Massachusetts § 27 Removal of prisoners in case of danger from fire or bombing

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 27 — Removal of prisoners in case of danger from fire or bombing

Massachusetts § 27

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, § 27 (2026).

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Section 27. If a jail or other county prison or any building near thereto is on fire, or if a bomb threat has been received, or there is reason to believe a bomb threat or similar threat exists, and the prisoners are exposed to danger thereby, the sheriff, jailer or other person in charge of the prison may remove them to a safe place, and there confine them as long as necessary to avoid the danger, and such removal and confinement shall not be deemed an escape of the prisoners.

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Section 27. If a jail or other county prison or any building near thereto is on fire, or if a bomb threat has been received, or there is reason to believe a bomb threat or similar threat exists, and the prisoners are exposed to danger thereby, the sheriff, jailer or other person in charge of the prison may remove them to a safe place, and there confine them as long as necessary to avoid the danger, and such removal and confinement shall not be deemed an escape of the prisoners.

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