{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-36c","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 36C","heading":"In-person visitation of inmates","body":"Section 36C. A correctional institution, jail or house of correction shall not: (i) prohibit, eliminate or unreasonably limit in-person visitation of inmates; or (ii) coerce, compel or otherwise pressure an inmate to forego or limit in-person visitation. For the purposes of this section, to unreasonably limit in-person visitation of inmates shall include, but not be limited to, providing an eligible inmate fewer than 2 opportunities for in-person visitation during any 7–day period.\nA correctional institution, jail or house of correction may use video or other types of electronic devices for inmate communication with visitors; provided, that such communications shall be in addition to and shall not replace in-person visitation, as prescribed in this section.\nNothing in this section shall prohibit the temporary suspension of visitation privileges for good cause including, but not limited to, misbehavior or during a bonafide emergency.","path":["Part I","Title XVIII","Chapter 127"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVIII/Chapter127/Section36C","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:04Z","sha256":"29f2263db4fb8ab61dd4c55d88d157816a57e50f979641dcd09c6475a75b59e4","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-36b","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-37"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}