{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-19","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, § 19","heading":"Suffering or consenting to an escape from a penal institution","body":"Section 19. An officer or other person, who, being employed in any penal institution, voluntarily suffers a convict confined therein to escape, or in any way consents to such escape, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 268"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter268/Section19","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:14Z","sha256":"59e048bf490e0f35d60dc234620f47fa2d8a461c525b9b63584d08a0a7261e75","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-18","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}