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MA Gen L ch 127 § 133 (2021)
2021 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 133 - Granting of Parole Permits by Board; Eligibility and Requisites

Section 133. Parole permits may be granted by the parole board to prisoners subject to its jurisdiction at such time as the board in each case may determine; provided, however, that no prisoner sentenced to the state prison shall be eligible for such permit until such prisoner shall have served the minimum term of sentence, pursuant to section twenty-four of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, as such minimum term of sentence may be reduced by deductions allowed under section one hundred and twenty-nine D. Where an inmate is serving two or more consecutive or concurrent state prison sentences, a single parole eligibility shall be established for all such sentences. Prisoners who are granted parole permits shall remain subject to the jurisdiction of the board until the expiration of the maximum term of sentence or, if a prisoner has two or more sentences to be served otherwise than concurrently, until the aggregate maximum term of such sentence, unless earlier terminated by the board under the provisions of section one hundred thirty A. Sentences of imprisonment in the state prison shall not be suspended in whole or in part.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 133b (2021)
2021 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 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 offender sentenced under subsection (b) of said section 25 of said chapter 279 or (ii) a prisoner sentenced to a term of imprisonment as prescribed by the sentencing guidelines established by the sentencing commission. After such consideration, the parole board may grant to such prisoner a parole permit to be at liberty upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe for the unexpired term of his sentence. Such terms and conditions may be revised, altered and amended, and may be revoked by the parole board at any time. If the terms and conditions prescribed by the board include residence in alcohol and drug free housing, the board shall refer and require that the holder of the permit reside in alcohol and drug free housing that is certified pursuant to section 18A of chapter 17 in order to satisfy those terms and conditions. The violation by the holder of such permit of any of its terms or conditions, or of any law of the commonwealth, shall render such permit void, and thereupon, or if such permit has been revoked, the parole board may order his arrest and his return to prison, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and forty-nine. The period which must be served before such prisoner becomes eligible for parole shall be calculated with deductions applicable to other sentences for good conduct.  Habitual offenders sentenced under said subsection (b) of said section 25 of said chapter 279 shall not, except as provided under subsection (e) of said section 25 of said chapter 279, be eligible for parole, work release or furlough or receive any deduction from such person's sentence for good conduct.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 133c (2021)
2021 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 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, 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 murder and prisoners confined to the hospital at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. For the purposes of this section, family members shall include: parent, stepparent or guardian of the victim, spouse or person with whom the victim lived and in a relationship similar to marriage, child, stepchild, grandchild, grandparent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew and guardian of the minor child or stepchild of the victim.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 133d1/2 (2021)
2021 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 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 global positioning system device, or any comparable device, administered by the board at all times for the length of his parole for any such offense. The board shall, in addition to any other condition, establish defined geographic exclusion zones including, but not limited to, the areas in and around the victim's residence, place of employment and school and other areas defined to minimize the parolee's contact with children, if applicable. If the parolee enters an excluded zone, as defined by the terms of his parole, the parolee's location data shall be immediately transmitted to the police department in the municipality wherein the violation occurred and the board, by telephone, electronic beeper, paging device or other appropriate means. If the board or the parolee's parole officer believes that the parolee has violated his terms of parole by entering an excluded zone as prescribed in this section, the board or parole officer shall cause the parolee to be taken into temporary custody in accordance with section 149A of chapter 127.  The fees incurred by installing, maintaining and operating the global positioning system device, or comparable device, shall be paid by the parolee. If a parolee establishes his inability to pay such fees, the board may waive them.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 134 (2021)
2021 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 134 - Appearance Before Parole Board; Investigation and Hearing by Staff Members; Reports; Sentences Served in Other States

Section 134. (a) In the case of an inmate committed to a correctional institution of the commonwealth, no parole permit shall be granted by the parole board until the inmate has been seen by at least three members of said board, except when the chairman has designated three members to act as the parole board under the provisions of section five of chapter twenty-seven, no parole permit shall be granted by the board until the inmate has been seen by at least two of said members.  (b) In the case of an inmate committed to a jail or house of correction, the chairman may designate the director of parole services, a parole supervisor, a parole employment officer, the legal counsel to the parole board, an institutional parole officer, the executive secretary to the parole board, a parole officer, a junior parole officer, or a parole board employee whose primary function is to serve as a hearing officer, to make an investigation and to conduct a hearing in lieu of the board for the purpose of ascertaining the suitability of such inmate for a parole permit. The staff member so designated shall report his findings of fact and recommendations as to parole and conditions of parole to the board. The board may grant or deny a parole permit to such inmate after considering said report and recommendations. No parole permit shall be granted until such inmate has been seen according to the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (b).  (c) In the case of an inmate serving a Massachusetts sentence in another state, the chairman may request the paroling authority of that state or at the written request of the inmate the federal paroling authority with jurisdiction over the institution in which said inmate is housed to conduct a hearing in lieu of the Massachusetts board for the purpose of ascertaining the suitability of such inmate for a parole permit and to report its findings and recommendations as to parole and conditions of parole to the board. The board may grant or deny a parole permit to such an inmate after considering said report and recommendations. No parole permit shall be granted until such inmate has been seen in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (c).
MA Gen L ch 127 § 135 (2021)
2021 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 135 - Furnishing Information to Parole Board; Filing Information; Statement; Contents; Availability; Duty of Clerk of Court and Probation Officer

