{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-38a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38A","heading":"Holding officers and employees as hostages","body":"Section 38A. Any prisoner in any penal or reformatory institution who holds any officer or employee of such institution or any other person as a hostage shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.","path":["Part I","Title XVIII","Chapter 127"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVIII/Chapter127/Section38A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:04Z","sha256":"700bc37cea5db7db6421ae908693aeca1f200f4b7541d26584b643f3dea02a1b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-38","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-127-38b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}