Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
1.1. Scope. -- It is the policy of the West Virginia Division of Corrections to maintain a mechanism that ensures the promulgation of uniform procedures concerning the formal review of issues relating to any aspect of confinement for inmates confined in its institutions/facilities/centers. It also the policy of the West Virginia Division of Corrections that all inmates be required to fully and properly utilize these procedures to the fullest extent required under any forum for which the inmate would otherwise seek judicial redress within.1.2. Authority. -- W. Va. Code § 25-1A-2 and 25-1A-2a.1.3. Filing Date. -- December 20, 2013.1.4. Effective Date. -- February 1, 2014.1.5. This Rule repeals and replaces Title 90 Series 9, titled Inmate Grievance Procedures, filed November 5, 2012 and effective January 1, 2013. 1.6 Applicability: All units within the Division of Corrections for all matters except classification, which shall follow administrative remedies set forth in Policy Directives 401.01 and Policy Directive 326.01 and inmate discipline which shall follow administrative remedies set forth in Policy Directive 325.00.