Death in Custody Reports (Department of Health and Human Services)
| Tracking # |
2023-00764-FOIA-PHS |
| Multi Request | Death in Custody Reports |
| Submitted | May 12, 2023 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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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:
Section 3(a)(2)(B) of the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, 42 USC 13727a, provides: the “head of each Federal law enforcement agency shall submit to the Attorney General a report . . . that contains information regarding the death of any person who is— . . . (2) en route to be incarcerated or detained, or is incarcerated or detained at—(A) any facility (including ANY IMMIGRATION OR JUVENILE FACILITY) pursuant to a contract with such Federal law enforcement agency.”
Please provide all notifications your agency has made pursuant to this statute beginning February 1, 2015 and continuing until the date of your tasking an adequate search in response to this request.
Thank you,
#DetentionKills Transparency Initiative
Al Otro Lado
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 Health and Human Services
Dear Andrew Free,
Request #2023-00764-FOIA-PHS has been assigned to the request you submitted. In all future correspondence regarding this request please reference request #2023-00764-FOIA-PHS.
Regards,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
From: Department of Health and Human Services
Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your FOIA request #2023-00764-FOIA-PHS has been updated to the following status 'Received'. To log into the HHS FOIA Submission Site click on the Application URL below.
https://requests.publiclink.hhs.gov
Sincerely,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
From: Department of Health and Human Services
DearAndrew Free:
This acknowledges receipt of your May 15, 2023 Freedom of InformationAct (FOIA) request submitted to the Department of Health and Human ServicesFOI/Privacy Acts Division concerning “Section 3(a)(2)(B) of the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, 42 USC 13727a, provides: the “head of each Federal law enforcement agency shall submit to the Attorney General a report . . . that contains information regarding the death of any person who is— . . . (2) en route to be incarcerated or detained, or is incarcerated or detained at—(A) any facility (including ANY IMMIGRATION OR JUVENILE FACILITY) pursuant to a contract with such Federal law enforcement agency.”Please provide all notifications your agency has made pursuant to this statute beginning February 1, 2015 and continuing until the date of your tasking an adequate search in response to this request. (Date Range for Record Search: From 2/1/2015 To 5/16/2023)” . We received your request, on May 16, 2023 and are referring that part of it which pertains tothe Administration for Children and Families (ACF), to that agency, for direct response toyou. Because HHS FOIA administration is decentralized, that part of your request will be closed in this office. Upon receipt, ACF will log your request and provide you with a new tracking number for your reference. You may check the status of your request with ACF, at 1-888-747-1861 or foia@acf.hhs.gov
Also, the HHS Acknowledgement Referral Letter- ACF is attached.
Sincerely,
Kathy Hill
Management Analyst (FOIA Analyst)
On assignment with
OS FOI/Privacy Acts Division, Initials-Intake Team
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Office of the Secretary (OS)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
From: Department of Health and Human Services
Dear Andrew Free: Please see the attached Acknowledgement Letter in response to your FOIA Request submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), via PAL, on May 16, 2023.
The letter contains important information concerning your FOIA matter which has been assigned tracking number 2023-00764-FOIA-PHS.
For status updates or other inquiries, please contact our office via email at FOIARequest@hhs.gov. Please include your tracking number in the subject line of your inquiry. Sincerely, Kathy Hill
OS FOIA Division Intake Team Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA) Office of the Secretary (OS) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
From: Department of Health and Human Services
Dear Andrew Free,
The status of your FOIA request #2023-00764-FOIA-PHS has been updated to the following status 'In Process'. To log into the HHS FOIA Submission Site click on the Application URL below.
https://requests.publiclink.hhs.gov
Sincerely,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
From: Department of Health and Human Services
Dear Andrew Free: Attached is the final response to your FOIA request 2023-00764-FOIA-PHS.
If you have any questions, please contact me, at kathy.hill@hhs.gov. Thank you.
Kathy Hill
Management Analyst (FOIA Analyst)
On assignment with
OS FOI/Privacy Acts Division
Initials-Intake Team
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Office of the Secretary (OS)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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 15, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2023-00764-FOIA-PHS.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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 15, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2023-00764-FOIA-PHS.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Health and Human Services
Per the email chain, you received a final response back in May.
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~WRD0000
From: Andrew Free
We appeal. The email chain reflects that HHS referred our request to ACF in May. ACF never logged the request. We never received a receipt.
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