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MA Gen L ch 126 § 38 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 126 - Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms|Section 38 - Borrowing Money to Meet Expenses; Bonds or Notes

Section 38. To meet the expense of acquiring land in fee under section thirty-five or for constructing buildings under section thirty-six, the county commissioners may borrow from time to time, upon the credit of the county, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate in any one year the sum of ten thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall be payable in not more than five years from their respective dates. The expense of maintaining industrial farms as authorized under sections thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven shall be provided for in accordance with section twenty-eight of chapter thirty-five. Bonds or notes issued under authority of this section shall bear on their face the words, County of Industrial Farm Loan, General Laws, Chapter 126, — and, except as herein provided, shall be subject to chapter thirty-five. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the county and countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners and shall not be sold for less than their par value. The county may sell the said securities at public or private sale and the proceeds shall be used only for such of the aforesaid purposes as are specified in the vote authorizing the loan.
MA Gen L ch 126 § 39 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 126 - Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms|Section 39 - Payment of Loan

Section 39. The county commissioners, at the time of authorizing each loan, shall provide for the payment thereof in accordance with the preceding section; and a sum sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues and to make such payments on the principal as may be required under said section shall be levied annually thereafter, as a part of the county tax of the county, in the same manner as other county taxes, until the debt incurred by said loans is extinguished.
MA Gen L ch 126 § 40 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XVIII - Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons|Chapter 126 - Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms|Section 40 - Recording and Reporting of Data on Population of Jails and Houses of Correction

Section 40. The sheriff shall record, without limitation, the following data for each person committed to a jail or house of correction: (i) probation central file number; (ii) fingerprint-based state identification number, if available; (iii) race and ethnicity; (iv) offense-based tracking number; (v) type of release; (vi) type of admission; (vii) length of sentence; (viii) jail credit from pretrial incarceration; (ix) earned time; (x) program participation and outcome during incarceration; (xi) case disposition; and (xii) bail amount or reason if no bail set.  Aggregate data on the population of each jail and house of correction shall be assembled into a quarterly report with the reported data covering the entire quarterly period. The reports prepared by the sheriff shall contain no identifying information relating to an individual inmate or detainee.  Each quarter the sheriff shall deliver the report from each jail and house of correction to the secretary of public safety and security, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 1a (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 1a - County Correctional Facilities; Minimum Standards; Financial or Other Assistance

Section 1A. In accordance with paragraphs (d) and (q) of section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-four the commissioner shall establish, and shall from time to time revise, minimum standards for the care and custody of all persons committed to county correctional facilities. Prior to establishing or revising such minimum standards the commissioner shall visit, consult with and receive the recommendations of the sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of the city of Boston. The commissioner shall require from the sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of the city of Boston periodic reports on the population, operation and conditions of all county correctional facilities.  The commissioner may provide consultation services for the design and construction of facilities, studies and surveys of programs and administration and any other technical assistance he deems proper and necessary. In cooperation with the county commissioners and administrators of each county, the commissioner may develop and administer programs of grants-in-aid or subsidies for any county correctional facility.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 1b (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 1b - Inspection of County Correctional Facilities; Compliance With Minimum Standards; Report; Notice of Violations; Enforcement Procedure

Section 1B. At least once each six months the commissioner or his delegate shall inspect each county correctional facility to determine compliance with minimum standards. The results of such inspections shall be summarized in the annual report of the commissioner to the general court. Personnel of the department shall be admitted to all county correctional facilities as required for the purposes of this section.  If, in the opinion of the commissioner, any county correctional facility does not comply with the standards established by him for county correctional facilities, the commissioner shall give notice of the alleged violation to the sheriff and the county commissioners of the county in which such facility is located except that in the case of Suffolk County House of Correction such notice shall be given to the penal institutions commissioner of the city of Boston. Said notice shall specify the particular standards that in the commissioner's opinion have not been met by such facility. The officials so notified shall have the right to be heard by the commissioner with regard to the alleged violation and shall have a reasonable period of time to remedy any such violation. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, the facility has not been brought into compliance with the aforesaid standards within a reasonable time from the date when notice of their violation is given, the commissioner may petition the Superior Court in equity in the county in which such facility is located for an order to close the facility or for other appropriate relief. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enter such an order.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 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 2 - Duty of Superintendents to Keep Records

