Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons

Chapter 124 - Powers and Duties of the Department of Correction

Section 1 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner of Correction - Section 1. In addition to exercising the powers and performing...

Section 2 - Deputy Commissioners; Duties - Section 2. Subject to the supervision and control of the...

Section 5 - Reports to Governor - Section 5. The commissioner shall, at least once in six...

Section 6 - Annual Reports to General Court - Section 6. He shall make an annual report setting forth...

Section 8 - Reports of Criminal Cases by Clerks of Courts - Section 8. Clerks of courts shall annually, on or before...

Section 9 - Monthly Reports of Arrests - Section 9. The police commissioner of Boston, city marshals or...

Section 10 - Corporate Status of Department for Purpose of Grants, Gifts or Bequests; Site Selection for New Facilities; Title to Property - Section 10. The department shall be a corporation for the...

Chapter 125 - Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter and elsewhere in...

Section 2 - Superintendents and Deputies of Correctional Institutions; Appointment; Bond - Section 2. The superintendent and the deputy of each correctional...

Section 3 - Officers and Employees of Institutions; Appointment; Duties of Correction Officer or Correctional Program Officer - Section 3. All other officers and all employees in the...

Section 4 - Certification of Persons Eligible for Appointment - Section 4. In certifying the names of persons eligible for...

Section 5 - Vacancy in Office of Superintendent; Acting Superintendent; Bond; Compensation - Section 5. If the office of the superintendent of any...

Section 6 - Treasurers; Appointment; Bond; Duties - Section 6. The commissioner shall appoint a treasurer of each...

Section 7 - Suggestions for Alterations in Commissioner's Rules - Section 7. The superintendent of each such institution shall from...

Section 8 - Uniforms - Section 8. Officers and employees in each such institution required...

Section 9 - Training Academy for Officers; Appointment of Trainees; Provisional and Permanent Appointment as Officers; Probationary Period; Tenure and Benefits; Restriction - Section 9. The commissioner shall establish a training academy in...

Section 10 - Oaths of Officers; Administration - Section 10. All officers of such institutions, before entering upon...

Section 11 - Maintenance of Correctional Institutions; Expenses in Maintaining United States Prisoners - Section 11. The department of correction shall maintain, for the...

Section 12 - Holding Prisoners in Accordance With Sentences or Orders of Courts; Personal Property; Receipt - Section 12. All persons sentenced to any of the correctional...

Section 13 - Officers of Correctional Institutions - Section 13. The officers of each correctional institution shall be...

Section 14 - Superintendent; Powers and Duties - Section 14. Subject to rules and regulations established by the...

Section 15 - Superintendent and Deputies; Residences - Section 15. The superintendent, and his deputy, shall reside constantly...

Section 16 - Female Prisoners; Commitment to Designated Facilities; Alcohol Treatment Facility; Separate Awaiting Trial Unit - Section 16. All females convicted of crimes in the courts...

Section 17 - Burial of Female Prisoners - Section 17. The commissioner may, in behalf of the commonwealth...

Section 18 - Bridgewater State Hospital; Medical Director - Section 18. The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of...

Section 19 - Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater; Commitment; Alcoholism - Section 19. No person shall be committed to the Massachusetts...

Section 20 - Contracts on Account of Correctional Institutions; Suits; Referees - Section 20. All contracts on account of any correctional institution...

Section 21 - Bills for Supplies and Services - Section 21. At the time supplies for any of the...

Chapter 126 - Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms

Section 1 - County Commissioners; Inspection of Prisons; Duties - Section 1. The county commissioners shall be inspectors of the...

Section 2 - Exhibition of Prison Books, Documents and Accounts; Examination of Prison Officers - Section 2. When the commissioners or any of them visit...

Section 3 - Violation of Laws Relative to Prisons; Notice - Section 3. If it appears to the commissioners, from the...

Section 4 - Jails; Purposes - Section 4. Jails shall be used for the detention of...

Section 5 - Confinement - Section 5. If there are several jails in a county,...

