Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, § 13 (2026)
Escape; breach of parole; arrest; detention
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Section 13. The department may issue a warrant for the arrest of any person committed to it who has escaped from a facility or who has been released on parole and broken the conditions thereof. Such person may be arrested with or without such warrant by a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or person employed or authorized by the department and may be kept in custody in a suitable place and there detained until such person may be returned to the custody of the department.
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Cited in 1
case, 2000–2000 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Carrion, 725 N.E.2d 196 (Mass. 2000).
Commonwealth v. Carrion, 725 N.E.2d 196 (Mass. 2000). “This argument fails for several reasons. First, § 13 is not a penal statute, but an authorization for certain law enforcement officers to arrest with or without warrant an escapee from the department and hold such person until he or she may be returned to the department.”
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