Massachusetts Code — 127
Browse 190 sections in division 127 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions
- § 1A. County correctional facilities; minimum standards; financial or other assistance
- § 1B. Inspection of county correctional facilities; compliance with minimum standards; report; notice of violations; enforcement procedure
- § 2. Duty of superintendents to keep records
- § 3. Money and property of prisoners; records; custody and return; transmission to court; interest on deposits
- § 5. Calendar of prisoners; contents
- § 6. Service of process in penal or reformatory institutions
- § 7. Warrants, mittimuses and processes; contents; filing
- § 8. Prison books; contents; accessibility
- § 9. Invoice books; contents
- § 10. Annual report to commissioner of correction
- § 12. Removal of unfaithful or incompetent officers or employees
- § 13. Removal of incompetent jailers or keepers of houses of correction
- § 14. Removal of officers using intoxicating liquor to excess
- § 16. Physical examination of inmates; communicable diseases; examination for substance abuse disorder
- § 16A. Reimbursement of medical expenses by persons incarcerated in pre-release facilities
- § 17. Specifications governing physical examinations; records; statements
- § 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
- § 17B. Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder for state detainees or prisoners at certain facilities
- § 17C. Re-entry treatment plan for state detainee or prisoner requiring treatment for opioid use disorder
- § 17D. Reporting of costs and outcomes of medication-assisted treatment programs and re-entry treatment plans under Secs. 17B and 17C
- § 18. Failure to comply with Secs. 16 and 17; penalty
- § 19. Physical training of prisoners; director
- § 20. Reception center; classification of prisoners; approval
- § 20A. Prisoner classification board
- § 20B. Pretrial diversion program for certain detainees; classification system; eligibility requirements; credits and other deductions from sentence
- § 21. Classification of prisoners in jails and houses of correction; approval
- § 22. Separation of prisoners
- § 23. Identification of prisoners
- § 25. Fugitives from justice
- § 27. District attorney to furnish criminal history
- § 28. Descriptions, fingerprints and criminal history; records
- § 29. Publication of records; exhibition of records
- § 30. Compensation to officers; reimbursement
- § 32. Treatment of prisoners
- § 32A. Treatment of prisoner having gender identity differing from prisoner's sex assigned at birth
- § 33. Maintenance of order in institutions; enforcement of obedience
- § 36. Visits to jails or correctional institutions; permission
- § 36A. Conferences with attorneys
- § 36B. Conferences with clergy members
- § 36C. In-person visitation of inmates
- § 37. Record of visitors
- § 38. Use of gags
- § 38A. Holding officers and employees as hostages
- § 38B. Assaults upon guards; bodily substances; penalty
- § 38C. Felonies in correctional institutions; notice to district attorney
- § 38D. Notice of transfer of prisoner convicted of offense against officer, guard or correctional institution employee
- § 38E. Inmate complaints; grievance system; grievance resolution
- § 38F. Exhaustion of administrative remedies under Sec. 38E; court consideration of inmate claims; exceptions
- § 38G. Disposition of court actions pending upon effectiveness of regulations promulgated under Sec. 38E
- § 38H. Judicial review of final decision on grievance
- § 39. Restrictive housing; use authorized; conditions of confinement; mental health screening and evaluation; promulgation of clinical standard
- § 39A. Restrictive housing; prohibitions on placement of certain prisoners in restrictive housing
- § 39B. Restrictive housing; placement reviews
- § 39C. Restrictive housing; training and qualification of correction officers, supervisors and managers
- § 39D. Restrictive housing; reporting and publication of information relating to prisoners held in restrictive housing
- § 39E. Restrictive housing; access to vocational, educational and rehabilitative programs
- § 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
- § 39G. Restrictive housing; restrictive housing oversight committee
- § 39H. Restrictive housing; promulgation of regulations implementing Secs. 39 to 39H
- § 48. Establishment and maintenance of education, training and employment programs; rules and regulations
- § 48A. System of compensation; graduated scale; credits; appropriations
- § 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
- § 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
- § 49A. Evaluation of inmates for participation in education, training and employment programs outside correctional facilities; committees; recommendation
