The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Department of Public Health
Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health
KATHLEEN E. WALSH
MAURA T. HEALEY
Governor
Community Sanitation Program Secretary
KIMBERLEY DRISCOLL 67 Forest Street, Suite # 100 ROBERT GOLDSTEIN, MD, PhD
Commissioner
Lieutenant Governor
Marlborough, MA 01752
Tel: 617-624-6000
Phone: 508-665-3251 www.mass.gov/dph
November 14, 2023
Lisa Curto, Superintendent
Pondville Correctional Center
P.O. Box 146
Norfolk, MA 02056 (electronic copy)
Re: Plan of Correction – Pondville Correctional Center, Norfolk
Dear Superintendent Curto:
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Community Sanitation Program (CSP) has received your Plan of
Correction in response to my inspection on October 12, 2023. After review, the CSP finds the plan appropriately
addresses all of the violations noted in the report with the following exception(s):
1. In regards to the issue of overcrowding, the CSP appreciates the limitations of correctional facilities and the need
to accommodate the ever-increasing population; however we remain concerned with the overcrowded conditions.
2. Please provide an estimated date of replacement for the backordered radiator in housing unit 2-1.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, should you have any questions please contact me at the address listed
above.
Sincerely,
Sara Wolanski
Environmental Health Inspector, CSP, BCEH
cc: Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD, Commissioner, DPH
Nalina Narain, Director, BCEH
Steven Hughes, Director, CSP, BCEH
Kathleen E. Walsh, Secretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services (electronic copy)
Carol A. Mici, Commissioner, DOC (electronic copy)
Terrence Reidy, Secretary, EOPSS (electronic copy)
Timothy Gotovich, Director, Policy Development and Compliance Unit (electronic copy)
Daniel Alves, EHSO (electronic copy)
Betsy Fijol, Executive Assistant, Norfolk Board of Health (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts House of Representatives (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts Senate (electronic copy)
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