FOIA Request DEA Records Williamson County Jail Controlled Substa
The federal paper the jail's controlled-substance prescribers never expected to have filed.
The FOIA request DEA records filing seeks federal records related to controlled substance registration, prescribing authority, and regulatory oversight within Williamson County Jail. It is based on documented concerns involving medical administration, delegation authority, and compliance with federal controlled substance laws — and it is preserved here as a public record, submitted under federal law.
The submission — scope and addressees:
The filing is directed to the Drug Enforcement Administration, FOIA/Records Management Section, 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 22152, under 5 U.S.C. § 552. The RE line names the scope: FOIA Request – DEA Registration, Delegation, and Controlled Substance Activity. The facility: Williamson County Jail, 306 W 4th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. The timeframe demanded: January 1, 2023 through present.
Why the DEA is the right venue:
State boards police licenses; only the DEA polices controlled substances at the federal level. A physician licensed in Texas can prescribe anywhere in Texas — but prescribing controlled substances requires a DEA number, and the DEA keeps ARCOS data showing every controlled-substance order that number generated. This filing asks the one database that cannot omit what the jail would rather not show.
The physicians named by license number:
The request demands records for every identified prescriber, plus any additional registrants:
1. Dr. John Mark Janes, MD — Texas License H8939 2. Dr. Henry L. Higgins, MD — Texas License L6232 3. Any additional physician whose DEA number is registered at, delegated to, or used by Williamson County Jail or its medical contractor(s) 4. Any APRNs, EMTs, or medical staff granted authority — explicitly or implicitly — to issue or administer controlled substances within the jail
The nine record classes demanded:
- DEA registration applications — Form-224 and renewals - DEA registration status, restrictions, suspensions, or actions - ARCOS reports reflecting controlled substance activity - DEA Form-222 or digital controlled substance orders - Suspicious activity reports or compliance flags - All DEA investigations, notes, audits, or inquiries involving Williamson County Jail, the Williamson County Sheriff's Office, and jail medical staff or contractors - All correspondence between DEA and Williamson County personnel - All delegation or supervisory authority filed with DEA regarding mid-level practitioners (APRN, PA) - All records showing controlled substances prescribed, dispensed, administered, or ordered under these DEA numbers at the jail
“requesting copies of all records held by the Drug Enforcement Administration relating to controlled substance registrations”
What a fee waiver demands of the DEA:
Fee waivers require significant public interest — and there is no more public interest than controlled substances prescribed behind bars without oversight. If the DEA denies the waiver, the requester can still pay up to $25; if the DEA grants it, the documents flow without a dollar spent. Either way the information exists, it is federal, it is public, and this filing makes the demand for it official.
Fee category and waiver request:
The filing requests a fee waiver — matters of significant public interest concerning medical care in a government-operated detention facility — and states the requester agrees to pay up to $25.00 in fees unless otherwise notified. The DEA defined its own timeline for responding; the federal statute defines the requester's right to the answer.
What the Record Shows:
This filing is the federal mirror of the Texas nursing and DSHS records requests — same motive, same meticulous specificity, one level up the oversight ladder. The named physicians, the named licenses, the named record classes, the named timeframe: every element is specific, every demand is documentary, and the answers belong to the public because the medicine was administered with public money inside a public facility. The paper trail either produces the registrations, the orders, the ARCOS reports — or a documented legal basis for withholding. Either way, the record no longer depends on the jail's cooperation.