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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 12.02.28.04" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="28" heading="Conditions of Confinement Subject to the ARP.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An inmate may use the ARP to resolve a complaint related to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Correctional facility policy and procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Medical and mental health services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Access to a court;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Religious liberties;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Inmate property that is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Lost;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Damaged;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Stolen;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Destroyed; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Confiscated;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Complaints against staff;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Use of force;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Sentence computation and diminution of confinement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Correctional facility conditions affecting inmate:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Health;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Safety; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Welfare;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Retaliation for seeking to resolve a complaint through the ARP;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Management and application of the procedures under this chapter for resolving an inmate complaint;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Commissary; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Inmate telephone system.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An inmate may not use the ARP to resolve a complaint concerning:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Case management recommendations and decisions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Parole Commission procedures and decisions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Inmate disciplinary hearing procedures and decisions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Appeals of a decision to withhold inmate mail; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The following acts by staff or another inmate, which shall be addressed according to Department procedures for addressing complaints under the Prison Rape Elimination Act:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Rape;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual abuse; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Other sexual misconduct.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>