Section 12. The sheriff shall report to the superior court, at each session for criminal business, the number of prisoners sentenced to labor in houses of correction in the county employed, and also the number not employed with the reasons why they are not employed.
Structure 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 1 - County Commissioners; Inspection of Prisons; Duties
Section 2 - Exhibition of Prison Books, Documents and Accounts; Examination of Prison Officers
Section 3 - Violation of Laws Relative to Prisons; Notice
Section 6 - Reimbursement of Sheriff for Damages for Escape
Section 7 - Return of List of Prisoners to Superior Court
Section 8 - Establishment of Houses of Correction
Section 9 - Houses of Correction Yards; Fences
Section 10 - Execution of Sentence
Section 11 - Rules for the Management of House of Correction; Examination of Accounts; Records
Section 12 - Sheriff's Report to Superior Court
Section 16 - Custody and Control of Jails and Houses of Correction; Jailer; Assistants; Bond
Section 17 - Rent From Jailers and Keepers of Houses of Correction
Section 18 - Compensation and Duties of Officers and Assistants
Section 18a - Injuries to Jail or House of Correction Employees; Compensation
Section 21 - Abstract of Mittimus Upon Commitment of Female
Section 22 - Burial of Deceased Prisoners
Section 23 - Delivery of Prisoners to Sheriff's Successor
Section 24 - Death of Sheriff; Temporary Custody and Control of Jail; Bond
Section 25 - Care of Jail or House of Correction
Section 26 - Removal of Prisoners in Case of Disease
Section 27 - Removal of Prisoners in Case of Danger From Fire or Bombing
Section 28 - Supplies for Jails and Houses of Correction
Section 29 - Expense of Keeping and Maintaining Convicts
Section 30 - Advances for Expenses
Section 31 - Application for Advance Expenses; Approval
Section 32 - Account of Expenditures
Section 33 - Fuel, Bedding and Clothing for Prisoners
Section 34 - Direction to Furnish Specific Rations; Conformance Thereto
Section 35 - County Industrial Farms; Acquisition, Reclamation, Improvement and Sale of Land
Section 36 - Erection of Temporary Buildings on County Industrial Farm; Management
Section 37 - Removal of Prisoners to Industrial Farms; Custody
Section 38 - Borrowing Money to Meet Expenses; Bonds or Notes
Section 40 - Recording and Reporting of Data on Population of Jails and Houses of Correction