for several days after his arm was broken except when he was taken for medical treatment or was in the presence of the major or two lieutenants. If so, then he lacked access to other inmates who might have written a grievance for him. We have stated that, when inmates cannot comply with grievance procedure without essential help from prison officials and that assistance is withheld, the failure of the officials to facilitate the grievance process effectively renders administrative remedies unavailable. See Dale, 376 F.3d at 656 (vacating grant of summary judgment for defendants on failure-to-exhaust defense where inmate submitted evidence that prison officials failed to respond to his requests for required grievance forms); Lewis v. Washington, 300 F.3d 829, 833 (7th Cir.2002) (<HOLDING>); see also Abney v. McGinnis, 380 F.3d 663, 667
holding remedies not available to prisoner where officials failed to respond to his grievance during time period required by regulations holding that administrative remedies are unavailable if prison officials fail to respond to prisoners grievances recognizing that prisoners undoubtedly exercise first amendment petition right when filing grievances and stating that prison officials may not retaliate against prisoners for filing grievances holding that an inmate has a first amendment right to file grievances against prison officials recognizing that officials failure timely to respond to grievance could be basis for prisoner to show he exhausted available administrative remedies