Massachusetts General Laws
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 1. The department of youth services shall be a...

Section 2 - Management, Government and Care of Industrial Schools; Employment of Expert Personnel by Director - Section 2. The department of youth services shall have the...

Section 3 - Appointment of Superintendents, Chaplains and Physicians - Section 3. The commissioner of youth services shall from time...

Section 4 - Rules and Regulations; By-Laws - Section 4. The commissioner of youth services shall establish rules,...

Section 5 - Examination and Study of Children Committed; Re-Examinations; Records; Discharge - Section 5. (a) When a person has been committed to...

Section 6 - Liberty Under Supervision; Confinement; Reconfinement; Revocation or Modification of Order; Discharge - Section 6. When a person has been committed to the...

Section 6a - Correction of Socially Harmful Tendencies - Section 6A. As a means of correcting the socially harmful...

Section 7 - Powers and Duties of Superintendent - Section 7. The superintendent of each school or other institution,...

Section 8 - Bond and Accounts of Superintendents; Accounting to Commissioner of Youth Services - Section 8. Each superintendent shall before entering upon his duties...

Section 9 - Rogers Fund - Section 9. The superintendent of the industrial school for girls,...

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 10. (a) For the purpose of carrying out its...

Section 10b - Involuntary Room Confinement Prohibited - Section 10B. A person detained by and committed to the...

Section 11 - Places for Detention and Diagnosis; Treatment and Training Facilities; Facilities to Aid Persons Given Conditional Releases; Forest or Farm School Camps - Section 11. When funds are available for the purpose, the...

Section 12 - Release Under Supervision; Placement Into Families or Homes - Section 12. The department may direct release under supervision at...

Section 13 - Escape; Breach of Parole; Arrest; Detention - Section 13. The department may issue a warrant for the...

Section 13a - Compensation for Property Damage Caused by Inmates; Notice of Damage; Claim; Filing - Section 13A. Upon written request of the department, there shall...

Section 14 - Applications for New Commitments for Mentally Ill, Developmentally Disabled or Sexually Dangerous Persons - Section 14. Whenever the department finds that any person committed...

Section 15 - Transfers From Massachusetts Reformatory and Reformatory for Women - Section 15. With the consent of the department, the commissioner...

Section 16 - Discharge of Persons Committed as Delinquent Child or Youthful Offender - Section 16. Every person committed to the department until the...

Section 17 - Control Beyond Age Limit; Persons Physically Dangerous to Public - Section 17. Whenever the department is of the opinion that...

Section 18 - Notice of Application for Review of Order; Hearing; Appointment of Counsel; Court Order - Section 18. If the department applies to the court for...

Section 19 - Continued Control; Later Discharge; Transfer to Appropriate Institutions - Section 19. When an order of the department is confirmed...

Section 21 - Effect of Commitment on Application for Public Service; Discharge; Restoration of Civil Rights; Records; Inspection; Consent; Evidence in Other Proceedings - Section 21. Commitment to the care of the department of...

Section 22 - Inquiry Into Effectiveness of Treatment Methods; Information; Annual Report; Contents - Section 22. The department shall conduct continuing inquiry into the...

Section 23 - Power of Department to Act as Guardian of Children - Section 23. The department may act as guardian for a...

Section 23a - Disposition of Unclaimed Money Held for Former Ward; Records - Section 23A. Annually on or before November thirtieth, the department...

Section 24 - Expenditure of Gifts - Section 24. The department may expend any money given for...

Section 25 - Children Committed by United States Courts - Section 25. The provisions of this chapter relative to commitment...

Section 26 - Escape; Attempted Escape; Aiding or Assisting - Section 26. Whoever escapes, or attempts to escape from the...