GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND LARGE-CITY JAILS - REPORT, JUNE 17, 1977

• NCJ Number: 43691
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: US Comptroller General
• Sale Source: Azimuth Inc.; National Institute of Justice/; US Government Accountability Office
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

INFORMATION ON GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS IN THE 50 STATES AND IN THE NATION'S 20 LARGEST (POPULATION) CITIES IS PRESENTED.

Abstract

FORTY-THREE STATES HAVE FORMAL INMATE GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS FOR ADULTS AND 23 FOR YOUTH INSTITUTIONS. THESE GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS ARE AVAILABLE TO 255,675 OF 298,632 ADULT AND YOUTH INMATES IN STATE INSTITUTIONS. TWELVE OF THE CORRECTIONAL AGENCIES SERVING THE 20 LARGEST CITIES HAD FORMAL GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS FOR ADULTS. FOUR OF THE 20 LARGEST CITIES EITHER USED STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR SENTENCED YOUTHS OR DID NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION ON YOUTH GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS. ELEVEN OUT OF THE REMAINING 16 HAD FORMAL GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS FOR YOUTH. AN APPENDIX DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS AND THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS.