Mark Arsenault v. Department of Correction - Legal Division (SPR 20190357)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor ofR ecords March 1, 2019 SPR19/0357 Kate M. Silvia Department of Correction 50 Maple Street, Suite 3 Milford, MA 01757 Dear Ms. Silvia: I have received the petition of Mark Arsenault appealing the nonresponse of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (Department) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § lOA; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Specifically, Mr. Arsenault requested "documents showing the number of monthly inmate visits processed by each Massachusetts Department of Corrections facility that permits outside visitation, for the years 2017 and 2018. (24 months)." Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within 10 business days of receipt of the request. G. L. c. 66, § lO(a)-(b). The response may contain, among other things, an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. G. L. c. 66, § 1O (b ). All records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. As of the date of this letter, it is my understanding that the Department has not provided Mr. Arsenault a response to his request for records. Order Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Mr. Arsenault with a response to the request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations without delay. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. ~cJt:;Y;. l1/J1 .lllA ~rr;;#I vA vvvJ Jv A Av -v- Supervisor of Records cc: Mark Arsenault One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us