Section 161 – Account of Expenditures by Parole Board Agents
Section 161. The commissioner shall cause an account to be kept of the money expended by the agents for the necessary expenses of the service required by sections one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine, for correspondence and travel in procuring employment for and furnishing clothing, board and tools to discharged prisoners and […]
Section 162 – Expenditure of Institutional Funds for Welfare of Released Prisoners
Section 162. The superintendent of any correctional institution of the commonwealth may pay from the treasury of the institution not more than fifty dollars to every prisoner leaving the institution. A prisoner who leaves the institution shall be provided with decent clothing.
Section 162a – Arsonists or Violators of Secs. 102 to 102c of Chapter 266; Notice of Release
Section 162A. The superintendent of a correctional institution shall immediately prior to the release or discharge from such institution of any person sentenced upon conviction of the crime of arson or a violation of sections 102 to 102C, inclusive, of chapter 266 notify the state fire marshal of the intended date of the release or […]
Section 163 – Annual Report of Agents for Aiding Discharged Prisoners
Section 163. The agents for aiding discharged prisoners shall annually, on or before December fifteenth, make full and detailed statements to the commissioner of their doings for the year ending on November thirtieth, which shall be included by the commissioner in his annual report.
Section 151k – Eligibility of Compacting States; Effect of Compact Upon Adoption by Other States; Amendments
Section 151K. (a) Any state is eligible to become a compacting state. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than 35 of the states. The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the […]
Section 164 – County Commissioners; Aid to Prisoners
Section 164. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner released from prison with such amount of money as in their opinion can be wisely used to encourage his reformation, or they may pay it to a suitable person designated by them to be used for such prisoner.
Section 151l – Withdrawal by Compacting State; Default on Obligation or Responsibility Under Compact
Section 151L. (a) (1) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every compacting state except that a compacting state may withdraw from the compact by enacting a statute specifically repealing the statute which enacted the compact into law. (2) The effective date of withdrawal is the effective date […]
Section 165 – Expenditures by Superintendent or Keeper of Jail in Aid of Discharged Prisoners
Section 165. The superintendent or keeper of a jail or house of correction may, with the approval of the county commissioners, expend such amount, not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in aiding a prisoner discharged from his custody as in his opinion will assist such prisoner in his endeavor to reform. He may in his discretion pay […]
Section 151m – Severability; Construction
Section 151M. (a) The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. (b) The provisions of this compact shall be liberally constructed to effectuate its purposes.
Section 166 – Payment or Receipt of Money for Obtaining Pardon, Parole, Commutation of or Respite From Sentence
Section 166. No person shall, in the attempt to procure, or for the procurement of, any pardon, parole, commutation of or respite from sentence of a prisoner then confined in, or at liberty after having been confined in, any of the penal institutions of this commonwealth, or then under sentence to serve a term of […]