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Family members press OCO on missing legal mail, appeal timelines and communications
Summary
Participants at the Office of the Corrections Ombuds quarterly meeting raised cases of undelivered legal mail, asked whether DOC publishes appeal timelines, and sought clarity about OCO jurisdiction and complaint channels; Jeremiah directed family members to OCO’s online complaint form and noted jurisdiction ends after release.
Family members and attendees used the OCO quarterly meeting’s Q&A to press officials on practical problems they said were affecting people released from or inside the Department of Corrections.
Catherine described a case in which legal mail was not delivered and said her loved one missed an appellate deadline; she asked whom she should contact. Jeremiah replied that complaints can be made through OCO’s online complaint form and noted his office is already looking into legal-mail complaints…
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