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2019 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons
Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons
- Section 1 - Definitions
- Section 1a - County Correctional Facilities; Minimum Standards; Financial or Other Assistance
- Section 1b - Inspection of County Correctional Facilities; Compliance With Minimum Standards; Report; Notice of Violations; Enforcement Procedure
- Section 2 - Duty of Superintendents to Keep Records
- Section 3 - Money and Property of Prisoners; Records; Custody and Return; Transmission to Court; Interest on Deposits
- Section 4 - Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 88.
- Section 5 - Calendar of Prisoners; Contents
- Section 6 - Service of Process in Penal or Reformatory Institutions
- Section 7 - Warrants, Mittimuses and Processes; Contents; Filing
- Section 8 - Prison Books; Contents; Accessibility
- Section 9 - Invoice Books; Contents
- Section 10 - Annual Report to Commissioner of Correction
- Section 11 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 12 - Removal of Unfaithful or Incompetent Officers or Employees
- Section 13 - Removal of Incompetent Jailers or Keepers of Houses of Correction
- Section 14 - Removal of Officers Using Intoxicating Liquor to Excess
- Section 15 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 16 - Physical Examination of Inmates; Communicable Diseases; Examination for Substance Abuse Disorder
- Section 16a - Reimbursement of Medical Expenses by Persons Incarcerated in Pre-Release Facilities
- Section 17 - Specifications Governing Physical Examinations; Records; Statements
- Section 17a - Residential Treatment Units and Secure Treatment Units for the Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates in Need of Mental Health Services; Mental Health Training for Department of Correction Staff
- Section 17b - Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder for State Detainees or Prisoners at Certain Facilities
- Section 17c - Re-Entry Treatment Plan for State Detainee or Prisoner Requiring Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
- Section 17d - Reporting of Costs and Outcomes of Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs and Re-Entry Treatment Plans Under Secs. 17b and 17c
- Section 18 - Failure to Comply With Secs. 16 and 17; Penalty
- Section 19 - Physical Training of Prisoners; Director
- Section 20 - Reception Center; Classification of Prisoners; Approval
- Section 20a - Prisoner Classification Board
- Section 20b - Pretrial Diversion Program for Certain Detainees; Classification System; Eligibility Requirements; Credits and Other Deductions From Sentence
- Section 21 - Classification of Prisoners in Jails and Houses of Correction; Approval
- Section 22 - Separation of Prisoners
- Section 23 - Identification of Prisoners
- Section 24 - Repealed, 1931, 350, Sec. 10
- Section 25 - Fugitives From Justice
- Section 26 - Repealed, 1931, 350, Sec. 10
- Section 27 - District Attorney to Furnish Criminal History
- Section 28 - Descriptions, Fingerprints and Criminal History; Records
- Section 29 - Publication of Records; Exhibition of Records
- Section 30 - Compensation to Officers; Reimbursement
- Section 31 - Repealed, 1931, 350, Sec. 10
- Section 32 - Treatment of Prisoners
- Section 32a - Treatment of Prisoner Having Gender Identity Differing From Prisoner's Sex Assigned at Birth
- Section 33 - Maintenance of Order in Institutions; Enforcement of Obedience
- Section 34, 35 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 36 - Visits to Jails or Correctional Institutions; Permission
- Section 36a - Conferences With Attorneys
- Section 36b - Conferences With Clergy Members
- Section 36c - In-Person Visitation of Inmates
- Section 37 - Record of Visitors
- Section 38 - Use of Gags
- Section 38a - Holding Officers and Employees as Hostages
- Section 38b - Assaults Upon Guards; Bodily Substances; Penalty
- Section 38c - Felonies in Correctional Institutions; Notice to District Attorney
- Section 38d - Notice of Transfer of Prisoner Convicted of Offense Against Officer, Guard or Correctional Institution Employee
- Section 38e - Inmate Complaints; Grievance System; Grievance Resolution
- Section 38f - Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Under Sec. 38e; Court Consideration of Inmate Claims; Exceptions
