S1 ERO Taskers for Stewart Detention Center 2021-2022 (Department of Homeland Security)
| Tracking # |
2020-HQFO-01731 2023-HQAP-00491 2023-HQAP-00452 2023-HQFO-00314 |
| Multi Request | S1 ERO Taskers for Stewart Detention Center 2021-2022 |
| Submitted | Nov. 9, 2022 |
| Due | Dec. 9, 2022 |
| 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:
Background:
In July 2021, Vice News released a video showing former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano calling on Secretary Mayorkas to close the Stewart Detention Center, operated for ICE by CoreCivic in Lumpkin, Georgia. Secretary Mayorkas appeared in the video as well. In this videotaped interview, the Secretary stated that DHS is looking into facilities across the nation, and that "Stewart is one" of these facilities. Secretary Mayorkas committed to taking action if DHS's investigation into Stewart revealed inhumane treatment.
In July 2022, four women formerly detained at Stewart filed a complaint alleging sexual abuse and harassment by a male medical provider at Stewart, and retaliation and unlawful PREA violations in the subsequent investigation ICE allowed CoreCivic to conduct into these allegations.
Description of Records Sought:
Please provide (1) any Taskers regarding the Stewart Detention Center between January 20, 2021 and the present, from the Secretary of Homeland Security's Office to ICE or DHS HQ or any other DHS agency component, and (2) the responses received by the Office of the Secretary to each Tasker.
Thank you,
Andrew Free
#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 Homeland Security
Good Morning,Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA request. If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486. Regards,DHS Privacy OfficeDisclosure & FOIA ProgramSTOP 0655Department of Homeland Security245 Murray Drive, SWWashington, DC 20528-0655Telephone: 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743 Fax: 202-343-4011Visit our FOIA website https://www.dhs.gov/foia
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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 Nov. 13, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2023-HQFO-00314.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Andrew Free
We hereby appeal the constructive denial of this request and request expedited processing of this appeal. As good cause, we note that DHS-ICE recently announced the 11th detainee death at Stewart, and that deaths and other allegations of serious harm and abuse at Stewart have been the subject of extensive and widespread media coverage about which serious questions exist as to the government’s conduct. We certify pursuant the 28 USC 1746 that the foregoing is true and correct and request expedited processing under 6 CFR 5.5(e).
Thank you,
Andrew Free
#DetentionKills Transparency Initiative
Al Otro Lado
From: Department of Homeland Security
Good Afternoon,
Attached is our acknowledgment of your DHS FOIA appeal. If you need to contact this office again concerning your request, please provide the DHS reference number. This will enable us to quickly retrieve the information you are seeking and reduce our response time. This office can be reached at 866-431-0486.
Regards,
DHS Privacy Office
Disclosure & FOIA Program
STOP 0655
Department of Homeland Security
245 Murray Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20528-0655
Telephone: 1-866-431-0486 or 202-343-1743
Fax: 202-343-4011
Visit our FOIA website (http://www.dhs.gov/foia)
From: Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Free:
Please find attached the FOIA Appeal Decision issued for the above matter.
Thank you,
Lauren M. Meus
Hearing Docket Clerk
From: Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Free:
Please find attached the FOIA Appeal Decision issued for the above matter.
Thank you,
Lauren M. Meus
Hearing Docket Clerk
From: Andrew Free
Good morning,
This FOIA request was dismissed from that litigation.
From: Department of Homeland Security
Good Afternoon,
As a curtesy, I am following-up on the below e-mail to see if you would like to continue with this appeal since receiving the responsive records? Thank you.
Respectfully,
Kelly J. Davis
Privacy Office, Mail Stop 0655
Department of Homeland Security
2707 Martin Luther King Jr. AVE SE
Washington, DC 20528-0655
'202-343-1743 | '866-431-0486 | 7 202-343-4011
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From: Andrew Free
I have received zero responsive records. So yes. I would like to continue with the appeal. If the agency has said there have been responses, simply send them to me. But as I have said previously, this did not occur.
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