Section 6 - Reimbursement of Sheriff for Damages for Escape - Section 6. If a prisoner escapes by reason of the...

Section 7 - Return of List of Prisoners to Superior Court - Section 7. The jailers of the county shall, at the...

Section 8 - Establishment of Houses of Correction - Section 8. The county commissioners in each county, except Dukes,...

Section 8a - Superintendents - Section 8A. The chief administrative officer of a house of...

Section 9 - Houses of Correction Yards; Fences - Section 9. The yards shall be of sufficient extent for...

Section 9a - Uniforms - Section 9A. Officers and employees of each county penal institution...

Section 10 - Execution of Sentence - Section 10. A sentence to a house of correction shall...

Section 11 - Rules for the Management of House of Correction; Examination of Accounts; Records - Section 11. The county commissioners of the several counties and...

Section 12 - Sheriff's Report to Superior Court - Section 12. The sheriff shall report to the superior court,...

Section 16 - Custody and Control of Jails and Houses of Correction; Jailer; Assistants; Bond - Section 16. The sheriff shall have custody and control of...

Section 17 - Rent From Jailers and Keepers of Houses of Correction - Section 17. No sheriff shall receive any rent or emolument...

Section 18 - Compensation and Duties of Officers and Assistants - Section 18. The compensation of all officers, assistants and employees...

Section 18a - Injuries to Jail or House of Correction Employees; Compensation - Section 18A. An employee in a jail or house of...

Section 21 - Abstract of Mittimus Upon Commitment of Female - Section 21. The keeper of a jail or master of...

Section 22 - Burial of Deceased Prisoners - Section 22. If a prisoner dies in the jail or...

Section 23 - Delivery of Prisoners to Sheriff's Successor - Section 23. Upon the expiration of the term of office...

Section 24 - Death of Sheriff; Temporary Custody and Control of Jail; Bond - Section 24. Upon the death of a sheriff, the jailer,...

Section 25 - Care of Jail or House of Correction - Section 25. The keeper of each jail and the superintendent...

Section 26 - Removal of Prisoners in Case of Disease - Section 26. If disease breaks out in a jail or...

Section 27 - Removal of Prisoners in Case of Danger From Fire or Bombing - Section 27. If a jail or other county prison or...

Section 28 - Supplies for Jails and Houses of Correction - Section 28. The county commissioners shall, except in Suffolk county,...

Section 29 - Expense of Keeping and Maintaining Convicts - Section 29. The expense of keeping and maintaining convicts sentenced...

Section 30 - Advances for Expenses - Section 30. Superintendents and keepers of jails and houses of...

Section 31 - Application for Advance Expenses; Approval - Section 31. Every officer applying for such an advance shall...

Section 32 - Account of Expenditures - Section 32. Every such officer shall within thirty days after...

Section 33 - Fuel, Bedding and Clothing for Prisoners - Section 33. The keeper of the jail and the superintendent...

Section 34 - Direction to Furnish Specific Rations; Conformance Thereto - Section 34. If the commissioners, or the mayor of Boston,...

Section 35 - County Industrial Farms; Acquisition, Reclamation, Improvement and Sale of Land - Section 35. The county commissioners of any county may, subject...

Section 36 - Erection of Temporary Buildings on County Industrial Farm; Management - Section 36. Said commissioners may erect on said land such...

Section 37 - Removal of Prisoners to Industrial Farms; Custody - Section 37. On the request of said commissioners, the sheriff...

Section 38 - Borrowing Money to Meet Expenses; Bonds or Notes - Section 38. To meet the expense of acquiring land in...

Section 39 - Payment of Loan - Section 39. The county commissioners, at the time of authorizing...

Section 40 - Recording and Reporting of Data on Population of Jails and Houses of Correction - Section 40. The sheriff shall record, without limitation, the following...

Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 1a - County Correctional Facilities; Minimum Standards; Financial or Other Assistance - Section 1A. In accordance with paragraphs (d) and (q) of...

