Background

On August 12, 2021, the ACLU of Massachusetts and Prisoners’ Legal Services filed a public records request with the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department seeking policies, procedures, guidelines, and instructions pertaining to language interpretation and translation services for individuals with Limited English Proficiency (“LEP”), attorney access, and COVID-19 related protocols.

On November 22, 2021, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed another public records request with the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department seeking policies, procedures, guidelines, and instructions pertaining to Plymouth County Correctional Facility’s formal grievance system, policies regarding the facility’s U visa certification process, the number of immigration detention units, and the number of immigration detainees.

Request Submitted To Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department
Category ICE Detention
Year Filed 2021
Number of Documents Received 33

Responsive Documents

# File Name Description File Type File Size
1 268 POLICY 030321 w Attachments_Sexual Abuse Harassment of Inmates 268 Policy 030321 w Attachments Sexual Abuse Harassment of Inmates PDF 3 MB
2 404 ICE Hndbk August 2021 404 ICE Detainee Handbook August 2021 PDF 3 MB
3 420 POLICY 051021_Classification Plan 420 Policy 051021 Classification Plan PDF 360 KB
4 476 POLICY 051021_Canteen Services 476 Policy 051021 Canteen Services PDF  210 KB
5 478 POLICY 051021 w Attachments_Library Services 478 Policy 051021 w Attachments Library Services PDF 572 KB
6 481 POLICY 081921_Inmate Mail 481 Policy 081921 Inmate Mail PDF  400 KB
7 483 POLICY 051221_Visiting Policy 483 Policy 051221 Visiting Policy PDF 408 KB
8 490 POLICY 051021_Legal Rights 490 Policy 051021 Legal Rights PDF 286 KB
9 605 POLICY 090821 w attachments_Communicable Diseases 605 Policy 090821 w attachments Communicable Diseases PDF 4 MB
10 620 POLICY 090821_Special Health Care Practices 620 Policy 090821 Special Health Care Practices PDF 571 KB
11 ACLU Request ACLU Request XLSX 38 KB
12 Coronavirus Alert Poster – 4 languages Coronavirus Alert Poster – 4 languages PDF 608 KB
13 COVID-19 ICE Unit Posting COVID-19 ICE Unit Posting PDF 484 KB
14 Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine FactSheet_ENGLISH_v2 Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine FactSheet English v2 PDF 57 KB 
15 Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine information_SPANISH_v2 Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine information Spanish v2 PDF 139 KB 
16 Request # 10_Contracts for Language Translation Request # 10 Contracts for Language Translation PDF 1 MB
17 Request # 14_Communications Services Request # 14 Communications Services PDF 1 MB 
18 Request # 19_Securus Technologies Request # 19 Securus Technologies PDF 908 KB
19 Request # 3_Records of Any COVID-19 Exposures Request # 3 Records of Any COVID-19 Exposures PDF 642 KB
20 Request #1_Number of ICE Inmates Request #1 Number of ICE Inmates PDF 233 KB
21 Stop the Spread of Germs Poster – English Stop the Spread of Germs Poster – English PDF 198 KB
22 Stop the Spread of Germs Poster – Spanish Stop the Spread of Germs Poster – Spanish PDF 86 KB
23 UMASS Flyer 1 in 5 Prisoners – English UMASS Flyer 1 in 5 Prisoners – English PDF 45 KB
24 UMASS Flyer 1 in 5 Prisoners – Portuguese UMASS Flyer 1 in 5 Prisoners – Portuguese PDF 46 KB
25 UMASS Flyer 1 in 5 Prisoners – Spanish UMASS Flyer 1 in 5 Prisoners – Spanish PDF 46 KB
26 UMASS Flyer Myths vs Facts – Portuguese UMASS Flyer Myths vs Facts – Portuguese PDF 51 KB
27 UMASS Flyer Myths vs Facts – Spanish UMASS Flyer Myths vs Facts – Spanish PDF 51 KB
28 UMASS Flyer Myths vs Facts – English UMASS Flyer Myths vs Facts – English PDF 50 KB
29 Wear your mask while in dayroom posting 12.30.2020 Wear your mask while in dayroom posting 12.30.2020 PDF 360 KB
30 PCCF Inmate Orientation Handbook August 2021 Inmate Orientation Handbook – Plymouth County Correctional Facility PDF 2 MB
31 491 Policy Inmate Grievances 491 Policy Inmate Grievances PDF 73 KB
32 458 Policy 111521 U & T Visa Policies 458 Policy 111521 U & T Visa Policies PDF 344 KB
33 Current Number of  Immigration Detainees in Each Unit on November 22, 2021 Current Number of Immigration Detainees in Each Unit on November 22, 2021 XLSX 12 KB