General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 123A Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation Of
Sexually Dangerous Persons

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 123A, Section 1
  As used in this chapter the following words shall, except as otherwise provided, have the following meanings:— “Agency with jurisdiction”, the agency with the authority...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Nemansket Correctional Center; treatment and rehabilitation personnel - Chapter 123A, Section 2
  The commissioner of correction shall maintain subject to the jurisdiction of the department of correction a treatment program or branch thereof at a correctional institution...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer to a correctional institution; provision of voluntary treatment services - Chapter 123A, Section 2A
  An individual committed as sexually dangerous and who has also been sentenced for a criminal offense and said sentence has not expired may be transferred...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1990, 150, Sec. 304 - Chapter 123A, Section 3 to 6
  Repealed, 1990, 150, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Most appropriate level of security; participation in community access program; notice required - Chapter 123A, Section 6A
  Any person committed as a sexually dangerous person to the treatment center or a branch thereof under the provisions of this chapter shall be held...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1990, 150, Sec. 304 - Chapter 123A, Section 7
  Repealed, 1990, 150, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec. 5 - Chapter 123A, Section 8
  Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Petitions for examination and discharge - Chapter 123A, Section 9
  Any person committed to the treatment center shall be entitled to file a petition for examination and discharge once in every twelve months. Such petition...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec. 5 - Chapter 123A, Section 9A 9B
  Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec. 6 - Chapter 123A, Section 10 11
  Repealed, 1993, 489, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notification of persons adjudicated as delinquent juvenile or youthful offender by reason of a sexual offense; petitions for classification as sexually dangerous person; hearings - Chapter 123A, Section 12
  (a) Any agency with jurisdiction of a person who has ever been convicted of or adjudicated as a delinquent juvenile or a youthful offender by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary commitment of prisoner or youth to treatment center; right to counsel; psychological examination - Chapter 123A, Section 13
  (a) If the court is satisfied that probable cause exists to believe that the person named in the petition is a sexually dangerous person, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Trial by jury; right to counsel; admissibility of evidence; commitment to treatment; temporary commitments pending disposition of petitions - Chapter 123A, Section 14
  (a) The district attorney, or the attorney general at the request of the district attorney, may petition the court for a trial. In any trial...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Competence to stand trial; hearing - Chapter 123A, Section 15
  If a person who has been charged with a sexual offense has been found incompetent to stand trial and his commitment is sought and probable...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual reports describing treatments offered - Chapter 123A, Section 16
  The department of correction and the department of youth services shall annually prepare reports describing the treatment offered to each person who has been committed...

Last modified: September 11, 2015