Section 1b - Inspection of County Correctional Facilities; Compliance With Minimum Standards; Report; Notice of Violations; Enforcement Procedure - Section 1B. At least once each six months the commissioner...

Section 2 - Duty of Superintendents to Keep Records - Section 2. The superintendents of correctional institutions of the commonwealth...

Section 3 - Money and Property of Prisoners; Records; Custody and Return; Transmission to Court; Interest on Deposits - Section 3. They shall keep a record of all money...

Section 5 - Calendar of Prisoners; Contents - Section 5. The jailer, keeper or superintendent of each jail...

Section 6 - Service of Process in Penal or Reformatory Institutions - Section 6. All process to be served within the precincts...

Section 7 - Warrants, Mittimuses and Processes; Contents; Filing - Section 7. All warrants, mittimuses, processes and other official papers...

Section 8 - Prison Books; Contents; Accessibility - Section 8. Each jailer and superintendent of a house of...

Section 9 - Invoice Books; Contents - Section 9. The keeper, superintendent or other officer having charge...

Section 10 - Annual Report to Commissioner of Correction - Section 10. Annually, on or before August fifteenth, the sheriffs,...

Section 12 - Removal of Unfaithful or Incompetent Officers or Employees - Section 12. Any officer or employee in any correctional institution...

Section 13 - Removal of Incompetent Jailers or Keepers of Houses of Correction - Section 13. The jailer, superintendent or keeper of a jail...

Section 14 - Removal of Officers Using Intoxicating Liquor to Excess - Section 14. The sheriffs of the several counties and the...

Section 16 - Physical Examination of Inmates; Communicable Diseases; Examination for Substance Abuse Disorder - Section 16. The superintendents of the correctional institutions of the...

Section 16a - Reimbursement of Medical Expenses by Persons Incarcerated in Pre-Release Facilities - Section 16A. The commissioner may include in the rules and...

Section 17 - Specifications Governing Physical Examinations; Records; Statements - Section 17. Specifications governing the manner and time of such...

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 17A. (a) The commissioner shall establish programs in state...

Section 17b - Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder for State Detainees or Prisoners at Certain Facilities - Section 17B. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of...

Section 17c - Re-Entry Treatment Plan for State Detainee or Prisoner Requiring Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder - Section 17C. The commissioner shall ensure that, not later than...

Section 17d - Reporting of Costs and Outcomes of Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs and Re-Entry Treatment Plans Under Secs. 17b and 17c - Section 17D. (a) Annually, not later than February 1, the...

Section 18 - Failure to Comply With Secs. 16 and 17; Penalty - Section 18. Any officer named in section sixteen who neglects...

Section 19 - Physical Training of Prisoners; Director - Section 19. The commissioner may institute a system of physical...

Section 20 - Reception Center; Classification of Prisoners; Approval - Section 20. There shall be established by the commissioner, with...

Section 20a - Prisoner Classification Board - Section 20A. The superintendent of each correctional facility shall establish...

Section 20b - Pretrial Diversion Program for Certain Detainees; Classification System; Eligibility Requirements; Credits and Other Deductions From Sentence - Section 20B. The sheriff of any county and, in the...

Section 21 - Classification of Prisoners in Jails and Houses of Correction; Approval - Section 21. The sheriffs and the penal institutions commissioner of...

Section 22 - Separation of Prisoners - Section 22. Male and female prisoners shall not be put...

Section 23 - Identification of Prisoners - Section 23. The officer in charge of a penal institution...

Section 25 - Fugitives From Justice - Section 25. Whenever the officer in charge of a prison,...

Section 27 - District Attorney to Furnish Criminal History - Section 27. The district attorney who prosecuted such prisoners as...

Section 28 - Descriptions, Fingerprints and Criminal History; Records - Section 28. The superintendents of the correctional institutions of the...

Section 29 - Publication of Records; Exhibition of Records - Section 29. The record required by the preceding section shall...

Section 30 - Compensation to Officers; Reimbursement - Section 30. No compensation shall be allowed to an officer...

