SOP_NUMBER: 227.02-att-9
TITLE: Central Office Appeal Response Form
REFERENCE_CODE: IIB05-0001
DIVISION: Office of Professional Standards
TOPIC_AREA: 227 Policy-Facilities Conditions of Confinement
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2019-05-10
WORD_COUNT: 68
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/105710
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-9/

SUMMARY:
This is a form used by the Georgia Department of Corrections to document the central office's response to offender appeals regarding facility conditions and grievances. The form is completed by the Commissioner's Designee and must be signed by the offender to acknowledge receipt. The completed form is retained with the grievance packet for four years before destruction.

KEY_TOPICS: appeal response, central office appeal, grievance resolution, offender appeal, commissioner's designee, conditions of confinement, offender acknowledgment, appeal documentation, grievance packet

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Offender Grievance Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-1/
  2. Staff Local Investigative Report and Recommendation Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-2/
  3. Witness Statement Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-3/
  4. Warden's/Superintendent's Grievance Response Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-4/
  5. Grievance Appeal to Central Office Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-5/
  6. Accepted_ Notification of Referral to Office of Professional Standards
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-6/
  7. Codes for Rejected Grievance (Formal)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-7/
  8. Grievance Resolution/Drop Form (Attachment 8)
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-8/
  9. Central Office Appeal Response Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-9/
  10. Active Grievances Process Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-10/
  11. Warden's_Superintendent's Rejected Grievance Response
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-11/
  12. Rejected_ Notification of Referral to the Office of Professional Standards
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-12/
  13. Rejected_ Notification of Referral to the Facility ADA Coordinator
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-13/
  14. Accepted_ Notification of Referral to the Facility ADA Coordinator
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/227.02-att-14/

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SOP 227.02
Attachment 9

5/10/19


# **GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS**

_**STATE OFFICES SOUTH AT TIFT COLLEGE**_



_**Offices of Professional Standards**_

_**P.O. Box 1529**_
_**Forsyth, Ga 31029**_


_Governor_ _Commissioner_


**CENTRAL OFFICE APPEAL RESPONSE**


Date:


Response to Appeal:


**Commissioner’s Designee** **Date**


**I ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE ABOVE RESPONSE ON THIS DATE**


**Offender’s Signature** **Date**


Retention Schedule: Upon Completion, this form shall be maintained with the grievance packet for four (4) years and then
destroyed.