{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-33a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 33A","heading":"Credit for days of confinement awaiting and during trial","body":"Section 33A. The court on imposing a sentence of commitment to a correctional institution of the commonwealth, a house of correction, or a jail, shall order that the prisoner be deemed to have served a portion of said sentence, such portion to be the number of days spent by the prisoner in confinement prior to such sentence awaiting and during trial.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 279"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter279/Section33A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:23Z","sha256":"042a661bc75c41a20c9609499a8fcfaea55f6f7e45185c866a1bd49cf683dd90","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-33","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-279-34"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}