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730 ILCS 5/3-8-8

(730 ILCS 5/3-8-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8)

Sec. 3-8-8.

Grievances.

(a) The Director shall establish procedures to review the grievances of
committed persons. The Director may establish one or more administrative
review boards within the Department to review grievances. A committed
person's right to file grievances shall not be restricted. Such procedure
shall provide for the review of grievances by a person or persons other
than the person or persons directly responsible for the conditions or
actions against which the grievance is made.

(b) Such procedures shall provide that a record of such grievance and
any decision made with respect to it shall be preserved for a period of one
year.

(c) Such procedures shall allow committed persons to communicate
grievances directly to the Director or some person designated by the
Director outside of the institution or facility where the person is
confined.

(d) All committed persons shall be informed of the grievance procedures
established by the Department and they shall be available to all committed
persons.

(e) Discipline shall not be imposed because of use of the grievance
procedure.

(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)