Section 32 - Treatment of Prisoners - Section 32. The superintendents of the institutions under the supervision...

Section 32a - Treatment of Prisoner Having Gender Identity Differing From Prisoner's Sex Assigned at Birth - Section 32A. A prisoner of a correctional institution, jail or...

Section 33 - Maintenance of Order in Institutions; Enforcement of Obedience - Section 33. The superintendents of all institutions under the jurisdiction...

Section 36 - Visits to Jails or Correctional Institutions; Permission - Section 36. No person except the governor, a member of...

Section 36a - Conferences With Attorneys - Section 36A. The superintendent shall not abridge the right of...

Section 36b - Conferences With Clergy Members - Section 36B. The superintendent shall not abridge the right of...

Section 36c - In-Person Visitation of Inmates - Section 36C. A correctional institution, jail or house of correction...

Section 37 - Record of Visitors - Section 37. The superintendent of each correctional institution shall cause...

Section 38 - Use of Gags - Section 38. Punishment by the use of the gag shall...

Section 38a - Holding Officers and Employees as Hostages - Section 38A. Any prisoner in any penal or reformatory institution...

Section 38b - Assaults Upon Guards; Bodily Substances; Penalty - Section 38B. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''bodily...

Section 38c - Felonies in Correctional Institutions; Notice to District Attorney - Section 38C. Whenever the superintendent of a correctional institution of...

Section 38d - Notice of Transfer of Prisoner Convicted of Offense Against Officer, Guard or Correctional Institution Employee - Section 38D. At the request of any correction officer, guard...

Section 38e - Inmate Complaints; Grievance System; Grievance Resolution - Section 38E. (a) The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to establish...

Section 38f - Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Under Sec. 38e; Court Consideration of Inmate Claims; Exceptions - Section 38F. An inmate shall not file any claim that...

Section 38g - Disposition of Court Actions Pending Upon Effectiveness of Regulations Promulgated Under Sec. 38e - Section 38G. Any claim that may be the subject of...

Section 38h - Judicial Review of Final Decision on Grievance - Section 38H. A final decision with respect to a grievance...

Section 39 - Restrictive Housing; Use Authorized; Conditions of Confinement; Mental Health Screening and Evaluation; Promulgation of Clinical Standard - Section 39. (a) Subject to the limits of this section...

Section 39a - Restrictive Housing; Prohibitions on Placement of Certain Prisoners in Restrictive Housing - Section 39A. (a) A prisoner shall not be held in...

Section 39b - Restrictive Housing; Placement Reviews - Section 39B. (a) All prisoners confined to restrictive housing shall...

Section 39c - Restrictive Housing; Training and Qualification of Correction Officers, Supervisors and Managers - Section 39C. The commissioner, after consultation with the sheriffs and...

Section 39d - Restrictive Housing; Reporting and Publication of Information Relating to Prisoners Held in Restrictive Housing - Section 39D. (a) The commissioner shall publish monthly and provide...

Section 39e - Restrictive Housing; Access to Vocational, Educational and Rehabilitative Programs - Section 39E. Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, prisoners...

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 39F. The department shall establish policies to ensure that...

Section 39g - Restrictive Housing; Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee - Section 39G. (a) There shall be established a restrictive housing...

Section 39h - Restrictive Housing; Promulgation of Regulations Implementing Secs. 39 to 39h - Section 39H. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to implement sections...

Section 48 - Establishment and Maintenance of Education, Training and Employment Programs; Rules and Regulations - Section 48. The commissioner shall establish and maintain education, training...

Section 48a - System of Compensation; Graduated Scale; Credits; Appropriations - Section 48A. Subject to appropriation from the General Fund, the...

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 48B. (a) The commissioner or a superintendent of a...

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 49. The commissioner of correction, or the administrator of...

Section 49a - Evaluation of Inmates for Participation in Education, Training and Employment Programs Outside Correctional Facilities; Committees; Recommendation - Section 49A. Before any inmate may be considered for participation...

