§ 1 Corporate status of department of youth services; holding and investing trust funds
§ 2 Management, government and care of industrial schools; employment of expert personnel by director
§ 3 Appointment of superintendents, chaplains and physicians
§ 4 Rules and regulations; by-laws
§ 5 Examination and study of children committed; re-examinations; records; discharge
§ 6 Liberty under supervision; confinement; reconfinement; revocation or modification of order; discharge
§ 6A Correction of socially harmful tendencies
§ 7 Powers and duties of superintendent
§ 8 Bond and accounts of superintendents; accounting to commissioner of youth services
§ 9 Rogers fund
§ 10 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
§ 10B Involuntary room confinement prohibited
§ 11 Places for detention and diagnosis; treatment and training facilities; facilities to aid persons given conditional releases; forest or farm school camps
§ 12 Release under supervision; placement into families or homes
§ 13 Escape; breach of parole; arrest; detention
§ 13A Compensation for property damage caused by inmates; notice of damage; claim; filing
§ 14 Applications for new commitments for mentally ill, developmentally disabled or sexually dangerous persons
§ 15 Transfers from Massachusetts reformatory and reformatory for women
§ 16 Discharge of persons committed as delinquent child or youthful offender
§ 17 Control beyond age limit; persons physically dangerous to public
§ 18 Notice of application for review of order; hearing; appointment of counsel; court order
§ 19 Continued control; later discharge; transfer to appropriate institutions
§ 21 Effect of commitment on application for public service; discharge; restoration of civil rights; records; inspection; consent; evidence in other proceedings
§ 22 Inquiry into effectiveness of treatment methods; information; annual report; contents
§ 23 Power of department to act as guardian of children
§ 23A Disposition of unclaimed money held for former ward; records
§ 24 Expenditure of gifts
§ 25 Children committed by United States courts
§ 26 Escape; attempted escape; aiding or assisting
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 120 - Department of Youth Services and Massachusetts Training Schools

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.