Massachusetts § 22 Burial of deceased prisoners

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 22 — Burial of deceased prisoners

Massachusetts § 22

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XVIIIPRISONS, IMPRISONMENT, PAROLES AND PARDONS

Ch. 126JAILS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND REFORMATION, AND COUNTY INDUSTRIAL FARMS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 22 (2026).

Text

Section 22. If a prisoner dies in the jail or house of correction, the sheriff or keeper shall, except as provided in chapter one hundred and thirteen, deliver the body to his relatives or friends if they request it; otherwise, he shall bury it in the common burying ground, and the expense thereof shall be paid by the town where the deceased had resided.

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