General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT |
TITLE XVII. PUBLIC WELFARE |
CHAPTER 120. DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES AND MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS |
SECTION 1. Corporate status of department of youth services; holding and investing trust funds |
SECTION 2. Management, government and care of industrial schools; employment of expert personnel by director |
SECTION 2A. Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 29 |
SECTION 3. Appointment of superintendents, chaplains and physicians |
SECTION 4. Rules and regulations; by-laws |
SECTION 4A. Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 32 |
SECTION 5. Examination and study of children committed; re-examinations; records; discharge |
SECTION 6. Liberty under supervision; confinement; reconfinement; revocation or modification of order; discharge |
SECTION 6A. Correction of socially harmful tendencies |
SECTION 7. Powers and duties of superintendent |
SECTION 8. Bond and accounts of superintendents; accounting to commissioner of youth services |
SECTION 9. Rogers fund |
SECTION 10A. Repealed, 1949, 593, Sec. 2 |
SECTION 10B. Involuntary room confinement prohibited |
SECTION 11. Places for detention and diagnosis; treatment and training facilities; facilities to aid persons given conditional releases; forest or farm school camps |
SECTION 12. Release under supervision; placement into families or homes |
SECTION 13. Escape; breach of parole; arrest; detention |
SECTION 13A. Compensation for property damage caused by inmates; notice of damage; claim; filing |
SECTION 14. Applications for new commitments for mentally ill, developmentally disabled or sexually dangerous persons |
SECTION 15. Transfers from Massachusetts reformatory and reformatory for women |
SECTION 16. Discharge of persons committed as delinquent child or youthful offender |
SECTION 17. Control beyond age limit; persons physically dangerous to public |
SECTION 18. Notice of application for review of order; hearing; appointment of counsel; court order |
SECTION 19. Continued control; later discharge; transfer to appropriate institutions |
SECTION 20. Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 22 |
SECTION 21. Effect of commitment on application for public service; discharge; restoration of civil rights; records; inspection; consent; evidence in other proceedings |
SECTION 22. Inquiry into effectiveness of treatment methods; information; annual report; contents |
SECTION 23. Power of department to act as guardian of children |
SECTION 23A. Disposition of unclaimed money held for former ward; records |
SECTION 24. Expenditure of gifts |
SECTION 25. Children committed by United States courts |
SECTION 26. Escape; attempted escape; aiding or assisting |