General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 125 Correctional Institutions of the Commonwealth
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 125, Section 1
As used in this chapter and elsewhere in the general laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a)...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Superintendents and deputies of correctional institutions; appointment; bond - Chapter 125, Section 2
The superintendent and the deputy of each correctional institution of the commonwealth shall be appointed by the commissioner, shall hold office during his pleasure, and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Officers and employees of institutions; appointment; duties of correction officer or correctional program officer - Chapter 125, Section 3
All other officers and all employees in the said institutions shall be appointed by the commissioner, and, except as otherwise provided in chapter thirty and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certification of persons eligible for appointment - Chapter 125, Section 4
In certifying the names of persons eligible for appointment as correction officers in said institutions, the personnel administrator shall certify the names of persons who...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Vacancy in office of superintendent; acting superintendent; bond; compensation - Chapter 125, Section 5
If the office of the superintendent of any of the said institutions is vacant, or if the said officer is absent from the institution or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Treasurers; appointment; bond; duties - Chapter 125, Section 6
The commissioner shall appoint a treasurer of each correctional institution of the commonwealth, who shall give bond with surety for the faithful performance of his...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suggestions for alterations in commissioner’s rules - Chapter 125, Section 7
The superintendent of each such institution shall from time to time suggest to the commissioner in writing such alterations in the commissioner’s rules as he...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Uniforms - Chapter 125, Section 8
Officers and employees in each such institution required to wear uniforms while on duty shall be furnished at the expense of the commonwealth with such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Training academy for officers; appointment of trainees; provisional and permanent appointment as officers; probationary period; tenure and benefits; restriction - Chapter 125, Section 9
The commissioner shall establish a training academy in cooperation with the municipal police training council and using their facilities and programs where appropriate and such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Oaths of officers; administration - Chapter 125, Section 10
All officers of such institutions, before entering upon the performance of their official duties, shall take and subscribe the following oaths:—“I, A.B., do solemnly swear...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Maintenance of correctional institutions; expenses in maintaining United States prisoners - Chapter 125, Section 11
The department of correction shall maintain, for the security and confinement of prisoners of the commonwealth, the correctional institutions of the commonwealth. A person convicted...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Holding prisoners in accordance with sentences or orders of courts; personal property; receipt - Chapter 125, Section 12
All persons sentenced to any of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth shall be held in accordance with the sentences or orders of the courts...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Officers of correctional institutions - Chapter 125, Section 13
The officers of each correctional institution shall be a superintendent, a deputy, chaplains and such other officers as the commissioner may find necessary; provided, that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Superintendent; powers and duties - Chapter 125, Section 14
Subject to rules and regulations established by the commissioner and according to law, the superintendent shall be responsible for the custody and control of all...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Superintendent and deputies; residences - Chapter 125, Section 15
The superintendent, and his deputy, shall reside constantly within the precincts of the correctional institution, unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Female prisoners; commitment to designated facilities; alcohol treatment facility; separate awaiting trial unit - Chapter 125, Section 16
All females convicted of crimes in the courts of the commonwealth and sentenced to imprisonment or otherwise committed to the custody of the department shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Burial of female prisoners - Chapter 125, Section 17
The commissioner may, in behalf of the commonwealth hold not more than one acre of land within the town of Sherborn which may be used...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bridgewater state hospital; medical director - Chapter 125, Section 18
The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. The commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of mental health, shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater; commitment; alcoholism - Chapter 125, Section 19
No person shall be committed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater, for the treatment of alcoholism, except in accordance with the provisions of chapter one...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts on account of correctional institutions; suits; referees - Chapter 125, Section 20
All contracts on account of any correctional institution of the commonwealth, except those required to be made by the state purchasing agent, shall be made...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bills for supplies and services - Chapter 125, Section 21
At the time supplies for any of the said institutions are delivered, bills of the quantity and price of such supplies shall be taken and...
Last modified: September 11, 2015