{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-20","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 20","heading":"Inspection of correctional institutions and lockups; findings and recommendations; report","body":"Section 20. The department shall, semiannually, inspect each correctional institution, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-five, and shall, annually, inspect each lockup established pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of chapter forty or under the jurisdiction of the state police, and shall file a report of its findings and recommendations, with respect to the compliance of each such facility with the rules and regulations promulgated under the authority of section twenty-one, with the department of correction, the secretary of health and human services, the superintendent or administrator of each such facility and the general court.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 111"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section20","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:38Z","sha256":"46ed0363ffb1780d164a28e5734f63b5d755cbccf9c2742f86c877c8e2ef1cdc","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-19","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}