Section 135. The commissioner or the jailer, superintendent or keeper of a jail or house of correction shall furnish to the parole board all information in his possession relating to any prisoner whose case is under consideration. As each prisoner is received in the correctional institutions of the commonwealth or in the jails or houses of correction, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of correction or of the jailer, superintendent or keeper, while the case is still recent, to cause to be obtained and filed information as complete as may be obtainable at that time with regard to such prisoner. Such information shall include a complete statement of the crime for which he is then sentenced, the circumstances of such crime, the nature of his sentence, the court in which he was sentenced, the name of the judge and district attorney, and copies of such probation reports as may have been made, as well as reports as to the prisoner's social, physical, mental and psychiatric condition and history. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court and of all probation officers and other appropriate officials to send such information as may be in their possession or under their control to the commissioner or the jailer, superintendent or keeper of a jail or house of correction, upon request. The commissioner or the jailer, superintendent or keeper of a jail or house of correction shall also at that time obtain and file a copy of the complete criminal record of such prisoner, so far as reasonably available, including any juvenile court record that may exist. When all such existing available records have been assembled, they shall be made available to the parole board so as to be readily accessible when the parole or pardon of such prisoner is being considered.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 142 (2021)
2021 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 142 - Permits to Be at Liberty or Discharge of Pregnant Females

Section 142. Whenever, in the opinion of the physician of any prison or other place of confinement in which is imprisoned a woman who is about to give birth to a child during the term of her imprisonment, the best interests of the woman or of her unborn child require that she be granted a permit to be at liberty or discharged, he may so certify to the board or officer empowered to grant permits to be at liberty or discharges from the institution in which she is imprisoned, and such board or officer may, subject to such terms and conditions as appear necessary, grant the permit to be at liberty or the discharge.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 143 (2021)
2021 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 143 - Discharge of Common Nightwalker From House of Correction

Section 143. The county commissioners, or, in Boston, the penal institutions commissioner, subject to the approval of a justice of the court which imposed the sentence, after six months from the time of sentence, may discharge a person sentenced to the house of correction, upon a conviction under the provisions of section sixty-two of chapter two hundred and seventy-two of being a common nightwalker, if they are satisfied that the prisoner has reformed.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 144 (2021)
2021 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 144 - Discharge of Prisoner Committed for Non-Payment of Fine

Section 144. A prisoner confined in a prison or place of confinement for non-payment of a fine or a fine and expenses shall be given a credit of $90 on such fine or fine and expenses for each day during which he shall be so confined, and shall be discharged at such time as the said credits, or such credits as have been given and money paid in addition thereto, shall equal the amount of the fine or the fine and expenses; and in such case no further action shall be taken to enforce payment of said fine or fine and expenses.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 145 (2021)
2021 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 145 - Confinement of Persons for Non-Payment of Money Owed

Section 145. (a) A court shall not commit a person to a correctional facility solely for non-payment of money owed if such person has established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the person is unable to pay the fine without causing substantial financial hardship to the person or their immediate family or dependents. A court shall determine whether the payment of a fine would cause such substantial financial hardship after a hearing and, in making such determination, shall consider the person's employment status, income, financial resources, living expenses, number of dependents and any special circumstances that may affect a person's ability to pay.  (b) A court shall not commit a person to a correctional facility for non-payment of money owed if such a person is not represented by counsel for the commitment proceeding, unless such person has waived counsel. A person deemed indigent for the purpose of being offered counsel and who is assigned counsel for the commitment portion of a proceeding solely for the nonpayment of money owed shall not be assessed a fee for such counsel.  (c) Courts may consider alternatives to incarceration before committing a person to a prison or place of confinement solely for non-payment of a fine or a fine and expenses.  (d) If a court determines that the payment of a fine would cause a substantial financial hardship pursuant to subsection (a), the court may impose an alternative to a fine or sentence to a correctional facility including, without limitation, community service.  (e) A justice of the trial court shall not commit a person who has not reached 18 years of age to a prison, place of confinement or the department of youth services solely for the non-payment of money.  (f) A person confined to a correctional facility for non-payment of money owed may petition the court for discharge from the correctional facility for an inability to pay the money owed due to a substantial financial hardship. If, after a hearing pursuant to subsection (a), the court determines that the person is not able to pay the money owed without causing a substantial financial hardship to the person, or the person's immediate family or dependents, the court shall discharge the person from the correctional facility. No filing fee shall be charged for the filing of the petition.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 146 (2021)
2021 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 146 - Report of Confinement of Poor Prisoners; Discharge; Guardianship