Section 2. The superintendents of correctional institutions of the commonwealth and the superintendents and keepers of jails, houses of correction and of all other penal or reformatory institutions shall keep full and accurate records of all prisoners committed thereto, maintained therein or discharged therefrom. Systems operated by the department of criminal justice information services, pursuant to sections one hundred and sixty-seven to one hundred and seventy-eight, inclusive, of chapter six, may be used for such record-keeping purposes provided that such records remain subject to the regulations of said board.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 3 (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 3 - Money and Property of Prisoners; Records; Custody and Return; Transmission to Court; Interest on Deposits

Section 3. They shall keep a record of all money or other property found in possession of prisoners committed to such institutions, and shall be responsible to the commonwealth for the safe keeping and delivery of said property to said prisoners or their order on their discharge or at any time before. The superintendents of correctional institutions of the commonwealth and the superintendents and keepers of jails, houses of correction and of all other penal or reformatory institutions shall, upon receipt of an outstanding victim and witness assessment, transmit to the court any part or all of the monies earned or received by any inmate and held by the correctional facility, except monies derived from interest earned upon said deposits and revenues generated by the sale or purchase of goods or services to persons in correctional facilities, to satisfy the victim witness assessment ordered by a court pursuant to section eight of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight B. Any monies derived from interest earned upon the deposit of such money and revenue generated by the sale or purchase of goods or services to persons in the correctional facilities may be expended for the general welfare of all the inmates at the discretion of the superintendent.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 5 (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 5 - Calendar of Prisoners; Contents

Section 5. The jailer, keeper or superintendent of each jail and house of correction shall keep in a bound book or an electronic computer database an exact calendar of all prisoners committed thereto, in which shall be recorded the names of all prisoners, their places of abode and additions, the time, cause and authority of their commitment, and, if they have been committed upon a sentence on conviction of crime, a description of their persons and such facts as, with the entries in the prison book or electronic computer database, will enable the sheriff or penal institutions commissioner of Boston to make the reports to the commissioner required by section ten. He shall record in the same book the time and authority for the release of every prisoner released and the time and manner of the escape of a prisoner escaping. A jailer, superintendent or keeper neglecting to keep such calendar or to enter such facts therein shall forfeit one hundred dollars, which shall be recovered by the county commissioners in the name of the county, or, in Suffolk county, by the penal institutions commissioner in the name of the city of Boston, and shall be expended by them for the relief of discharged prisoners.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 6 (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 6 - Service of Process in Penal or Reformatory Institutions

Section 6. All process to be served within the precincts of any penal or reformatory institution shall be directed to and served by the superintendent, superintendent or keeper of each jail or house of correction thereof or his deputy.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 7 (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 7 - Warrants, Mittimuses and Processes; Contents; Filing

Section 7. All warrants, mittimuses, processes and other official papers by which a prisoner is committed or released, or attested copies thereof, shall contain a detailed statement of the fees of the officer for making the commitment, shall be regularly filed in chronological order, and safely kept with the calendar in a suitable box for that purpose. Upon the expiration of the sheriff's commission, his death, resignation or removal from office, it shall be delivered to his successor; and in default thereof the sheriff or his executor or administrator shall forfeit two hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 8 (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 8 - Prison Books; Contents; Accessibility

Section 8. Each jailer and superintendent of a house of correction shall have a prison book, in which he shall keep an account of the value of the labor of the prisoners, of the salaries of officers and of articles furnished for the support of the prisoners, the quantity of such articles, of whom bought and the price paid, classified as follows: cost of provisions, including the portion consumed by the family of the jailer or superintendent; of clothing; of beds and bedding; of medicines; of medical attendance; of religious or secular instruction; of fuel; of light; allowance to discharged prisoners; allowance to witnesses in money or clothing. The prison book, verified by the oath of the jailer or superintendent, shall be exhibited to the county commissioners when his accounts are presented for examination, and at other times when demanded. A jailer or superintendent who neglects to keep such book or to enter therein such facts, or who wilfully makes any false entry therein, shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered by the county commissioners in the name of the county, or, in Suffolk county, by the penal institutions commissioner in the name of the city of Boston, and it shall be expended by them for the relief of discharged prisoners.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 9 (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 9 - Invoice Books; Contents

