Parole Board
Data Current as of: 9/11/2013
Web Site:
www.mass.gov/parole
Mission:
The Parole Board identifies those parole eligible offenders for whom there is sufficient indication that confinement has served its purpose and sets the conditions of parole. The Parole Board strives to understand the concerns of victims and the general public and gives full consideration to these concerns when setting policy and making parole decisions.
Governing Laws:
Statutes
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MGL C. 27 S. 4
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Parole Board Members
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MGL C. 27 S. 5
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Parole Board Powers and Duties
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MGL C. 127 S. 130
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Paroling Statute
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MGL C. 27 S. 7
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Special Members of the Parole Board
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MGL C. 127 S. 133A
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Eligibility for parole; notice and hearing; parole permits; revision of terms and conditions; revocation; arrest
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MGL C. 127 S. 133B
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Parole of prisoners declared to be habitual criminals; conditions; revision; revocation
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MGL C. 127 S. 133D
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Community Parole Supervision for Life
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MGL C. 265 S. 45
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Community parole supervision for life following imprisonment, probation or treatment center sentence; covered offenses
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MGL C. 275 S. 18
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Community parole supervision for life in addition to sentence of imprisonment or probation; covered offenses
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MGL C. 127 S. 133
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Granting of parole permits by board; eligibility and requisites
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MGL C. 127 S. 158
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Parole board agents; duties
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MGL C. 127 S. 131
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Giving of parolee written copy of terms and conditions of parole
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MGL C. 127 S. 131A
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Notice to State and Local Police of terms and conditions of parole permits
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MGL C. 127 S. 54
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Parole board as advisory board of pardons; powers and duties
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MGL C. 127 S. 128
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Issuance of Parole Permits
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MGL C. 127 S. 151D
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Chairman of parole board as compact administrator and state commissioner; appointment of state council
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MGL C. 127 S. 134
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Appearance before board; investigation and hearing by staff members; reports; sentences served in other states
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MGL C. 127 S. 127
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Special State Police Officers, powers and duties
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MGL C. 127 S. 149
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Arrest for violation of permit; application of terms of original sentence; computation of period of confinement
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MGL C. 127 S. 149A
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Temporary custody of parolees; warrant
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MGL C. 127 S. 133D1/2
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Global positioning system device to be worn by certain sex offender parolees
Regulations
- 120 CMR 000
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120 Code Mass. Regs, Parole Board.