California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 6 - Division of Juvenile Justice
Chapter 4 - Youth Rights and Standards
Article 8 - Grievance Procedure
Section 30501 - Grounds for Filing

Universal Citation: 9 CA Code of Regs 30501

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

A ward may file a grievance concerning any of the following circumstances:

(a) Actions or policies of the Department or other agencies which exercise jurisdiction over wards pursuant to contractual relationships with the Department, e.g., the Department of Forestry.

(b) Staffing conclusions and/or staffing recommendations to the Board, except for Disciplinary Decision Making System dispositions. The criteria to be considered during any level of review to determine the merit of such a grievance are:

(1) Whether staffing conclusions and/or recommendations were arrived at fairly and in accordance with established Board, Departmental or institution/parole policy and procedures, or

(2) Whether information presented in the case material was false, distorted, or misleading, or if information which had a direct influence on the staffing conclusion and/or recommendation was missing; except that disagreement with staff impressions, diagnosis, or prognosis is not grounds for a grievance, or

(3) Whether staffing conclusions and/or recommendations ignored the recommended receiving institution's formal transfer criteria, or

(4) Whether the staffing conclusions and/or recommendations were consistent with the facts presented in one or more of the various separate reports making up the case material, or whether inconsistencies were fully explained and recorded in the staffing report.

(c) Detentions of parolees by Department staff prior to the issuance of a warrant or detention order. Subsequent to the issuance of a warrant or detention order, a Board-ordered detention shall be only appealable through the Board appeal process as prescribed in Sections 30835-30840.

(d) Decisions relative to temporary restrictions. Such restrictions include:

(1) Confinement in secure quarters.

(2) Loss of scheduled visiting privileges.

(3) Loss of a day pass or off-grounds privileges.

(4) Restriction to the living unit.

(5) Removal from educational or vocational programs.

(6) Other restrictions in program or privileges.

(e) Alleged employee misconduct, improper or inappropriate behavior, or failure of an employee to perform assigned duties.

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering title 15, section 4086 to title 9, section 30501, including amendment of subsection (c), filed 2-13-2020 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2020, No. 7).

Note: Authority cited: Section 1712, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 1752 and 1766.5, Welfare and Institutions Code.

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