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Home » US Law » 2022 Massachusetts General Laws » Part I - Administration of the Government » Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons » Chapter 127 - Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons

Section 10 – Annual Report to Commissioner of Correction

Section 10. Annually, on or before August fifteenth, the sheriffs, county commissioners and the penal institutions commissioner of Boston, shall make a report to the commissioner of the salaries of prison officers, of the number and cost of support of prisoners, and of such other details relative to the management and discipline of the several […]

Section 111a – Removal of Defective Delinquents

Section 111A. He may remove any person committed to a department for defective delinquents established at any institution under the department of correction under section one hundred and seventeen of chapter one hundred and twenty-three, from such department to a like department at any other institution under the department of correction.

Section 116 – Application of Original Sentence of Prisoner Removed or Returned

Section 116. A prisoner who is removed or returned under any provision of sections ninety-seven to one hundred and fifteen, inclusive, shall be held in the place of imprisonment to which he is so removed or returned under the terms of his original sentence, unless sooner discharged, and the period for which he is so […]

Section 117 – Placement in Hospital or Medical Facility for Medical, Dental, or Similar Professional Treatment

Section 117. Whenever the physician of any state correctional facility certifies that any prisoner held therein requires medical, dental or other similar professional treatment which cannot safely or properly be given in such state correctional facility or the hospital at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk, the commissioner may temporarily place such person in an appropriate […]

Section 117a – Temporary Placement of Prisoners in Hospital or Medical Facility

Section 117A. Whenever the physician of any jail or house of correction certifies that any prisoner held therein requires medical, dental or other similar professional treatment which is not available in such jail or house of correction, the sheriff or, in the case of the house of correction in Suffolk county, the penal institutions commissioner […]

Section 118 – Pregnant and Postpartum Inmates; Standards of Care; Use of Restraints

Section 118. (a) Upon admission to a correctional facility, while awaiting trial or after sentencing, a female inmate shall be screened and assessed for pregnancy by a licensed health care professional; provided, however, that the inmate shall be informed of any necessary medical tests connected with the pregnancy screening prior to the administration of such […]

Section 119 – Hospital Confinement as Term of Sentence

Section 119. Any prisoner placed in a hospital or medical facility under section one hundred and seventeen, one hundred and seventeen A or one hundred and eighteen shall, during his absence from prison or the jail or house of correction, be considered as in the custody of the officer having charge of the prison, jail […]

Section 119a – Release of Prisoner on Medical Parole Due to Terminal Illness or Permanent Incapacitation; Petition; Written Decision; Conditions of Parole; Appeal; Rules and Regulations; Report

Section 119A. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:— ”Medical parole plan”, a comprehensive written medical and psychosocial care plan specific to a prisoner and including, but not limited to: (i) the proposed course of treatment; (ii) the proposed site for treatment […]

Section 123 – Expense of Removal

Section 123. The expense of removing a prisoner from one jail or house of correction to another shall be paid by the county from which he is removed. The expense of removing a prisoner to or from any of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth by order of the commissioner shall be paid upon bills […]

Section 127 – Special State Police Officers; Powers and Duties

Section 127. The governor, upon the written recommendation of the commissioner or the chairman of the parole board, may appoint any employee of the department of correction or the parole board, respectively, a special state police officer for a term of three years, unless sooner removed. Officers so appointed may serve warrants issued by the […]

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 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 […]