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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 33 · Fuel, bedding and clothing for prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 34 · Direction to furnish specific rations; conformance thereto
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 35 · County industrial farms; acquisition, reclamation, improvement and sale of land
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 36 · Erection of temporary buildings on county industrial farm; management
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 37 · Removal of prisoners to industrial farms; custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 38 · Borrowing money to meet expenses; bonds or notes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 39 · Payment of loan
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 40 · Recording and reporting of data on population of jails and houses of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 1A · County correctional facilities; minimum standards; financial or other assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 1B · Inspection of county correctional facilities; compliance with minimum standards; report; notice of violations; enforcement procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 2 · Duty of superintendents to keep records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 3 · Money and property of prisoners; records; custody and return; transmission to court; interest on deposits
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 4 · Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 88.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 5 · Calendar of prisoners; contents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 6 · Service of process in penal or reformatory institutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 7 · Warrants, mittimuses and processes; contents; filing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 8 · Prison books; contents; accessibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 9 · Invoice books; contents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 10 · Annual report to commissioner of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 11 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 12 · Removal of unfaithful or incompetent officers or employees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 13 · Removal of incompetent jailers or keepers of houses of correction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 14 · Removal of officers using intoxicating liquor to excess
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 15 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 16 · Physical examination of inmates; communicable diseases; examination for substance abuse disorder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 16A · Reimbursement of medical expenses by persons incarcerated in pre-release facilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 17 · Specifications governing physical examinations; records; statements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 17B · Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder for state detainees or prisoners at certain facilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 17C · Re-entry treatment plan for state detainee or prisoner requiring treatment for opioid use disorder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 17D · Reporting of costs and outcomes of medication-assisted treatment programs and re-entry treatment plans under Secs. 17B and 17C
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 18 · Failure to comply with Secs. 16 and 17; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 19 · Physical training of prisoners; director
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 20 · Reception center; classification of prisoners; approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 20A · Prisoner classification board
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 20B · Pretrial diversion program for certain detainees; classification system; eligibility requirements; credits and other deductions from sentence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 21 · Classification of prisoners in jails and houses of correction; approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 22 · Separation of prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 23 · Identification of prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 24 · Repealed, 1931, 350, Sec. 10
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 25 · Fugitives from justice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 26 · Repealed, 1931, 350, Sec. 10
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 27 · District attorney to furnish criminal history
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 28 · Descriptions, fingerprints and criminal history; records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 29 · Publication of records; exhibition of records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 30 · Compensation to officers; reimbursement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 31 · Repealed, 1931, 350, Sec. 10
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 32 · Treatment of prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 32A · Treatment of prisoner having gender identity differing from prisoner's sex assigned at birth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 33 · Maintenance of order in institutions; enforcement of obedience
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 34, 35 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 36 · Visits to jails or correctional institutions; permission
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 36A · Conferences with attorneys
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 36B · Conferences with clergy members
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 36C · In-person visitation of inmates
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 37 · Record of visitors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38 · Use of gags
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38A · Holding officers and employees as hostages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38B · Assaults upon guards; bodily substances; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38C · Felonies in correctional institutions; notice to district attorney
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38D · Notice of transfer of prisoner convicted of offense against officer, guard or correctional institution employee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38E · Inmate complaints; grievance system; grievance resolution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38F · Exhaustion of administrative remedies under Sec. 38E; court consideration of inmate claims; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38G · Disposition of court actions pending upon effectiveness of regulations promulgated under Sec. 38E
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38H · Judicial review of final decision on grievance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39 · Restrictive housing; use authorized; conditions of confinement; mental health screening and evaluation; promulgation of clinical standard
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39A · Restrictive housing; prohibitions on placement of certain prisoners in restrictive housing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39B · Restrictive housing; placement reviews
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39C · Restrictive housing; training and qualification of correction officers, supervisors and managers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39D · Restrictive housing; reporting and publication of information relating to prisoners held in restrictive housing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39E · Restrictive housing; access to vocational, educational and rehabilitative programs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39G · Restrictive housing; restrictive housing oversight committee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 39H · Restrictive housing; promulgation of regulations implementing Secs. 39 to 39H
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 40to41 · Repealed, 2018, 69, Sec. 94
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 42 to 47 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 48 · Establishment and maintenance of education, training and employment programs; rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 48A · System of compensation; graduated scale; credits; appropriations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 49A · Evaluation of inmates for participation in education, training and employment programs outside correctional facilities; committees; recommendation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 49B · Participation of prisoners in work programs at mental health, developmental services and public health facilities; restrictions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 49C · Employment of prisoners of county correctional institutions on municipal properties within county
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 50 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 51 · Establishment and maintenance of industries in correctional institutions; contracts for labor
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 52 · Supervisors and instructors; authority; removal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 53 · Production of articles by prisoners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 54 · Annual meetings for determination of styles, designs and qualities of articles to be produced by prisoners; expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 55 · List of styles, designs and qualities of articles; arbitration of differences
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 56 · Annual estimates of articles and materials needed in public offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 57 · Lists of prison-made articles; requisitions from counties, municipalities and public institutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 58 · Prices of prison-made articles
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 59 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 60 · Noncompliance with sections relative to purchase of articles
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 61 · Establishment of industries
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 62 to 65 · Repealed, 1955, 770, Sec. 122
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 66 · Purchase of tools and materials for correctional institutions; approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 66A · Purchase of tools and materials for jails and houses of correction; approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 67 · Sale of prison-made goods; proceeds