Alyssa Wittkowski v. Department of Correction - Legal Division (SPR 20180901)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts \Villiam Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords June21,2018 SPR18/901 Alyssa Wittkowslci W86037 Old Colony Correctional Center 1 Administration Road Bridgewater, MA 02324 Dear Ms. Vhttkowski: I have received your petition appealing the responses of the Department of Corrections (Department) to your request for public records. The requirements for an appeal are follows: Such appeal shall be in \vriting. and shall include a copy of the letter by which the request was made and a copy of the letter by which the custodian responded. The Supervisor shall accept an appeal only from a person who had made his or her record request in vvriting. An oral request, while valid as a public record request pursuant to 950 CMR 32.06(1 )(a), may not be the basis of an appeal under 950 C.M.R. 32.08. See 950 C.M.R .32.08(1 )(g). In order for this office to proceed with your petition you must send a copy of the original request letter you sent to the Department and a copy of the letter(s) by wluch the Department responded. Please feel free to re-submit your appeal when you have retrieved copies of all the required documents. Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Kate M. Silvia One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (61 Ti 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre• pre@sec.state.ma.us