The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization (LSO) has joined other prisoners' rights organizations, including the ACLU National Prison Project (NPP), in filing an amicus brief in the consolidated cases of Jones v. Bock and Williams v. Overton in the United States Supreme Court.
These cases will decide a number of important procedural issues under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), including: 1) whether the PLRA encompasses a "total exhaustion" rule; 2) whether the PLRA requires an inmate to name all defendants in administrative grievances in order to preserve the right to sue them in court; and 3) who bears the burden of pleading and demonstrating exhaustion.
The brief discusses inmate grievance policies nationwide, as well as forms for inmate grievances from a number of jurisdictions. These materials were contributed by numerous prisoners' rights organizations, including LSO and NPP.
The brief is posted here:
Jones v. Bock and Williams v. Overton
John Boston's PLRA treatise is posted here:
Boston PLRA Treatise
The materials cited in the brief are here:
Alabama
Policy (under review as of 8/8/06)
Alaska
Policy
Arizona
Policy
Arkansas
Policy
California
Policy
Glenn County Policy
Colorado
Policy
Connecticut
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
Sample Grievance 1
Sample Grievance 2
Sample Grievance 3
Delaware
Policy
Sample Grievance
District of Colombia
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
Florida
Policy
Georgia
Policy
Hawaii
Policy
Sample Grievance
Idaho
Policy
Illinois
1998 Policy
Indiana
Policy
Iowa
Policy
Sample Grievance
Kansas
Policy
Kentucky
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
Louisiana
Policy
Sample Grievance 1
Sample Grievance 2
Maine
Policy
Maryland
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
Maryland Administrative Remedy Procedure 1
Maryland Administrative Remedy Procedure 2
Maryland Code of Regulations
Maryland Division of Pretrial Detention Services
Dorchester County Policy
Massachusetts
Policy
Massachusetts Medical
Michigan
Policy
R&R Re Exhaustion (Broder) 04.08.09
District Court Order (Broder)
Minnesota
Policy
Mississippi
Policy
Sample Grievance 1
Sample Grievance 2
Sample Grievance 3
Sample Grievance 4
Sample Grievance 5
Sample Grievance 6
Mississippi SOP
Mississippi Handbook
Missouri
Policy
Montana
Policy
Nebraska
Policy
Nevada
Policy
New Hampshire
Policy
New Jersey
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
New Mexico
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
New York
Policy
Sample Grievance 1
Sample Grievance 2
New York City Policy
New York City Rikers Sample Grievance Form
North Carolina
Policy
Sample Grievance
Department of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Sample Grievance Form
North Dakota
Policy
Ohio
Policy
Nathan Evaluation of the Ohio Grievance System
Oklahoma
Policy
Oregon
Policy
Pennsylvania
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
Rhode Island
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
South Carolina
Policy
South Dakota
Policy
Tennessee
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
Texas
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
US Bureau of Prisons
Policy
Sample Grievance
Rivers CI Grievance
Utah
Sample Grievance 1
Sample Grievance Form
Vermont
Policy
Virginia
Policy
Washington
Policy
Clark County Policy
West Virginia
Policy
Wisconsin
Policy
Sample Grievance
Wyoming
Policy
Sample Grievance Form
AG Letter