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N.3 INMATE REQUEST FORMS Page 1 of 2 #16//11 San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Detention Services Bureau – Manual of Policies and Procedures PURPOSE To establish uniform procedures for the expeditious resolution of inmate requests. POLICY All inmate requests will be routed to the ap propriate detentions personnel for timely review and response. PROCEDURE I. INMATE REQUEST FORMS Inmate r equest f orms may take any of the below forms: A. Inmate r equest (J -21 form ) B. Sick, dental, and m ental health s ervices r equest (J -212 form ENG) C. Check c ashing r equest (J -48 form ) D. Inmate r equest for c ourt appearance (J -70 form) E. Inmate legal research request F. Incoming/ outgoing property r equest (J -53/J-54 forms ) G. Bail bondsman r equest H. Inmate w orker a pplications (J-114A form ) I. Inmate w elfare request J. Commiss ary s tores order s lip K. Letters to w atch commander or f acility commander L. Inmate grievance (J -22 form ) M. Request for c haplain or c orrectional counselor DATE: JUNE 17, 2016 NUMBER: N.3 SUBJECT: INMATE REQUEST FORMS RELATED SECTIONS: M.15, M.17, N.1 , N.5 , N.7 , O.3 , S.1, T.7 , T.9 N.3 INMATE REQUEST FORMS Page 2 of 2 #16//11 N. Other forms used at specific facilities due to special circumstances II. INMATE REQUEST PROCESSING Inmate request forms will be processed in an eff icient and expeditious manner. The housing deputy may provide final disposition of various requests without further processing (such as inmate fund balance, release date, court date, in facility scheduled appointme nts, etc.). III. INMATE REQUEST ROUTING Inmate request forms shall be routed out of the housing area for actions only when the housing deputy is unable, or is not authorized, to provide the final disposition. The forms will be routed to the party responsible for effecting a final disposition of the request (such as Medical Services Division, Inmate Processing Division, Reentry Services Division, etc.) . IV. INMATE REQUEST FINAL DISPOSITION Whenever any final disposition is made, the inmate is to be notified of that disposition by returning the request form to him/her with appropriate responses noted in the remarks section. The staff member providing the final disposition will legibly initial and ARJIS the form in the appropriate section.