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730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 (2026)

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(730 ILCS 5/3-8-8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-8-8)
    Sec. 3-8-8. Grievances.
    (a) The Director shall establish procedures to review the grievances of committed persons. The Director may establish one or more administrative review boards within the Department to review grievances. A committed person's right to file grievances shall not be restricted. Such procedure shall provide for the review of grievances by a person or persons other than the person or persons directly responsible for the conditions or actions against which the grievance is made.
    (b) Such procedures shall provide that a record of such grievance and any decision made with respect to it shall be preserved for a period of one year.
    (c) Such procedures shall allow committed persons to communicate grievances directly to the Director or some person designated by the Director outside of the institution or facility where the person is confined.
    (d) All committed persons shall be informed of the grievance procedures established by the Department and they shall be available to all committed persons.
    (e) Discipline shall not be imposed because of use of the grievance procedure.
(Source: P.A. 77-2097.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Caruth v. Quinley, 775 N.E.2d 224 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002).
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Caruth v. Quinley, 775 N.E.2d 224 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “(Notably absent from the record is any evidence that plaintiff filed a grievance, pursuant to section 3-8-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 (West 2000)) or that Gilmore agreed to enter an expungement order, facts plaintiff alleges for the first time on…”
Hale v. Scott, 252 F. Supp. 2d 728 (C.D. Ill. 2003). “He cites Illinois statute 730 ILCS 5/3-8-8(e) which states that “[discipline shall not be imposed because of use of the grievance procedure.”
Cowper v. Nyberg, 2014 IL App (5th) 120415 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “Carter, defendants argue that a private cause of action is not necessary because section 3-8-8 of the Code (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 (West 2010)) allows for a grievance procedure before the administrative review board where relief may be obtained.”
Wilson v. Baldwin (S.D. Ill. 2019). · cites it 2× “Count 3: Illinois state law claim under 730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 and Ill. Admin. Code tit.”
Calhoun v. Mitchell (S.D. Ill. 2023). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff claims that Pind violated his due process rights and state statute 730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 by impeding his ability to file a grievance.”
Flournoy v. Brookhart (S.D. Ill. 2024). · cites it 2× “He also argues that officials’ refusal to address the December grievance violates 730 ILCS 5/3-8-8, which provides that a committed person’s right to file grievances shall not be restricted (Doc.”
Luczak v. Thompson, 2024 IL App (5th) 230392-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “Section 3-8-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 (West 2020)) does not bestow upon the appellant the right to receive responses to his grievances and does not create a duty on the appellees to respond.”
Caruth v. Quinley (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “(Notably absent from the record is any evidence that plaintiff filed a grievance, pursuant to section 3-8-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5/3-8-8 (West 2000)) or that Gilmore agreed to enter an expungement order, facts plaintiff alleges for the first time on…”
— 730 ILCS 5/3-8-8(e) — 1 case
Hale v. Scott, 252 F. Supp. 2d 728 (C.D. Ill. 2003). “He cites Illinois statute 730 ILCS 5/3-8-8(e) which states that “[discipline shall not be imposed because of use of the grievance procedure.”
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