The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Department of Public Health
Bureau of Environmental Health
Community Sanitation Program
23 Service Center Road, Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: 413-586-7525 Fax: 413-784-1037
CHARLES D. BAKER MARYLOU SUDDERS
Governor TTY 800-769-9991 Secretary
KARYN E. POLITO MONICA BHAREL, MD, MPH
Lieutenant Governor Commissioner
Tel: 617-624-6000
www.mass.gov/dph
April 29, 2021
Nicholas Cocchi, Sheriff
Western MA Women’s Correctional Center
701 Center Street
Chicopee, MA 01013 (electronic copy)
Re: Plan of Correction – Western MA Women’s Correctional Center, Chicopee
Dear Sheriff Cocchi:
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Community Sanitation Program (CSP) has received your Plan of
Correction in response to my inspection on April 7, 2021. After review, the CSP finds the plan appropriately addresses all
of the violations noted.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, should you have any questions please contact me at the address listed
above.
Sincerely,
Scott Koczela
Environmental Analyst, CSP, BEH
cc: Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, Commissioner, DPH
Jan Sullivan, Acting Director, BEH
Steven Hughes, Director, CSP, BEH
Marylou Sudders, Secretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services (electronic copy)
Carol A. Mici, Commissioner, DOC (electronic copy)
Thomas Turco, Secretary, EOPSS (electronic copy)
Timothy Gotovich, Director, Policy Development and Compliance Unit (electronic copy)
Patricia Murphy, Superintendent (electronic copy)
Segreant Faith Menard, Standards and Training Coordinator (electronic copy)
Lisa Sanders, RS, CHO, Health Director, Chicopee Board of Health (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts House of Representatives (electronic copy)
Clerk, Massachusetts Senate (electronic copy)
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