Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 125 (2026)
Expense of support of prisoner transferred from one county to another
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Section 125. The expense of supporting a prisoner transferred from a jail or house of correction in one county to another, removed from the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater to a house of correction, or sentenced to a jail or house of correction in a county other than that in which he was convicted, may be paid by the county where he was sentenced. If the amount to be paid cannot be agreed upon by the county commissioners of the two counties, it may be determined by the superior court sitting in either county.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1981–1995 · leading case: Cnty. Commissioners v. Cnty. Commissioners, 418 N.E.2d 1251 (Mass. 1981).
Cnty. Commissioners v. Cnty. Commissioners, 418 N.E.2d 1251 (Mass. 1981). “The parties disagree as to the proper construction of G. L. c. 127, § 125, as appearing in St. 1955, c.”
Cnty. Commissioners of Hampshire v. Cnty. Commissioners of Hampden, 490 N.E.2d 409 (Mass. 1986). “770, § 63, a county that has borne the expense of supporting *132 a prisoner sentenced directly to that county has a cause of action against the county from which the prisoner was sentenced for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement of those expenses.”
Fahey v. Kennedy, 4 Mass. L. Rptr. 434 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1995). “35, §32 notwithstanding the absence of prior appropriations pursuant to the obligation under G.L.c. 127, §125, (“otherwise provided by law”).”
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