- § 49B. Participation of prisoners in work programs at mental health, developmental services and public health facilities; restrictions
- § 49C. Employment of prisoners of county correctional institutions on municipal properties within county
- § 51. Establishment and maintenance of industries in correctional institutions; contracts for labor
- § 52. Supervisors and instructors; authority; removal
- § 53. Production of articles by prisoners
- § 54. Annual meetings for determination of styles, designs and qualities of articles to be produced by prisoners; expenses
- § 55. List of styles, designs and qualities of articles; arbitration of differences
- § 56. Annual estimates of articles and materials needed in public offices
- § 57. Lists of prison-made articles; requisitions from counties, municipalities and public institutions
- § 58. Prices of prison-made articles
- § 60. Noncompliance with sections relative to purchase of articles
- § 61. Establishment of industries
- § 66. Purchase of tools and materials for correctional institutions; approval
- § 66A. Purchase of tools and materials for jails and houses of correction; approval
- § 67. Sale of prison-made goods; proceeds
- § 68. Appointment of selling agents; removal
- § 69. Report relative to labor of prisoners
- § 71. Receipts from sale of products, services, or labor of committed offenders; disposition
- § 72. Payment of salaries and bills for tools, machinery and materials; schedules
- § 73. Suits on contracts by and against principal officers; arbitration
- § 83. Outdoor labor of inmates
- § 83A. Establishment of camp for male prisoners for reforestation; approval; hearing.
- § 83B. Removal of prisoners to camp; permit to be at liberty; escape
- § 83C. Escapes from prison camp
- § 83D. Director of prison camps; offices and positions; appointments; duties
- § 83E. Establishment of camps for prisoners prior to release on parole; transfer; training for release
- § 84. Purchases or lease of land for improvement by prison labor; payment to county
- § 86F. Work release programs
- § 86G. Work release programs; Suffolk county
- § 86H. Public speaking engagements; inmates of state correctional facilities
- § 86I. Public speaking engagements; inmates of county correctional facilities
- § 87. Correspondence of inmates
- § 87A. State correctional facility, state prison or county correctional facility; voice communication services
- § 88. Religious services
- § 89. Maintenance of sabbath schools and schools for instruction
- § 90. Appropriations for religious instruction and services
- § 90A. Temporary release of committed offenders
- § 92. Instruction in jails and houses of correction
- § 92A. General education development tests; age requirement; no fee
- § 93. Appropriations for moral and religious instruction in jails and houses of correction
- § 94. Light for reading
- § 96A. Disposition of unclaimed money of former prisoners; claim
- § 96B. Disposition of unclaimed property of former prisoners; sale; proceeds
- § 97. Transfers from and to correctional institutions; approval
- § 97A. Transfer of state prisoners to federal institutions; reciprocal agreements
- § 97B. Treaties; transfer of prisoners to other countries
- § 111A. Removal of defective delinquents
- § 113. Removal of prisoners convicted and sentenced by United States Court
- § 115. Removal of prisoners from one jail to another by sheriff
- § 116. Application of original sentence of prisoner removed or returned
- § 117. Placement in hospital or medical facility for medical, dental, or similar professional treatment
- § 117A. Temporary placement of prisoners in hospital or medical facility
- § 118. Pregnant and postpartum inmates; standards of care; use of restraints
- § 119. Hospital confinement as term of sentence
- § 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
- § 120. Order of removal; transfer of mittimuses and processes with prisoner
- § 121. Execution of order of removal
- § 123. Expense of removal
- § 124. Expense of support of prisoner transferred from correctional institution to jail or house of correction
- § 125. Expense of support of prisoner transferred from one county to another
- § 126. Expense of support of prisoner removed from jail or house of correction to Massachusetts Correctional Institution
- § 127. Special state police officers; powers and duties
- § 128. Issuance of parole permits
- § 129B. Confinement while awaiting trial; reduction of sentence
- § 129C. Confinement in prison camp; deduction of sentence for good conduct
- § 129D. Good conduct deductions for participation in and completion of certain programs and activities
