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Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Confinement

Massachusetts § 5
JurisdictionMassachusetts
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, § 5 (2026).

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Section 5. If there are several jails in a county, the sheriff may cause the prisoners to be confined in any of them.

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