{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-20","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, § 20","heading":"Negligently suffering prisoner to escape; refusal to receive prisoner","body":"Section 20. A jailer or officer who, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in his custody upon conviction or upon a charge of crime to escape, or wilfully refuses to receive into his custody a prisoner lawfully directed to be committed thereto upon conviction, upon a charge of crime, or upon a lawful process, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 268"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter268/Section20","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:14Z","sha256":"23b24c047109fee8aa51c37eafda168845f65a6a920b6ca51f6504cb7f5846eb","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-19","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}