Section 49b - Participation of Prisoners in Work Programs at Mental Health, Developmental Services and Public Health Facilities; Restrictions - Section 49B. Prisoners in state correctional institutions, except prisoners who...

Section 49c - Employment of Prisoners of County Correctional Institutions on Municipal Properties Within County - Section 49C. Prisoners in county correctional institutions may, in the...

Section 51 - Establishment and Maintenance of Industries in Correctional Institutions; Contracts for Labor - Section 51. The commissioner, and the superintendents of the correctional...

Section 52 - Supervisors and Instructors; Authority; Removal - Section 52. Supervisors and instructors to instruct the prisoners in...

Section 53 - Production of Articles by Prisoners - Section 53. The commissioner shall, so far as possible, cause...

Section 54 - Annual Meetings for Determination of Styles, Designs and Qualities of Articles to Be Produced by Prisoners; Expenses - Section 54. For the purpose of determining the styles, designs...

Section 55 - List of Styles, Designs and Qualities of Articles; Arbitration of Differences - Section 55. Annually in September the commissioner shall issue to...

Section 56 - Annual Estimates of Articles and Materials Needed in Public Offices - Section 56. Annually in November the officers in charge of...

Section 57 - Lists of Prison-Made Articles; Requisitions From Counties, Municipalities and Public Institutions - Section 57. Annually in January the commissioner shall send to...

Section 58 - Prices of Prison-Made Articles - Section 58. The price of all articles and materials supplied...

Section 60 - Noncompliance With Sections Relative to Purchase of Articles - Section 60. Any officer who wilfully refuses or neglects to...

Section 61 - Establishment of Industries - Section 61. The commissioner shall endeavor to establish in all...

Section 66 - Purchase of Tools and Materials for Correctional Institutions; Approval - Section 66. Subject to appropriation from the General Fund, the...

Section 66a - Purchase of Tools and Materials for Jails and Houses of Correction; Approval - Section 66A. The tools, implements and material required for use...

Section 67 - Sale of Prison-Made Goods; Proceeds - Section 67. Goods manufactured in any of the institutions named...

Section 68 - Appointment of Selling Agents; Removal - Section 68. In the correctional institutions of the commonwealth the...

Section 69 - Report Relative to Labor of Prisoners - Section 69. The superintendent or keeper of each institution named...

Section 71 - Receipts From Sale of Products, Services, or Labor of Committed Offenders; Disposition - Section 71. At least once each month all money received...

Section 72 - Payment of Salaries and Bills for Tools, Machinery and Materials; Schedules - Section 72. Subject to appropriation, the bills for tools, implements,...

Section 73 - Suits on Contracts by and Against Principal Officers; Arbitration - Section 73. The superintendent or keeper of any institution named...

Section 83 - Outdoor Labor of Inmates - Section 83. During all times when outdoor labor is practicable,...

Section 83a - Establishment of Camp for Male Prisoners for Reforestation; Approval; Hearing. - Section 83A. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish, on...

Section 83b - Removal of Prisoners to Camp; Permit to Be at Liberty; Escape - Section 83B. The commissioner may remove to any camp so...

Section 83c - Escapes From Prison Camp - Section 83C. A prisoner who escapes or attempts to escape...

Section 83d - Director of Prison Camps; Offices and Positions; Appointments; Duties - Section 83D. The commissioner shall appoint a director of prison...

Section 83e - Establishment of Camps for Prisoners Prior to Release on Parole; Transfer; Training for Release - Section 83E. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish, on...

Section 84 - Purchases or Lease of Land for Improvement by Prison Labor; Payment to County - Section 84. The county commissioners of any county may purchase...

Section 86f - Work Release Programs - Section 86F. The sheriff of any county, except the sheriff...

Section 86g - Work Release Programs; Suffolk County - Section 86G. In Suffolk county the penal institutions commissioner of...

Section 86h - Public Speaking Engagements; Inmates of State Correctional Facilities - Section 86H. The commissioner of correction may permit an inmate...

