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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 35 · Commitment of alcoholics or substance abusers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36 · Patient records; inspection; maintenance and retention
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36A · Court records of examination or commitment; privacy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36B · Duty to warn patient's potential victims; cause of action
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, § 36C · Transmission of committed person's name and nonclinical, identifying information to department of criminal justice information services; prohibition of committed person from being issued firearm identification card or license to carry; petition for relief
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 2 · Nemansket Correctional Center; treatment and rehabilitation personnel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 2A · Transfer to a correctional institution; provision of voluntary treatment services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 3 to 6 · Repealed, 1990, 150, Sec. 304
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 6A · Most appropriate level of security; participation in community access program; notice required
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 7 · Repealed, 1990, 150, Sec. 304
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 8 · Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 9 · Petitions for examination and discharge
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 9A, 9B · Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec. 5
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 10, 11 · Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec. 6
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 12 · Notification of persons adjudicated as delinquent juvenile or youthful offender by reason of a sexual offense; petitions for classification as sexually dangerous person; hearings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 13 · Temporary commitment of prisoner or youth to treatment center; right to counsel; psychological examination
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 14 · Trial by jury; right to counsel; admissibility of evidence; commitment to treatment; temporary commitments pending disposition of petitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 15 · Competence to stand trial; hearing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, § 16 · Annual reports describing treatments offered
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 2 · Regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 3 · Transfers; notice to guardian or relative; consent; objection; hearing; right to counsel; emergency transfer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 4 · Periodic review; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 5 · Retention of persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 6 · Voluntary admissions; consultation with attorney; discharge
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 7 · Voluntary admissions; withdrawal; notice; examination
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 8 · Transportation of persons with an intellectual disability; restraint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 9 · Mailing privileges; visitation rights; legal and civil rights
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 10 · Legal capacity of persons admitted or committed
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 11 · Guardian or conservator; appointment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 12 · Deposit of funds held in trust for residents; unclaimed funds and personal property; fiduciaries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 13 · Administration of estate of deceased resident
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 14 · Violent or unnatural death of residents; notice to district attorney
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 15 · Instruction and education; work programs; sale of work products
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 16 · Charges for care of persons in facilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, § 17 · Records; inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 1 · Powers and duties of commissioner of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 2 · Deputy commissioners; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 3, 4 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 5 · Reports to governor
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 6 · Annual reports to general court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 6A · Report on the use of facilities of the department of corrections and of sheriff's offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 7 · Repealed, 1954, 567, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 8 · Reports of criminal cases by clerks of courts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 9 · Monthly reports of arrests
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, § 10 · Corporate status of department for purpose of grants, gifts or bequests; site selection for new facilities; title to property
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 2 · Superintendents and deputies of correctional institutions; appointment; bond
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 3 · Officers and employees of institutions; appointment; duties of correction officer or correctional program officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 4 · Certification of persons eligible for appointment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 5 · Vacancy in office of superintendent; acting superintendent; bond; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 6 · Treasurers; appointment; bond; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 7 · Suggestions for alterations in commissioner's rules
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 8 · Uniforms
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 9 · Training academy for officers; appointment of trainees; provisional and permanent appointment as officers; probationary period; tenure and benefits; restriction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 10 · Oaths of officers; administration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 11 · Maintenance of correctional institutions; expenses in maintaining United States prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 12 · Holding prisoners in accordance with sentences or orders of courts; personal property; receipt
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 13 · Officers of correctional institutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 14 · Superintendent; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 15 · Superintendent and deputies; residences
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 16 · Female prisoners; commitment to designated facilities; alcohol treatment facility; separate awaiting trial unit
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 17 · Burial of female prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 18 · Bridgewater state hospital; medical director
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 19 · Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater; commitment; alcoholism
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 20 · Contracts on account of correctional institutions; suits; referees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 21 · Bills for supplies and services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 1 · County commissioners; inspection of prisons; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 2 · Exhibition of prison books, documents and accounts; examination of prison officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 3 · Violation of laws relative to prisons; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 4 · Jails; purposes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 5 · Confinement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 6 · Reimbursement of sheriff for damages for escape
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 7 · Return of list of prisoners to superior court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 8 · Establishment of houses of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 8A · Superintendents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 9 · Houses of correction yards; fences
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 9A · Uniforms
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 10 · Execution of sentence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 11 · Rules for the management of house of correction; examination of accounts; records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 12 · Sheriff's report to superior court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 13 to 15 · Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 27
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 16 · Custody and control of jails and houses of correction; jailer; assistants; bond
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 17 · Rent from jailers and keepers of houses of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 18 · Compensation and duties of officers and assistants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 18A · Injuries to jail or house of correction employees; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 19, 20 · Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 19
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 21 · Abstract of mittimus upon commitment of female
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 22 · Burial of deceased prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 23 · Delivery of prisoners to sheriff's successor
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 24 · Death of sheriff; temporary custody and control of jail; bond
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 25 · Care of jail or house of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 26 · Removal of prisoners in case of disease
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 27 · Removal of prisoners in case of danger from fire or bombing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 28 · Supplies for jails and houses of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 29 · Expense of keeping and maintaining convicts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 30 · Advances for expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 31 · Application for advance expenses; approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 32 · Account of expenditures