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2016 Massachusetts General Laws
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE XVII PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 120 DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES AND MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS
- Section 1 Corporate status of department of youth services; holding and investing trust funds
- Section 2 Management, government and care of industrial schools; employment of expert personnel by director
- Section 2A Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 29
- Section 3 Appointment of superintendents, chaplains and physicians
- Section 4 Rules and regulations; by-laws
- Section 4A Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 32
- Section 5 Examination and study of children committed; re-examinations; records; discharge
- Section 6 Liberty under supervision; confinement; reconfinement; revocation or modification of order; discharge
- Section 6A Correction of socially harmful tendencies
- Section 7 Powers and duties of superintendent
- Section 8 Bond and accounts of superintendents; accounting to commissioner of youth services
- Section 9 Rogers fund
- Section 10 Use of public or private facilities, institutions and agencies; control; acceptance and control of delinquent children; inspection; effect of placement of person in or release from institution or control by department
- Section 10A Repealed, 1949, 593, Sec. 2
- Section 11 Places for detention and diagnosis; treatment and training facilities; facilities to aid persons given conditional releases; forest or farm school camps
- Section 12 Release under supervision; placement into families or homes
- Section 13 Escape; breach of parole; arrest; detention
- Section 13A Compensation for property damage caused by inmates; notice of damage; claim; filing
- Section 14 Applications for new commitments for mentally ill, developmentally disabled or sexually dangerous persons
- Section 15 Transfers from Massachusetts reformatory and reformatory for women
- Section 16 Discharge
- Section 17 Control beyond age limit; persons physically dangerous to public
- Section 18 Notice of application for review of order; hearing; appointment of counsel; court order
- Section 19 Continued control; later discharge; transfer to appropriate institutions
- Section 20 Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 22
- Section 21 Effect of commitment on application for public service; discharge; restoration of civil rights; records; inspection; consent; evidence in other proceedings
- Section 22 Inquiry into effectiveness of treatment methods; information; annual report; contents
- Section 23 Power of department to act as guardian of children
- Section 23A Disposition of unclaimed money held for former ward; records
- Section 24 Expenditure of gifts
- Section 25 Children committed by United States courts
- Section 26 Escape; attempted escape; aiding or assisting
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