Section 86i - Public Speaking Engagements; Inmates of County Correctional Facilities - Section 86I. The administrator of a county correctional facility may...

Section 87 - Correspondence of Inmates - Section 87. (a) Every inmate of a correctional institution or...

Section 88 - Religious Services - Section 88. An inmate of any prison or other place...

Section 89 - Maintenance of Sabbath Schools and Schools for Instruction - Section 89. The superintendent of any correctional institution of the...

Section 90 - Appropriations for Religious Instruction and Services - Section 90. The department or officers having charge of any...

Section 90a - Temporary Release of Committed Offenders - Section 90A. The commissioner may extend the limits of the...

Section 92 - Instruction in Jails and Houses of Correction - Section 92. The county commissioners may include, among the items...

Section 92a - General Education Development Tests; Age Requirement; No Fee - Section 92A. The department of education shall permit an inmate...

Section 93 - Appropriations for Moral and Religious Instruction in Jails and Houses of Correction - Section 93. The keeper or superintendent of a jail or...

Section 94 - Light for Reading - Section 94. In the assignment of cells to prisoners in...

Section 96a - Disposition of Unclaimed Money of Former Prisoners; Claim - Section 96A. So much of any funds as represent monies...

Section 96b - Disposition of Unclaimed Property of Former Prisoners; Sale; Proceeds - Section 96B. Property belonging to, or deposited for the benefit...

Section 97 - Transfers From and to Correctional Institutions; Approval - Section 97. The commissioner may transfer any sentenced prisoner from...

Section 97a - Transfer of State Prisoners to Federal Institutions; Reciprocal Agreements - Section 97A. The commissioner may, with the approval of the...

Section 97b - Treaties; Transfer of Prisoners to Other Countries - Section 97B. If a treaty in effect between the United...

Section 111a - Removal of Defective Delinquents - Section 111A. He may remove any person committed to a...

Section 113 - Removal of Prisoners Convicted and Sentenced by United States Court - Section 113. The commissioner may remove from one jail or...

Section 115 - Removal of Prisoners From One Jail to Another by Sheriff - Section 115. The sheriff in any county, except Suffolk, may...

Section 116 - Application of Original Sentence of Prisoner Removed or Returned - Section 116. A prisoner who is removed or returned under...

Section 117 - Placement in Hospital or Medical Facility for Medical, Dental, or Similar Professional Treatment - Section 117. Whenever the physician of any state correctional facility...

Section 117a - Temporary Placement of Prisoners in Hospital or Medical Facility - Section 117A. Whenever the physician of any jail or house...

Section 118 - Pregnant and Postpartum Inmates; Standards of Care; Use of Restraints - Section 118. (a) Upon admission to a correctional facility, while...

Section 119 - Hospital Confinement as Term of Sentence - Section 119. Any prisoner placed in a hospital or medical...

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 119A. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 120 - Order of Removal; Transfer of Mittimuses and Processes With Prisoner - Section 120. Every order of removal of the commissioner shall...

Section 121 - Execution of Order of Removal - Section 121. An officer authorized to serve criminal process may...

Section 123 - Expense of Removal - Section 123. The expense of removing a prisoner from one...

Section 124 - Expense of Support of Prisoner Transferred From Correctional Institution to Jail or House of Correction - Section 124. The expense of supporting a prisoner transferred from...

Section 125 - Expense of Support of Prisoner Transferred From One County to Another - Section 125. The expense of supporting a prisoner transferred from...

Section 126 - Expense of Support of Prisoner Removed From Jail or House of Correction to Massachusetts Correctional Institution - Section 126. The expense of supporting a prisoner removed from...

Section 127 - Special State Police Officers; Powers and Duties - Section 127. The governor, upon the written recommendation of the...

Section 128 - Issuance of Parole Permits - Section 128. Subject to other provisions of law, parole permits,...

Section 129b - Confinement While Awaiting Trial; Reduction of Sentence - Section 129B. The sentence of any prisoner in any correctional...

