Monday, February 4, 2013

Recent Document Acquisitions Regarding the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Investigation

The State Library recently acquired the final report for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the William A. Hinton State Laboratory. The 11 page report was completed on November 23rd, 2012 and submitted on November 30th by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). The APHL was asked by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health to conduct an assessment after a breach in security procedures and alleged criminal activity at the laboratory. The report includes the association’s assessment background, process, findings, and their recommendations.

In addition to this report, the library has also acquired the 101 page document, submitted by John Verner, Chief of the Criminal Bureau and Assistant Attorney General, concerning the criminal investigation of alleged misconduct at the State Laboratory. The document includes witness interviews and a series of police reports based on these interviews.

To download these documents from the library’s DSpace digital repository, please click on the following hyperlinks:

Final Report for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Health and William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute.

Letter from John Verner, Chief of the Criminal Bureau and Assistant Attorney General, to C. Samuel Sutter, Bristol County District Attorney, regarding the criminal investigation of potential misconduct by chemist Annie Dookhan at the William A. Hinton State Laboratory in Jamaica Plain.



Kaitlin Connolly
Library Technician, Reference Dept.