FOI #26-506 (08-6-26, 2:53 pm) - Subject - Solnit
Name - Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
Affiliation - Hearst CT Media
To the Public Records Administrator:
This is a request pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act. I am reporter with Hearst CT Media newspapers. I ask that this request be expedited, as it in the public interest to better understand the conditions at Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center given comments made during a recent Transforming Children’s Behavioral Health meeting and a press conference held by staff who work there.
I request copies of the following records:
Unless a narrower period is specified below, the time period for each item is July 1, 2025 through the date this request is processed. I have divided the request into two parts and ask that you produce Part I immediately and Part II as records are located, rather than holding all production until the entire request is complete.
PART I — PRIORITY ITEMS
1. Any consent order or decree involving the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center–South Campus ("Solnit," "Solnit Hospital," "JDH-Solnit), including from the Department of Public Health entered with any amendments, extensions, or modifications.
2. All contracts for independent expert compliance contractors retained as a result of that consent order, including any agreement with The Barrons Group or a similarly named entity.
3. All assessments, monitoring reports, periodic updates, findings, recommendations, physical-plant assessment, action plans prepared by any contractor concerning Solnit surrounding any consent order
4. Any resulting action plan and all status updates by those contractors.
5. All plans of correction, statements of deficiency, survey and inspection findings, licensure reports, critical incident reports and compliance status reports concerning Solnit submitted to or received from the Department of Public Health.
6. The staffing plan for Solnit prepared pursuant to state law and submitted to the Department of Public Health, and the staffing plan or staffing report transmitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and cover correspondence.
PART II — ADDITIONAL RECORDS
7. Existing reports, logs, dashboards, or data extracts showing, by month: daily census by unit; budgeted, filled, and vacant direct-care and nursing positions; overtime hours and expenditures; use of agency or travel staff and associated expenditures; and the number of youth referred to and awaiting admission at Solnit.
8. Existing reports or logs of restraint and seclusion events at Solnit, including the number of events and their duration, as maintained in the ordinary course. To the extent such records contain protected health information, please produce them in aggregate or de-identified form rather than withholding them in full.
9. All contracts, task orders, post orders, scopes of work, and invoices for security services at Solnit, including any agreement with USI or a similarly named vendor, together with the training curricula, competencies, orientation materials, and policies developed for security personnel