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2019 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 126 - Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms
Section 22 - Burial of Deceased Prisoners
Universal Citation: MA Gen L ch 126 § 22 (2019)
Section 22. If a prisoner dies in the jail or house of correction, the sheriff or keeper shall, except as provided in chapter one hundred and thirteen, deliver the body to his relatives or friends if they request it; otherwise, he shall bury it in the common burying ground, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the town where the deceased had resided.
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