Massachusetts Statutes

§ 3 — Officers and employees of institutions; appointment; duties of correction officer or correctional program officer

Massachusetts § 3
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVIIIPRISONS, IMPRISONMENT, PAROLES AND PARDONS
Ch. 125CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, § 3 (2026).

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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 thirty-one, shall hold office during his pleasure. The duties of a correction officer or correctional program officer shall include the duty to transport inmates outside of a correctional facility and to prevent their escape, and no special state police officer appointment under section 127 of chapter 127 shall be necessary for such purposes.

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