The Massachusetts Department of Correction's mission is to promote public safety by incarcerating offenders while providing opportunities for participation in effective programming designed to reduce recidivism.
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MGL C. 6 s. 172
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Dissemination of record information; certification; eligibility for access; scope of inquiry; listing; access limited; rules; use of information
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MGL C. 6 s. 178E
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Transmission of registration data to criminal history systems board, police departments, and FBI
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MGL C. 6A s. 18
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Agencies within executive office of public safety
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MGL C. 6A s. 181/2
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Undersecretaries; duties
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MGL C. 22C s. 37
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Release or discharge of persons confined for certain sexual assaults and other crimes; notification to department and local authorities
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MGL C. 22E s. 4
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Collection of DNA samples; civil liability; costs
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MGL C. 27 s. 1
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Department of correction; commissioner; salary; qualifications
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MGL C. 27 s. 2
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Deputy commissioners; salary; qualifications; employees
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MGL C. 27 s. 2A
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Positions in department of correction; educational requirements
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MGL C. 30A s. 1A
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Department of correction; application of chapter
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MGL C. 32 s. 28M
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Department of correction employees; retirement
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MGL C. 58 s. 13
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Valuation of certain state and county lands
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MGL C. 66 s. 10
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Public inspection and copies of records; presumption; exceptions
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MGL C. 111 s. 20
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Inspection of correctional institutions and lockups; findings and recommendations; report
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MGL C. 111B s. 7
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Detoxification facility; admission procedure; treatment; notification to family; transportation; aftercare treatment
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MGL C. 119 s. 23A
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Children born to inmates of correctional institutions or jails; care and custody
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MGL C. 119 s. 72B
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Persons between the ages of fourteen and seventeen convicted of murder; penalties
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MGL C. 120 s. 10
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Use of public or private facilities, institutions and agencies; control; acceptance and control of delinquent children; inspection; effect of placement of person in or release from institution or control by department
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MGL C. 120 s. 15
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Transfers from Massachusetts reformatory and reformatory for women
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MGL C. 123 s. 1
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Definitions
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MGL C. 123 s. 4
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Periodic review; notice
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MGL C. 123 s. 5
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Commitment or retention hearings; right to counsel; medical examination; notice
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MGL C. 123 s. 6
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Retention of persons; validity of orders; hearing
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MGL C. 123 s. 7
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Commitment and retention of dangerous persons; petition; notice; hearing
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MGL C. 123 s. 8
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Proceedings to commit dangerous persons; notice; hearing; orders; jurisdiction
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MGL C. 123 s. 8B
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Treatment of committed persons with antipsychotic medication; petition; notice; hearing; guardian
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MGL C. 123 s. 9
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Review of matters of law; application for discharge; notice; hearing
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MGL C. 123 s. 13
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Transfer of dangerous males to Bridgewater state hospital; retention period; further commitment; procedure
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MGL C. 123 s. 14
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Transfers from Bridgewater state hospital to other facilities
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MGL C. 123 s. 15
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Competence to stand trial or criminal responsibility; examination; period of observation; reports; hearing; commitment; delinquents
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MGL C. 123 s. 16
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Hospitalization of persons incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness; examination period; commitment; hearing; restrictions; dismissal of criminal charges
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MGL C. 123 s. 17
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Periodic review of incompetence to stand trial; petition; hearing; continued treatment; defense to charges; release
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MGL C. 123 s. 18
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Hospitalization of mentally ill prisoners; examination; reports; hearing; commitment; voluntary admission; reduction of sentence; discharge
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MGL C. 123 s. 18A
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Facility residents; contribution towards cost of counsel
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MGL C. 123 s. 21
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Transportation of mentally ill persons; restraint
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MGL C. 123 s. 22
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Civil liability of physicians, qualified psychologists, qualified psychiatric nurse mental health clinic specialists and police officers
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MGL C. 123 s. 35
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Commitment of alcoholics or substance abusers
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MGL C. 123 s. 36A
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Court records of examination or commitment; privacy
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MGL C. 123A s. 1
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Definitions
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MGL C. 123A s. 2
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Nemansket Correctional Center; treatment and rehabilitation personnel
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MGL C. 123A s. 2A
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Transfer to a correctional institution; provision of voluntary treatment services
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MGL C. 123A s. 6A
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Most appropriate level of security; participation in community access program; notice required
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MGL C. 123A s. 9
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Petitions for examination and discharge
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MGL C. 123A s. 12
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Notification of persons adjudicated as delinquent juvenile or youthful offender by reason of a sexual offense; petitions for classification as sexually dangerous person; hearings
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MGL C. 123A s. 13
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Temporary commitment of prisoner or youth to treatment center; right to counsel; psychological examination
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MGL C. 123A s. 14
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Trial by jury; right to counsel; admissibility of evidence; commitment to treatment; temporary commitments pending disposition of petitions
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MGL C. 123A s. 15
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Competence to stand trial; hearing
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MGL C. 123A s. 16
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Annual reports describing treatments offered
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MGL C. 124 s. 1
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Powers and duties of commissioner of correction
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MGL C. 124 s. 2
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Deputy commissioners; duties
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MGL C. 124 s. 5
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Reports to governor
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MGL C. 124 s. 6
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Annual reports to general court
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MGL C. 124 s. 8
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Reports of criminal cases by clerks of courts
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MGL C. 124 s. 9
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Monthly reports of arrests
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MGL C. 124 s. 10
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Corporate status of department for purpose of grants, gifts or bequests; site selection for new facilities; title to property
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MGL C. 125 s. 1-21
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Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth.
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MGL C. 126 s. 21
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Abstract of mittimus upon commitment of female
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MGL C. 127 s. 1-169
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Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institutions. Paroles and Pardons.
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MGL C. 127 s. 96B
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Disposition of unclaimed property of former prisoners; sale; proceeds
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MGL C. 268 s. 15
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Aiding escape from a correctional institution or jail; rescue
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MGL C. 268 s. 16
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Escape or attempt to escape, or failure to return from temporary release or furlough
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MGL C. 268 s. 17
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Aiding escape from officer or person having custody
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MGL C. 268 s. 18
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Jailer or officer suffering prisoner to escape
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MGL C. 268 s. 19
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Suffering or consenting to an escape from a penal institution
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MGL C. 268 s. 21
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Suffering convict to be at large, visited, relieved or comforted
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MGL C. 268 s. 26
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Delivering alcoholic beverages to prisoners; possession
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MGL C. 268 s. 28
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Delivering drugs or articles to prisoners in correctional institutions or jails; possession
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MGL C. 268 s. 29
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Delivery, or permission of delivery, by officers, of alcoholic beverages, to prisoners; keeping together prisoners of different sexes or classes
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MGL C. 268 s. 30
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Disturbing correctional institutions or jail; attracting attention of, or communicating with, inmates
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MGL C. 268 s. 31
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Delivery or receipt of articles to or from inmates
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MGL C. 276 s. 52A
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Removal of accused person to another county or to a correctional institution; return; proceedings; costs
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MGL C. 276 s. 53
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Transporting male and female prisoners
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MGL C. 279 s. 16
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Sentencing of female to Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham
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MGL C. 279 s. 19
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Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony
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MGL C. 279 s. 20
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Execution of sentence of imprisonment of females sentenced to confinement at hard labor
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MGL C. 279 s. 24
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Indeterminate sentence to state prison
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St. 2006 C. 139 S. 1
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8900-0001 (Department of Correction) (before closing any correctional facility, the commissioner of corrections and the secretary of public safety shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and public safety on the per-inmate cost
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