{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-53","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 53","heading":"Transporting male and female prisoners","body":"Section 53. An officer who, having the custody or control of prisoners, causes or permits male and female prisoners to be transported together to or from a court in a vehicle, in a city of more than thirty thousand inhabitants according to the latest census, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 276"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter276/Section53","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:19Z","sha256":"0c4cb5bf242fc5f4188f2c29edf4cb774606020155b1a3c353c46ec06052e2d3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-52a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-276-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}