Section 129c - Confinement in Prison Camp; Deduction of Sentence for Good Conduct - Section 129C. For the satisfactory conduct of a prisoner confined...

Section 129d - Good Conduct Deductions for Participation in and Completion of Certain Programs and Activities - Section 129D. Prisoners are eligible to earn deductions from sentences...

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 Ho... - Section 130. No prisoner shall be granted a parole permit...

Section 130a - Issuance of Certificate of Termination of Sentence - Section 130A. The parole board may, by a majority vote...

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 130B. (a) As used in this section, the following...

Section 130c - Compliance Credits to Reduce Period of Time Parolee Subject to Jurisdiction of Parole Board; Rescission of Credits - [Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 72, Sec....

Section 131 - Giving of Parolee Written Copy of Terms and Conditions of Parole - Section 131. The parole board shall, in releasing a prisoner...

Section 131a - Notice to State and Local Police of Terms and Conditions of Parole Permits - Section 131A. Not less than twenty-four hours prior to the...

Section 133 - Granting of Parole Permits by Board; Eligibility and Requisites - Section 133. Parole permits may be granted by the parole...

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 133A. Every prisoner who is serving a sentence for...

Section 133b - Parole of Prisoners Declared to Be Habitual Criminals; Conditions; Revision; Revocation - Section 133B. The parole board shall, within 60 days before...

Section 133c - Representation of Deceased Victims at Hearing by Family Members - Section 133C. The family members of a deceased victim may...

Section 133d - Community Parole Supervision for Life - Section 133D. (a) A person upon whom a sentence of...

Section 133d1/2 - Global Positioning System Device to Be Worn by Certain Sex Offender Parolees - Section 133D1/2. Any person under court ordered parole supervision or...

Section 133e - Victims of Violent Crime or Sex Offenses; Certification by Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Testimony at Parole Hearing - Section 133E. Victims, and parents or legal guardians of minor...

Section 134 - Appearance Before Parole Board; Investigation and Hearing by Staff Members; Reports; Sentences Served in Other States - Section 134. (a) In the case of an inmate committed...

Section 135 - Furnishing Information to Parole Board; Filing Information; Statement; Contents; Availability; Duty of Clerk of Court and Probation Officer - Section 135. The commissioner or the jailer, superintendent or keeper...

Section 136 - Initiating Release of Prisoner; Hearing; Submission of Further Information to Board; Contents of Reports - Section 136. No application for release on parole of a...

Section 142 - Permits to Be at Liberty or Discharge of Pregnant Females - Section 142. Whenever, in the opinion of the physician of...

Section 143 - Discharge of Common Nightwalker From House of Correction - Section 143. The county commissioners, or, in Boston, the penal...

Section 144 - Discharge of Prisoner Committed for Non-Payment of Fine - Section 144. A prisoner confined in a prison or place...

Section 145 - Confinement of Persons for Non-Payment of Money Owed - Section 145. (a) A court shall not commit a person...

Section 146 - Report of Confinement of Poor Prisoners; Discharge; Guardianship - Section 146. If a poor prisoner has been confined in...

Section 148 - Revocation of Permit to Be at Liberty - Section 148. The parole board may revoke a permit to...

Section 149 - Arrest for Violation of Permit; Application of Terms of Original Sentence; Computation of Period of Confinement - Section 149. If a permit to be at liberty has...

Section 149a - Temporary Custody of Parolees; Warrant - Section 149A. If a parole officer believes that a parolee...

Section 150 - Expiration of Term on Saturday, Sunday or Legal Holiday - Section 150. A prisoner whose term expires on Saturday, Sunday...

Section 151 - Temporary Care of Infirm or Diseased Prisoner in Institution After Expiration of Sentence; Transfer to Hospital - Section 151. When a prisoner at the expiration of his...

Section 151a - Compacts With Other States Relative to the Supervision of Adult Offenders; Purpose - Section 151A. The compacting states to this interstate compact recognize...

Section 151b - Definitions - Section 151B. As used in sections 151A to 151N, inclusive,...

