The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Department of Public Health
Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health
MAURA T. HEALEY Community Sanitation Program KATHLEEN E. WALSH
67 Forest Street, Suite # 100
Governor
Secretary
KIMBERLEY DRISCOLL
Lieutenant Governor Marlborough, MA 01752 ROBERT GOLDSTEIN, MD, PhD
Commissioner
Phone: 508-454-0870 Tel: 617-624-6000
www.mass.gov/dph
September 5, 2024
Shawn Zoldak, Superintendent
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center
P.O. Box 8000
Shirley, MA 01464 (electronic copy)
Re: Plan of Correction – Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, Shirley
Dear Superintendent Zoldak:
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, (DPH) Community Sanitation Program (CSP) has received your Plan of
Correction (POC) dated August 30, 2024. After review, the CSP finds the plan appropriately addresses all of the
violations noted in the report with the following exceptions:
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 a corrective action for the rusted handwash sink in cell # 39 in the G1 Upper Cell Block.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, should you have any questions please contact me at the address listed
above.
Sincerely,
Hannah LeBeau
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)
Shawn Jenkins, Interim Commissioner, DOC (electronic copy)
Terrence Reidy, Secretary, EOPSS (electronic copy)
Brianna Arruda, Director, Policy Development and Compliance Unit (electronic copy)
Mark George, EHSO (electronic copy)
Ryan Carney, EHSO (electronic copy)
James Garreffi, RS, CHO, Director, Nashoba Associated Boards of Health (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts House of Representatives (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts Senate (electronic copy)
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