Friday, June 15, 2018

Virginia Department of Corrections Responds to Recent FOIA Request By Virginia Prison Accountability Committee Members Concerning The Use Of Body Scanning Technology On All Prisoner Visitors

Vapac recently submitted an FOIA to the Virginia Department of Corrections [VADOC] requesting some answers to questions concerning the use of Body Scanning Technology on families, friends, including Children and Pregnant Women. We are sharing their response with our Committee members and followers, family friends of prisoners and the public as this should be of grave concern for many reasons that which was included in a previous post by Virginia Prisons Accountability Committee... Click link to read in its entirety [vapac], "Are Prisons Putting Prisoners Loved Ones, Children, Mothers In Potential Health Risk `a la Tuskegee Experiment, Even Experts Won't Agree http://bit.ly/2rqpawr".

The questions we posed were as follows and the VADOC's INCLUDED RESPONSE:

What are the side effects of the body scanners on the health of adults and privacy of images?

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What are the side effects of the body scanners on the health of children and the privacy of images?

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What are the controls to protect and safeguard a visitors privacy?

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All reports and studies VADOC has done on the use of full intrusive body scans of visitors?

VADOC has no records responsive to your request because the records do not exist.

The VADOC States: Although this department is not required to create new records for the sake of responding to an FOIA request, and although FOIA does not compel the production of records in response to informational inquiries, as a courtesy please see above and attached for all responses and responsive records. Thank you for contacting the Virginia Department of Corrections.

We thank the VADOC for their response to "vapac". It shares with us "some" answers however it still leaves us with much concern *NOTE* the highlighted query and response.

All reports and studies VADOC has done on the use of full intrusive body scans of visitors?

VADOC has no records responsive to your request because the records do not exist.

It still leaves folks asking: Are Prisons Putting Prisoners Loved Ones, Children, Mothers In Potential Health Risk `a la Tuskegee Experiment, Even Experts Won't Agree.

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References

Are Prisons Putting Prisoners Loved Ones, Children, Mothers In Potential Health Risk `a la Tuskegee Experiment, Even Experts Won't Agree http://bit.ly/2rqpawr".