What does the Department of Corrections Ombudsman Do?

nothing I beg to disagree. The Corrections Ombudsmen are created by respective departments in state/government agencies to perform the following actions: The responsibility to receive complaints against governmental agencies and to investigate those complaints in an impartial manner, free from any initial bias regarding the merits of the complaint being investigated. It is an office with freedom to investigate on its own motion. It may exercise full powers of investigation, to include access to all necessary information both testimonial and documentary, and the subpoena power. It is an office with the authority to criticize governmental agencies and officials within its jurisdiction and to recommend corrective action. They have the power to issue public reports concerning its findings and recommendations. In short, they hear, investigate and report on complaints from incarcerated offenders, their families/friends and are a point of contact for that represented group and the agency they represent.