Section 146. If a poor prisoner has been confined in a jail or house of correction for one month under one or more sentences for fine or fine and expenses only, the jailer, superintendent or keeper shall make a report thereof, in Suffolk county to the municipal court of the city of Boston, and in other counties to a district court. The court shall inquire into the truth of the report, and may require the jailer, superintendent or keeper to bring the prisoner into court. If the court finds that the report is true, and that the prisoner since his confinement has not had any property, real or personal, with which he could have paid the amount or amounts for which he was committed, it shall, if it finds that he is held for no other cause, and may, if it finds that he is held only for one or more other sentences for fine or fine and expenses, order the sheriff, superintendent or keeper to discharge the prisoner. If a poor prisoner has been confined in a correctional institution of the commonwealth on a sentence with fine, after one month from the date of release by parole or otherwise on the term sentence, the superintendent shall make a report thereof to the district court. The court shall inquire in the truth of the report and if the court finds the report is true and the prisoner has had no property, real or personal, with which he could have paid the amounts of fine for which he is held and that he is held for no other cause, may order the superintendent to discharge the prisoner. A person under guardianship may have the benefit of this section, although it appears that he has property held under guardianship, if it also appears that such property is beyond his actual control; and if he is discharged the commonwealth may, in an action of tort brought within one year after the discharge, recover from his guardian, if he has assets, the amount of fine or fines and expenses remaining unpaid.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 148 (2021)
2021 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 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.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 149 (2021)
2021 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 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 sentenced. A prisoner who has been so returned to prison or jail shall be detained therein according to the terms of his original sentence. In computing the period of his confinement, the time between the day of his release upon a parole permit and the day of issuance of a parole violation warrant shall be considered as part of the term of his original sentence. The time between the day after the issuance of the parole violator warrant until the service of said warrant shall not be considered as any part of the term of his original sentence. Service of the parole violation warrant shall be made effective forthwith upon arrest and imprisonment of the parole violator unless he is convicted of commission of a crime or found guilty of violating the conditions of federal or another state's parole or probation, then service of said parole violation warrant shall not be effective until the expiration of any additional sentences by parole or otherwise. If the parolee is found not guilty of the additional crimes charged or not guilty of violating the conditions of parole or probation then service of the warrant on the parolee shall be made effective on the date of this issuance of said warrant and the time served by him as a result of the parole violation warrant lodged as a detainer shall be considered as part of the original sentence. If the disposition of the new criminal charges or charges of violation of probation or parole is without a finding of guilt, the parole board may retroactively serve the parole violation warrant. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to preclude the board from withdrawing a parole violation warrant at any time. In computing the period of the parolee's confinement, the time between the day after the issuance of the parole violation warrant until the withdrawal of said warrant shall not be considered as any part of the term of the parolee's original sentence.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 149a (2021)
2021 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 149a - Temporary Custody of Parolees; Warrant

Section 149A. If a parole officer believes that a parolee has lapsed or is about to lapse into criminal ways or has associated or is about to associate with criminal company or that he has violated the conditions of his parole, the parole officer may, with the consent of a parole supervisor or other superior officer, issue a warrant for the temporary custody of said parolee for a period not longer than fifteen days, during which period he shall notify the director of parole service or a parole supervisor of his action and submit a complete report for final decision by the parole board. The detention of any such parolee may be further regulated by the rules of said board. The parole board shall have the right to withdraw said warrant for temporary custody and such withdrawal shall not affect the validity of any subsequent warrants issued. Upon the withdrawal of said warrant, the time from the issuance of the warrant until the withdrawal shall be considered as part of the original sentence. Such warrant shall constitute sufficient authority to a parole officer and to the superintendent, jailer, or any other person in charge of any jail, house of correction, lockup, or place of detention to whom it is exhibited to hold in temporary custody the parolee retaken pursuant thereto.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 150 (2021)
2021 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 150 - Expiration of Term on Saturday, Sunday or Legal Holiday

Section 150. A prisoner whose term expires on Saturday, Sunday or on a legal holiday shall be discharged on the preceding day.