Section 151c - Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision; Composition; Voting; Executive Committee - Section 151C. (a) The compacting states hereby create the interstate...

Section 151d - Chairman of Parole Board as Compact Administrator and State Commissioner; Appointment of State Council - Section 151D. The chairman of the parole board, or his...

Section 151e - Interstate Commission; Powers and Duties - Section 151E. The interstate commission shall have the following powers...

Section 151f - By-Laws; Election of Chairperson and Executive Director; Corporate Books and Records; Civil Liabilities - Section 151F. (a) The interstate commission shall, by a majority...

Section 151g - Actions Taken by Interstate Commission; Meetings; Voting; Records - Section 151G. (a) The interstate commission shall meet and take...

Section 151h - Rulemaking; Authority and Procedure - Section 151H. (a) The interstate commission shall promulgate rules in...

Section 151i - Enforcement; Dispute Resolution - Section 151I. (a) (1) The interstate commission shall oversee the...

Section 151j - Payment of Expenses; Annual Assessment - Section 151J. (a) The interstate commission shall pay or provide...

Section 151k - Eligibility of Compacting States; Effect of Compact Upon Adoption by Other States; Amendments - Section 151K. (a) Any state is eligible to become a...

Section 151l - Withdrawal by Compacting State; Default on Obligation or Responsibility Under Compact - Section 151L. (a) (1) Once effective, the compact shall continue...

Section 151m - Severability; Construction - Section 151M. (a) The provisions of this compact shall be...

Section 151n - Effect on Other Laws; Binding Effect of Interstate Commission Actions; Advisory Opinions; Limitations on Authority - Section 151N. (a) (1) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of...

Section 152 - Pardons by Governor; Petition; Advisory Board; Hearing; Revocation of Pardon; Annual List - Section 152. In a case in which the governor is...

Section 153 - Notification to Attorney General of Petition for Pardon of State Prisoner - Section 153. In all cases of petitions for pardons referred...

Section 154 - Parole Board as Advisory Board of Pardons; Powers and Duties - Section 154. The parole board shall be the advisory board...

Section 155 - Violation of Pardon; Arrest; Notice - Section 155. If a prisoner who has been pardoned upon...

Section 156 - Confinement for Unexpired Term; Computation of Confinement; Discharge - Section 156. The governor and council shall, upon receiving such...

Section 157 - Execution of Warrant of Pardon; Return - Section 157. If a prisoner is pardoned or his punishment...

Section 158 - Parole Board Agents; Duties - Section 158. The agents employed by the parole board shall,...

Section 160 - Expenditures for Assistance of Released Prisoners - Section 160. The parole board may expend such sum as...

Section 161 - Account of Expenditures by Parole Board Agents - Section 161. The commissioner shall cause an account to be...

Section 162 - Expenditure of Institutional Funds for Welfare of Released Prisoners - Section 162. The superintendent of any correctional institution of the...

Section 162a - Arsonists or Violators of Secs. 102 to 102c of Chapter 266; Notice of Release - Section 162A. The superintendent of a correctional institution shall immediately...

Section 163 - Annual Report of Agents for Aiding Discharged Prisoners - Section 163. The agents for aiding discharged prisoners shall annually,...

Section 164 - County Commissioners; Aid to Prisoners - Section 164. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner released...

Section 165 - Expenditures by Superintendent or Keeper of Jail in Aid of Discharged Prisoners - Section 165. The superintendent or keeper of a jail or...

Section 166 - Payment or Receipt of Money for Obtaining Pardon, Parole, Commutation of or Respite From Sentence - Section 166. No person shall, in the attempt to procure,...

Section 167 - Persons Representing Applicants for Pardons, Parole or Commutation of Sentence; Statements - Section 167. No person shall represent or purport to represent...

Section 168 - Violation of Sec. 166 or 167 - Section 168. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred...

Section 169 - Copy of Secs. 166 to 169; Printing on Petition for Pardon Forms - Section 169. A copy of sections one hundred and sixty-six...