Section 310.09. Filing of complaints.

 

(1)  Complaints filed by an inmate or a group of inmates shall:

(a) Be typed or written legibly on forms supplied for that purpose.

(b) Be signed by the inmate.

(c) Not contain language that is obscene, profane, abusive, or threatens others, unless such language is necessary to describe the factual basis of the substance of the complaint.

(d) Be filed only under the name by which the inmate was committed to the department or the legal name if an inmate has had a name change.

(e) Contain only one issue per complaint, and shall clearly identify the issue.

(2)  Inmates may not file more than 2 complaints per calendar week, except that the ICE may waive this limit for good cause. The ICE shall exclude complaints that raise health and personal safety issues from this limit.

(3)  The ICE shall return, and not process as complaints, submissions that do not meet the requirements under sub. (1) .

(4)  Prior to accepting the complaint, the ICE may direct the inmate to attempt to resolve the issue.

(5)  The institution shall make complaint forms accessible to inmates.

(6)  An inmate shall file a complaint within 14 calendar days after the occurrence giving rise to the complaint, except that the institution complaint examiner may accept a late complaint for good cause.

(7)  The department shall not exclude impaired, handicapped or illiterate inmates from full participation in the ICRS. If an inmate is unable to write a complaint, the inmate may seek assistance in doing so.

(8)  An inmate shall file a signed complaint by depositing it in a locked box designated for complaints or by submitting it to the office of the ICE via institution mail.

History: CR 02-038 : cr. Register November 2002 No. 563 , eff. 12-1-02.