Section 148 – Revocation of Permit to Be at Liberty
Section 148. The parole board may revoke a permit to be at liberty at any time prior to its expiration.
Section 149 – Arrest for Violation of Permit; Application of Terms of Original Sentence; Computation of Period of Confinement
Section 149. If a permit to be at liberty has been revoked, the parole board may order the arrest of the holder of such permit by any officer qualified to serve civil or criminal process in any county, and order the return of such holder to the prison or jail to which he was originally […]
Section 133a – Eligibility for Parole; Notice and Hearing; Parole Permits; Revision of Terms and Conditions; Revocation; Arrest; Right to Counsel and Funds for Expert
Section 133A. Every prisoner who is serving a sentence for life in a correctional institution of the commonwealth, except prisoners confined to the hospital at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater, except prisoners serving a life sentence for murder in the first degree who had attained the age of 18 years at the time of the […]
Section 133b – Parole of Prisoners Declared to Be Habitual Criminals; Conditions; Revision; Revocation
Section 133B. The parole board shall, within 60 days before the expiration of two-thirds of the maximum sentence of a prisoner sentenced under section 25 of chapter 279, and thereafter at least once in each ensuing 2–year period, consider carefully and thoroughly the merits of releasing such person on parole except for: (i) a habitual […]
Section 133c – Representation of Deceased Victims at Hearing by Family Members
Section 133C. The family members of a deceased victim may represent the victim at any parole hearing for a prisoner serving a sentence for a crime which resulted in the death of such victim or for a crime for which a prisoner is serving a sentence for life in a correctional institution of the commonwealth, […]
Section 133d – Community Parole Supervision for Life
Section 133D. (a) A person upon whom a sentence of community parole supervision for life has been imposed under section 45 of chapter 265 shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the parole board for the term of such sentence. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person serving such sentence of community parole […]
Section 133d1/2 – Global Positioning System Device to Be Worn by Certain Sex Offender Parolees
Section 133D1/2. Any person under court ordered parole supervision or under community parole supervision for life for any offense listed within the definition of ”sex offense”, a ”sex offense involving a child” or a ”sexually violent offense” , as defined in section 178C of chapter 6, shall, as a requirement of such parole, wear a […]
Section 128 – Issuance of Parole Permits
Section 128. Subject to other provisions of law, parole permits, in this chapter also referred to as permits to be at liberty, may be granted by the parole board to prisoners in state and county correctional institutions serving sentences or total aggregate sentences of sixty days or more, or serving sentences suspended in part pursuant […]
Section 133e – Victims of Violent Crime or Sex Offenses; Certification by Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Testimony at Parole Hearing
Section 133E. Victims, and parents or legal guardians of minor victims, of a violent crime or a sex offense for which a sentence was imposed, who have been certified by the department of criminal justice information services in accordance with section 172 of chapter 6 and section 3 of chapter 258B, may testify in person […]
Section 129b – Confinement While Awaiting Trial; Reduction of Sentence
Section 129B. The sentence of any prisoner in any correctional institution of the commonwealth or in any house of correction or jail, who was held in custody awaiting trial shall be reduced by the number of days spent by him in confinement prior to such sentence and while awaiting trial, unless the court in imposing […]