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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, § 8 (2026)

Establishment of houses of correction

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Section 8. The county commissioners in each county, except Dukes, shall at the expense of the county provide a house or houses of correction, suitably and efficiently ventilated, with convenient yards, workshops and other suitable accommodations adjoining or appurtenant thereto, for the safe keeping, correction, government and employment of offenders legally committed thereto by the courts and magistrates of the commonwealth or of the United States.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1974–1985 · leading case: Sheriff of Middlesex Cnty. v. COMM. OF Corr., 421 N.E.2d 75 (Mass. 1981).
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Sheriff of Middlesex Cnty. v. COMM. OF Corr., 421 N.E.2d 75 (Mass. 1981). “See G. L. c. 126, §§ 8, 11; G. L. c. 34, § 14.”
Commonwealth v. Coakley, 484 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. App. Ct. 1985). “Even were we to agree with the defendant’s contention that giving the words “jail or house of correction” their ordinary meanings (see and compare G.”
Nearis v. Essex Cnty. Newspapers, Inc., 310 N.E.2d 923 (Mass. App. Ct. 1974). “We question whether any such distinction is made in practice (compare, in this regard, G. L. c. 126, § 8, which provides for the establishment of houses of correction, with G.”
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