§ 1 County commissioners; inspection of prisons; duties
§ 2 Exhibition of prison books, documents and accounts; examination of prison officers
§ 3 Violation of laws relative to prisons; notice
§ 4 Jails; purposes
§ 5 Confinement
§ 6 Reimbursement of sheriff for damages for escape
§ 7 Return of list of prisoners to superior court
§ 8 Establishment of houses of correction
§ 8A Superintendents
§ 9 Houses of correction yards; fences
§ 9A Uniforms
§ 10 Execution of sentence
§ 11 Rules for the management of house of correction; examination of accounts; records
§ 12 Sheriff’s report to superior court
§ 16 Custody and control of jails and houses of correction; jailer; assistants; bond
§ 17 Rent from jailers and keepers of houses of correction
§ 18 Compensation and duties of officers and assistants
§ 18A Injuries to jail or house of correction employees; compensation
§ 21 Abstract of mittimus upon commitment of female
§ 22 Burial of deceased prisoners
§ 23 Delivery of prisoners to sheriff’s successor
§ 24 Death of sheriff; temporary custody and control of jail; bond
§ 25 Care of jail or house of correction
§ 26 Removal of prisoners in case of disease
§ 27 Removal of prisoners in case of danger from fire or bombing
§ 28 Supplies for jails and houses of correction
§ 29 Expense of keeping and maintaining convicts
§ 30 Advances for expenses
§ 31 Application for advance expenses; approval
§ 32 Account of expenditures
§ 33 Fuel, bedding and clothing for prisoners
§ 34 Direction to furnish specific rations; conformance thereto
§ 35 County industrial farms; acquisition, reclamation, improvement and sale of land
§ 36 Erection of temporary buildings on county industrial farm; management
§ 37 Removal of prisoners to industrial farms; custody
§ 38 Borrowing money to meet expenses; bonds or notes
§ 39 Payment of loan
§ 40 Recording and reporting of data on population of jails and houses of correction
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 126 - Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County Industrial Farms

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