- Section 38g - Disposition of Court Actions Pending Upon Effectiveness of Regulations Promulgated Under Sec. 38e
- Section 38h - Judicial Review of Final Decision on Grievance
- Section 39 - Restrictive Housing; Use Authorized; Conditions of Confinement; Mental Health Screening and Evaluation; Promulgation of Clinical Standard
- Section 39a - Restrictive Housing; Prohibitions on Placement of Certain Prisoners in Restrictive Housing
- Section 39b - Restrictive Housing; Placement Reviews
- Section 39c - Restrictive Housing; Training and Qualification of Correction Officers, Supervisors and Managers
- Section 39d - Restrictive Housing; Reporting and Publication of Information Relating to Prisoners Held in Restrictive Housing
- Section 39e - Restrictive Housing; Access to Vocational, Educational and Rehabilitative Programs
- Section 39f - Restrictive Housing; Placement of Inmate With Anticipated Release Date of Less Than 120 Days; Reentry Programming for Prisoners Held in Restrictive Housing With Less Than 180 Days Until Release Date
- Section 39g - Restrictive Housing; Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee
- Section 39h - Restrictive Housing; Promulgation of Regulations Implementing Secs. 39 to 39h
- Section 40 To 41 - Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 94
- Section 42 To 47 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 48 - Establishment and Maintenance of Education, Training and Employment Programs; Rules and Regulations
- Section 48a - System of Compensation; Graduated Scale; Credits; Appropriations
- Section 48b - Establishment of Young Adult Correctional Units or Designation of Correctional Officers for the Exclusive Supervision of Young Adults Placed in Care of Department or House of Correction
- Section 49 - Participation of Inmates in Education, Training and Employment Programs Outside Correctional Facilities; Eligibility; Sentence Credit; Rules and Regulations; Escape, Punishment; Public Employment; Labor Dispute Restriction
- Section 49a - Evaluation of Inmates for Participation in Education, Training and Employment Programs Outside Correctional Facilities; Committees; Recommendation
- Section 49b - Participation of Prisoners in Work Programs at Mental Health, Developmental Services and Public Health Facilities; Restrictions
- Section 49c - Employment of Prisoners of County Correctional Institutions on Municipal Properties Within County
- Section 50 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 51 - Establishment and Maintenance of Industries in Correctional Institutions; Contracts for Labor
- Section 52 - Supervisors and Instructors; Authority; Removal
- Section 53 - Production of Articles by Prisoners
- Section 54 - Annual Meetings for Determination of Styles, Designs and Qualities of Articles to Be Produced by Prisoners; Expenses
- Section 55 - List of Styles, Designs and Qualities of Articles; Arbitration of Differences
- Section 56 - Annual Estimates of Articles and Materials Needed in Public Offices
- Section 57 - Lists of Prison-Made Articles; Requisitions From Counties, Municipalities and Public Institutions
- Section 58 - Prices of Prison-Made Articles
- Section 59 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 60 - Noncompliance With Sections Relative to Purchase of Articles
- Section 61 - Establishment of Industries
- Section 62 To 65 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 66 - Purchase of Tools and Materials for Correctional Institutions; Approval
- Section 66a - Purchase of Tools and Materials for Jails and Houses of Correction; Approval
- Section 67 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods; Proceeds
- Section 67a - Repealed, 1972, 777, Sec. 14
- Section 68 - Appointment of Selling Agents; Removal
- Section 69 - Report Relative to Labor of Prisoners
- Section 70 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 71 - Receipts From Sale of Products, Services, or Labor of Committed Offenders; Disposition
- Section 72 - Payment of Salaries and Bills for Tools, Machinery and Materials; Schedules
- Section 73 - Suits on Contracts by and Against Principal Officers; Arbitration
- Section 74 To 77 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 78 To 82 - Repealed, 1941, 344, Sec. 19
- Section 83 - Outdoor Labor of Inmates
- Section 83a - Establishment of Camp for Male Prisoners for Reforestation; Approval; Hearing.
