, or after CRCL's February 2017 on-site inspection of ICE's Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, GA, regarding complaints received by CRCL about ICE detainees in at Stewart.2. All records CRCL sent to or received from the agency's subject matter experts (a medical document, a mental health expert, an environmental health and safety expert, and a corrections expert.3. The Expert Report Memorandum CRCL sent ICE in May 2017 following its review of Stewart, as well as the experts' written reports, and all records created or reviewed by CRCL in the drafting and approval of the Expert Report Memorandum and attachments.4. ICE's February 2018 response to CRCL's May 2017 memo, and all CRCL records created on or after receiving this response is attached.Sincerely,ICE FOIA OfficeImmigration and Customs EnforcementFreedom of Information Act Office500 12th Street, S.W., Stop 5009Washington, D.C. 20536-5009
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