DOC 310.03 DOC 310.03 Definitions. In this chapter:

DOC 310.03(1) (1) “Calendar week” means Sunday through Saturday.

DOC 310.03(2) (2) “Calendar year” means 12 calendar months beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

DOC 310.03(3) (3) “Complaint record” means ICRS forms and evidence compiled in connection with an ICRS complaint by the ICE or CCE.

DOC 310.03(4) (4) “Corrections complaint examiner” or “CCE” means the employee of the department who is designated by the secretary to process and review complaints appealed to the secretary.

DOC 310.03(5) (5) “Days” means all calendar days including Saturdays, Sundays, and state legal holidays.

DOC 310.03(6) (6) “Department” means the department of corrections.

DOC 310.03(7) (7) “Division” means the division of adult institutions.

DOC 310.03(8) (8) “Employee” means any staff member, an employee of a contract agency, an independent contractor, or a volunteer of the department or an institution.

DOC 310.03(9) (9) “Good cause” means substantial grounds, justification, or reason to take a certain action as determined by the examiner.

DOC 310.03(10) (10) “Inmate complaint review system” or “ICRS” means the process by which complaints filed by inmates of adult correctional institutions are investigated and resolved.

DOC 310.03(11) (11) “Institution” means a correctional institution or correctional facility defined under s. 302.01, Stats.

DOC 310.03(12) (12) “Institution complaint examiner” or “ICE” means the person or persons at each institution designated by the warden to process, investigate, and make recommendations on complaints filed under this chapter.

DOC 310.03(13) (13) “Moot” means any of the following:

DOC 310.03(13)(a) (a) Abstract and not arising from existing facts or rights.

DOC 310.03(13)(b) (b) Already resolved.

DOC 310.03(14) (14) “PREA” means the prison rape elimination act, 42 U.S.C. 15601, et seq. and the standards issued thereunder, 28 C.F.R. Part 115.

DOC 310.03(15) (15) “Reviewing authority” means a person who is authorized to review and decide an inmate complaint.

DOC 310.03(16) (16) “Secretary” means the secretary of the department or designee.

DOC 310.03(17) (17) “Sexual abuse” means the definition given under 28 C.F.R. s. 115.6.

DOC 310.03(18) (18) “Sexual harassment” means the definition given under 28 C.F.R. s. 115.6

DOC 310.03(19) (19) “Staff member” or “staff” means a person employed by the department as a permanent, project, or limited term employee.

DOC 310.03(20) (20) “Warden” means the warden, superintendent, or designee.

DOC 310.03 History History: CR 16-054: cr., Register March 2018, No. 747, eff. 4-1-18; correction in (20) made under s. 35.17, Stats, Register March 2018, No. 747.

DOC 310.04 DOC 310.04 Inmate complaint review system.

DOC 310.04(1) (1) The department shall maintain an inmate complaint review system that shall be accessible to all inmates in institutions. The department shall do all of the following:

DOC 310.04(1)(a) (a) Provide access to written notification of the complaint procedures to inmates.

DOC 310.04(1)(b) (b) Provide each inmate written or oral explanation of the complaint procedures.

DOC 310.04(1)(c) (c) Provide an inmate the opportunity to ask and have questions answered relating to the complaint procedure.