1. A. An inmate may use the ARP to resolve a complaint related to:

   1. (1) Correctional facility policy and procedures;
   2. (2) Medical and mental health services;
   3. (3) Access to a court;
   4. (4) Religious liberties;

   5. (5) Inmate property that is:

      1. (a) Lost;
      2. (b) Damaged;
      3. (c) Stolen;
      4. (d) Destroyed; or
      5. (e) Confiscated;
   6. (6) Complaints against staff;
   7. (7) Use of force;
   8. (8) Sentence computation and diminution of confinement;

   9. (9) Correctional facility conditions affecting inmate:

      1. (a) Health;
      2. (b) Safety; or
      3. (c) Welfare;
   10. (10) Retaliation for seeking to resolve a complaint through the ARP;
   11. (11) Management and application of the procedures under this chapter for resolving an inmate complaint;
   12. (12) Commissary; and
   13. (13) Inmate telephone system.

2. B. An inmate may not use the ARP to resolve a complaint concerning:

   1. (1) Case management recommendations and decisions;
   2. (2) Parole Commission procedures and decisions;
   3. (3) Inmate disciplinary hearing procedures and decisions;
   4. (4) Appeals of a decision to withhold inmate mail; or

   5. (5) 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:

      1. (a) Rape;
      2. (b) Sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual abuse; and
      3. (c) Other sexual misconduct.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §§2-109, 3-205, 3-209, and 3-211, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 12, 2018 (45:5 Md. R. 286)