- Section 83b - Removal of Prisoners to Camp; Permit to Be at Liberty; Escape
- Section 83c - Escapes From Prison Camp
- Section 83d - Director of Prison Camps; Offices and Positions; Appointments; Duties
- Section 83e - Establishment of Camps for Prisoners Prior to Release on Parole; Transfer; Training for Release
- Section 84 - Purchases or Lease of Land for Improvement by Prison Labor; Payment to County
- Section 85, 86 - Repealed, 1972, 777, Sec. 17
- Section 86 I - Public Speaking Engagements; Inmates of County Correctional Facilities
- Section 86a To 86c - Repealed, 1971, 1076, Sec. 8
- Section 86d, 86e - Repealed, 1972, 777, Sec. 17
- Section 86f - Work Release Programs
- Section 86g - Work Release Programs; Suffolk County
- Section 86h - Public Speaking Engagements; Inmates of State Correctional Facilities
- Section 87 - Correspondence of Inmates
- Section 88 - Religious Services
- Section 89 - Maintenance of Sabbath Schools and Schools for Instruction
- Section 90 - Appropriations for Religious Instruction and Services
- Section 90a - Temporary Release of Committed Offenders
- Section 91 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 92 - Instruction in Jails and Houses of Correction
- Section 92a - General Education Development Tests; Age Requirement; No Fee
- Section 93 - Appropriations for Moral and Religious Instruction in Jails and Houses of Correction
- Section 94 - Light for Reading
- Section 95, 96 - Repealed, 1958, 588, Sec. 1
- Section 96a - Disposition of Unclaimed Money of Former Prisoners; Claim
- Section 96b - Disposition of Unclaimed Property of Former Prisoners; Sale; Proceeds
- Section 97 - Transfers From and to Correctional Institutions; Approval
- Section 97a - Transfer of State Prisoners to Federal Institutions; Reciprocal Agreements
- Section 97b - Treaties; Transfer of Prisoners to Other Countries
- Section 98 To 108 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 109 - Repealed, 1941, 344, Sec. 21
- Section 109a To 111 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 111a - Removal of Defective Delinquents
- Section 112 - Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 30
- Section 113 - Removal of Prisoners Convicted and Sentenced by United States Court
- Section 114 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 115 - Removal of Prisoners From One Jail to Another by Sheriff
- Section 116 - Application of Original Sentence of Prisoner Removed or Returned
- Section 117 - Placement in Hospital or Medical Facility for Medical, Dental, or Similar Professional Treatment
- Section 117a - Temporary Placement of Prisoners in Hospital or Medical Facility
- Section 118 - Pregnant and Postpartum Inmates; Standards of Care; Use of Restraints
- Section 119 - Hospital Confinement as Term of Sentence
- Section 119a - Release of Prisoner on Medical Parole Due to Terminal Illness or Permanent Incapacitation; Petition; Written Decision; Conditions of Parole; Appeal; Rules and Regulations; Report
- Section 120 - Order of Removal; Transfer of Mittimuses and Processes With Prisoner
- Section 121 - Execution of Order of Removal
- Section 122 - Repealed, 1983, 721, Sec. 3
- Section 123 - Expense of Removal
- Section 124 - Expense of Support of Prisoner Transferred From Correctional Institution to Jail or House of Correction
- Section 125 - Expense of Support of Prisoner Transferred From One County to Another
- Section 126 - Expense of Support of Prisoner Removed From Jail or House of Correction to Massachusetts Correctional Institution
- Section 127 - Special State Police Officers; Powers and Duties
- Section 128 - Issuance of Parole Permits
- Section 129 - Repealed, 1993, 432, Sec. 10
- Section 129a - Repealed, 1989, 307
- Section 129b - Confinement While Awaiting Trial; Reduction of Sentence
- Section 129c - Confinement in Prison Camp; Deduction of Sentence for Good Conduct
- Section 129d - Good Conduct Deductions for Participation in and Completion of Certain Programs and Activities
- Section 130 - Granting of Parole Permits; Record of Decision; Jurisdiction of Parole Board Over Parolee; Terms and Conditions Including Payment of Child Support Due Under Support Order; Certificate of Termination of Sentence; Alcohol and Drug Free Housing Requirement
- Section 130a - Issuance of Certificate of Termination of Sentence
- Section 130b - Parole Permits Issued for Remainder of Sentence Reduced by Good Conduct Deductions; Terms and Conditions of Parole; Information to Be Provided to Parole Board
- Section 130c - Compliance Credits to Reduce Period of Time Parolee Subject to Jurisdiction of Parole Board; Rescission of Credits
- Section 131 - Giving of Parolee Written Copy of Terms and Conditions of Parole
- Section 131a - Notice to State and Local Police of Terms and Conditions of Parole Permits
- Section 132 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 133 - Granting of Parole Permits by Board; Eligibility and Requisites
