[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR542.11]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
           CHAPTER V--BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 542--ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Administrative Remedy Program
 
Sec. 542.11  Responsibility.

    (a) The Community Corrections Manager (CCM), Warden, Regional 
Director, and General Counsel are responsible for the implementation and 
operation of the Administrative Remedy Program at the Community 
Corrections Center (CCC), institution, regional and Central Office 
levels, respectively, and shall:
    (1) Establish procedures for receiving, recording, reviewing, 
investigating, and responding to Administrative Remedy Requests 
(Requests) or Appeals (Appeals) submitted by an inmate;
    (2) Acknowledge receipt of a Request or Appeal by returning a 
receipt to the inmate;
    (3) Conduct an investigation into each Request or Appeal;

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    (4) Respond to and sign all Requests or Appeals filed at their 
levels. At the regional level, signatory authority may be delegated to 
the Deputy Regional Director. At the Central Office level, signatory 
authority may be delegated to the National Inmate Appeals Administrator. 
Signatory authority extends to staff designated as acting in the 
capacities specified in this Sec. 542.11, but may not be further 
delegated without the written approval of the General Counsel.
    (b) Inmates have the responsibility to use this Program in good 
faith and in an honest and straightforward manner.