- § 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
- § 130A. Issuance of certificate of termination of sentence
- § 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
- § 130C. Compliance credits to reduce period of time parolee subject to jurisdiction of parole board; rescission of credits
- § 131. Giving of parolee written copy of terms and conditions of parole
- § 131A. Notice to state and local police of terms and conditions of parole permits
- § 133. Granting of parole permits by board; eligibility and requisites
- § 133A. Eligibility for parole; notice and hearing; parole permits; revision of terms and conditions; revocation; arrest; right to counsel and funds for expert
- § 133B. Parole of prisoners declared to be habitual criminals; conditions; revision; revocation
- § 133C. Representation of deceased victims at hearing by family members
- § 133D. Community parole supervision for life
- § 133E. Victims of violent crime or sex offenses; certification by department of criminal justice information services; testimony at parole hearing
- § 134. Appearance before parole board; investigation and hearing by staff members; reports; sentences served in other states
- § 135. Furnishing information to parole board; filing information; statement; contents; availability; duty of clerk of court and probation officer
- § 136. Initiating release of prisoner; hearing; submission of further information to board; contents of reports
- § 142. Permits to be at liberty or discharge of pregnant females
- § 143. Discharge of common nightwalker from house of correction
- § 144. Discharge of prisoner committed for non-payment of fine
- § 145. Confinement of persons for non-payment of money owed
- § 146. Report of confinement of poor prisoners; discharge; guardianship
- § 148. Revocation of permit to be at liberty
- § 149. Arrest for violation of permit; application of terms of original sentence; computation of period of confinement
- § 149A. Temporary custody of parolees; warrant
- § 150. Expiration of term on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday
- § 151. Temporary care of infirm or diseased prisoner in institution after expiration of sentence; transfer to hospital
- § 151A. Compacts with other states relative to the supervision of adult offenders; purpose
- § 151B. Definitions
- § 151C. Interstate commission for adult offender supervision; composition; voting; executive committee
- § 151D. Chairman of parole board as compact administrator and state commissioner; appointment of state council
- § 151E. Interstate commission; powers and duties
- § 151F. By-laws; election of chairperson and executive director; corporate books and records; civil liabilities
- § 151G. Actions taken by interstate commission; meetings; voting; records
- § 151H. Rulemaking; authority and procedure
- § 151I. Enforcement; dispute resolution
- § 151J. Payment of expenses; annual assessment
- § 151K. Eligibility of compacting states; effect of compact upon adoption by other states; amendments
- § 151L. Withdrawal by compacting state; default on obligation or responsibility under compact
- § 151M. Severability; construction
- § 151N. Effect on other laws; binding effect of interstate commission actions; advisory opinions; limitations on authority
- § 152. Pardons by governor; petition; advisory board; hearing; revocation of pardon; annual list
- § 153. Notification to attorney general of petition for pardon of state prisoner
- § 154. Parole board as advisory board of pardons; powers and duties
- § 155. Violation of pardon; arrest; notice
- § 156. Confinement for unexpired term; computation of confinement; discharge
- § 157. Execution of warrant of pardon; return
- § 158. Parole board agents; duties
- § 160. Expenditures for assistance of released prisoners
- § 161. Account of expenditures by parole board agents
- § 162. Expenditure of institutional funds for welfare of released prisoners
- § 162A. Arsonists or violators of Secs. 102 to 102C of chapter 266; notice of release
- § 163. Annual report of agents for aiding discharged prisoners
- § 164. County commissioners; aid to prisoners
- § 165. Expenditures by superintendent or keeper of jail in aid of discharged prisoners
- § 166. Payment or receipt of money for obtaining pardon, parole, commutation of or respite from sentence
- § 167. Persons representing applicants for pardons, parole or commutation of sentence; statements
- § 168. Violation of Sec. 166 or 167
- § 169. Copy of Secs. 166 to 169; printing on petition for pardon forms
- § 170. Recording, storage and retention of audio from parole board hearings
- § 171. Commissary items in state correctional facilities, state prisons, county correctional facilities and entities contracting with such facilities