The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Department of Public Health
Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health
Community Sanitation Program
MAURA T. HEALEY 67 Forest Street, Suite # 100 KATHLEEN E. WALSH
Governor
Marlborough, MA 01752 Secretary
Phone: 857-507-7205
KIMBERLEY DRISCOLL ROBERT GOLDSTEIN, MD, PhD
Lieutenant Governor Commissioner
Tel: 617-624-6000
www.mass.gov/dph
February 23, 2024
Ryan Donlon, Deputy Superintendent
MCI Framingham
99 Loring Drive
P.O. Box 9007
Framingham, MA 01704 (electronic copy)
Re: Plan of Correction – MCI Framingham
Dear Deputy Superintendent Donlon:
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Community Sanitation Program (CSP) has received your Plan of
Correction in response to my inspection on December 7 and 8, 2023. After review, the CSP finds the plan
appropriately addresses all of the violations noted in the report with the following exceptions:
1. Please clarify the estimated date of repair for the following violations:
a. No soap at handwash sink in Treatment Room # 9 in HSU Building;
b. Soap scum on walls and floor in shower # 1, 2, and 3 in Shower Room (A & B) in Laurel
Building;
c. Curtain damaged in shower # 3 in Shower Room (B & C) in Laurel Building;
d. Mold on shower curtain in shower # 3 in Shower Room (B & C) in Laurel Building;
e. Floor dirty in shower # 2 and 3 in Shower Room (B & C) in Laurel Building;
f. Toilet dirty in Handicapped Bathroom (A) in Algon Building;
g. Mold on grout in shower # 1, 2, and 3 in Shower Room (A & B) in Algon Building;
h. Soap scum on floor and walls in shower # 1, 2, and 3 in Shower Room (B & C) in Algon
Building;
i. Mold on grout in shower # 1, 2, and 3 in Shower Room (B & C) in Algon Building;
j. Soap dispenser broken in Staff Bathroom in Central Kitchen; and
k. Hot water temperature at handwash sink in the Bathroom in Power Plant Building # 3.
2. The Department appreciates the updated information concerning the damaged floor in Gym # B119 in
the Old Administration Building and the Dumb Waiters in Central Kitchen, however we cannot approve
any items that do not identify a reasonable time frame for repair.
3. The CSP has interpreted the requirements for bathing water temperatures to fall between 100°F and
112°F in compliance with 105 CMR 451.130: Maintenance. Please indicate if water temperatures in the
areas below are within this range as well as their estimated date of repair.
a. Shower # 206 in BAU Upper Level Showers;
b. Shower # 1 on Barton (2nd Floor); and
c. Tub in Shower Room (A & B) in Laurel Building.
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 4. In regard 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.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, should you have any questions please contact me at the address
listed above.
Sincerely,
Amy Medeiros
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)
Brianna Arruda, Director, Policy Development and Compliance Unit (electronic copy)
Michael Beland, EHSO (electronic copy)
Bill Murphy, Director, Framingham Department of Public Health (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts House of Representatives (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts Senate (electronic copy)
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