- Section 133a - Eligibility for Parole; Notice and Hearing; Parole Permits; Revision of Terms and Conditions; Revocation; Arrest; Right to Counsel and Funds for Expert
- Section 133b - Parole of Prisoners Declared to Be Habitual Criminals; Conditions; Revision; Revocation
- Section 133c - Representation of Deceased Victims at Hearing by Family Members
- Section 133d - Community Parole Supervision for Life
- Section 133d 1/2 - Global Positioning System Device to Be Worn by Certain Sex Offender Parolees
- Section 133e - Victims of Violent Crime or Sex Offenses; Certification by Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Testimony at Parole Hearing
- Section 134 - Appearance Before Parole Board; Investigation and Hearing by Staff Members; Reports; Sentences Served in Other States
- Section 135 - Furnishing Information to Parole Board; Filing Information; Statement; Contents; Availability; Duty of Clerk of Court and Probation Officer
- Section 136 - Initiating Release of Prisoner; Hearing; Submission of Further Information to Board; Contents of Reports
- Section 136a - Repealed, 1971, 1076, Sec. 8
- Section 137 - Repealed, 1941, 344, Sec. 22
- Section 137a To 139 - Repealed, 1941, 690, Sec. 2
- Section 140, 141 - Repealed, 1980, 155, Sec. 4
- Section 142 - Permits to Be at Liberty or Discharge of Pregnant Females
- Section 143 - Discharge of Common Nightwalker From House of Correction
- Section 144 - Discharge of Prisoner Committed for Non-Payment of Fine
- Section 145 - Confinement of Persons for Non-Payment of Money Owed
- Section 146 - Report of Confinement of Poor Prisoners; Discharge; Guardianship
- Section 147 - Repealed, 1965, 772
- Section 148 - Revocation of Permit to Be at Liberty
- Section 149 - Arrest for Violation of Permit; Application of Terms of Original Sentence; Computation of Period of Confinement
- Section 149a - Temporary Custody of Parolees; Warrant
- Section 150 - Expiration of Term on Saturday, Sunday or Legal Holiday
- Section 151 - Temporary Care of Infirm or Diseased Prisoner in Institution After Expiration of Sentence; Transfer to Hospital
- Section 151 I - Enforcement; Dispute Resolution
- Section 151a - Compacts With Other States Relative to the Supervision of Adult Offenders; Purpose
- Section 151b - Definitions
- Section 151c - Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision; Composition; Voting; Executive Committee
- Section 151d - Chairman of Parole Board as Compact Administrator and State Commissioner; Appointment of State Council
- Section 151e - Interstate Commission; Powers and Duties
- Section 151f - By-Laws; Election of Chairperson and Executive Director; Corporate Books and Records; Civil Liabilities
- Section 151g - Actions Taken by Interstate Commission; Meetings; Voting; Records
- Section 151h - Rulemaking; Authority and Procedure
- Section 151j - Payment of Expenses; Annual Assessment
- Section 151k - Eligibility of Compacting States; Effect of Compact Upon Adoption by Other States; Amendments
- Section 151l - Withdrawal by Compacting State; Default on Obligation or Responsibility Under Compact
- Section 151m - Severability; Construction
- Section 151n - Effect on Other Laws; Binding Effect of Interstate Commission Actions; Advisory Opinions; Limitations on Authority
- Section 152 - Pardons by Governor; Petition; Advisory Board; Hearing; Revocation of Pardon; Annual List
- Section 153 - Notification to Attorney General of Petition for Pardon of State Prisoner
- Section 154 - Parole Board as Advisory Board of Pardons; Powers and Duties
- Section 154a - Repealed, 1965, 766, Sec. 2
- Section 155 - Violation of Pardon; Arrest; Notice
- Section 156 - Confinement for Unexpired Term; Computation of Confinement; Discharge
- Section 157 - Execution of Warrant of Pardon; Return
- Section 158 - Parole Board Agents; Duties
- Section 159 - Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Section 160 - Expenditures for Assistance of Released Prisoners
- Section 161 - Account of Expenditures by Parole Board Agents
- Section 162 - Expenditure of Institutional Funds for Welfare of Released Prisoners
- Section 162a - Arsonists or Violators of Secs. 102 to 102c of Chapter 266; Notice of Release
- Section 163 - Annual Report of Agents for Aiding Discharged Prisoners
- Section 164 - County Commissioners; Aid to Prisoners
- Section 165 - Expenditures by Superintendent or Keeper of Jail in Aid of Discharged Prisoners
- Section 166 - Payment or Receipt of Money for Obtaining Pardon, Parole, Commutation of or Respite From Sentence
- Section 167 - Persons Representing Applicants for Pardons, Parole or Commutation of Sentence; Statements
- Section 168 - Violation of Sec. 166 or 167
- Section 169 - Copy of Secs. 166 to 169; Printing on Petition for Pardon Forms
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