Section 9. The keeper, superintendent or other officer having charge of a jail, house of correction, county training school or other county public institution shall keep an invoice book, in which shall be entered, on the day of receipt, all bills for supplies for the maintenance of such institution. Such books shall be as nearly uniform as the character of the institutions will admit, and shall be kept posted up to date so that the footings shall at all times show the actual facts relating to such supplies. Such books shall be county property and remain among the records of the institutions to which they belong.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 10 (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 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 prisons as the commissioner may prescribe.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 12 (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 12 - Removal of Unfaithful or Incompetent Officers or Employees

Section 12. Any officer or employee in any correctional institution of the commonwealth who is unfaithful or incompetent, or uses intoxicating liquor to excess, shall be forthwith removed by the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 13 (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 13 - Removal of Incompetent Jailers or Keepers of Houses of Correction

Section 13. The jailer, superintendent or keeper of a jail or house of correction, except in Suffolk county, may be removed by the superior court for neglect of duty or for wasteful or extravagant use of supplies, upon complaint of the county commissioners, after notice to the sheriff and the person complained of and a hearing.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 14 (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 14 - Removal of Officers Using Intoxicating Liquor to Excess

Section 14. The sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of Boston may remove any officer appointed by them, respectively, to any position of trust or authority in a jail or house of correction who is known to use intoxicating liquor to excess.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 16 (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 16 - Physical Examination of Inmates; Communicable Diseases; Examination for Substance Abuse Disorder

Section 16. The superintendents of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, and the keepers and superintendents of jails and houses of correction shall cause a thorough physical examination to be made by a competent physician of each inmate in their respective institutions committed for a term of thirty days' imprisonment or more. In conducting the examination special attention shall be given to determining the presence of communicable diseases, particularly venereal diseases as defined under section six of chapter one hundred and eleven and pulmonary tuberculosis.  The superintendents of correctional institutions and the keepers and superintendents of jails and houses of correction shall cause an examination for substance use disorder to be made by a qualified addiction specialist of each inmate in their respective institutions who is committed for a term of 30 days' imprisonment or more.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 16a (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 16a - Reimbursement of Medical Expenses by Persons Incarcerated in Pre-Release Facilities

Section 16A. The commissioner may include in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section forty-eight provisions for the reimbursement of medical expenses by persons incarcerated in department of correction pre-release facilities.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 17 (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 17 - Specifications Governing Physical Examinations; Records; Statements

Section 17. Specifications governing the manner and time of such physical examinations shall be promulgated by the department of public health. Said department shall prescribe the medical records to be kept, shall require such laboratory or other diagnostic aids to be used as in its judgment are expedient, and shall forward to the commissioner statements of the results of all such examinations, together with recommendations relative thereto. For the purpose of obtaining further information relative to such prisoners the commissioner may cause inquiry to be made of court physicians and psychiatrists, probation officers and district attorneys, who have made examinations or investigations of such prisoners prior to conviction or who have prosecuted them, and such physicians, psychiatrists and probation officers shall furnish to the commissioner when requested all pertinent information in their possession. The commissioner may cause such further inquiry to be made relative to the offences committed by such prisoners and their past history and environment as he may deem necessary. He shall cause records to be made of such examinations and investigations.
MA Gen L ch 127 § 17a (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 17a - Residential Treatment Units and Secure Treatment Units for the Treatment of Mentally Ill Inmates in Need of Mental Health Services; Mental Health Training for Department of Correction Staff

Section 17A. (a) The commissioner shall establish programs in state correctional facilities, as defined in section 1 of chapter 125. The programs shall include, but not be limited to, residential treatment units, as are necessary for the treatment of mentally ill inmates confined therein who are in need of mental health services but who do not require hospitalization for the treatment of mental illness, as determined by a qualified mental health professional. Such inmates shall be offered therapy and programming in settings that are appropriate to their clinical needs while maintaining the safety and security of the facility.  (b) All department of correction staff who work in secure treatment units and residential treatment units shall receive mental health training. Such training may include information about the types and symptoms of mental illnesses, the goals of mental health treatment, medication and side effects, co-occurring disorders, de-escalation techniques and how to effectively and safely manage inmates with mental illness.