Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 128 (2026)

Issuance of parole permits

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Section 128. Subject to other provisions of law, parole permits, in this chapter also referred to as permits to be at liberty, may be granted by the parole board to prisoners in state and county correctional institutions serving sentences or total aggregate sentences of sixty days or more, or serving sentences suspended in part pursuant to sections one or one A of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, or a special sentence of imprisonment imposed pursuant to section six A of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine, having a committed portion of sixty days or more.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1959–2008 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Hayes, 362 N.E.2d 905 (Mass. 1977).

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Commonwealth v. Hayes, 362 N.E.2d 905 (Mass. 1977). “See G.L.c. 127, § 128. Massachusetts Parole Board and Advisory Board of Pardons, Structure, Rules and Statutes, at 11-12 (1972).”

Stefanik v. State Bd. of Parole, 363 N.E.2d 1099 (Mass. 1977). “See G. L. c. 127, §§ 128,130,131,133A, 148, 149.”

Henschel v. Comm'r of Corr., 330 N.E.2d 480 (Mass. 1975). “Recent amendments to G. L. c. 127, § 128, have since expanded the board’s jurisdiction to include certain county house of correction prisoners.”

Durham v. Massachusetts Parole Bd., 416 N.E.2d 954 (Mass. 1981). “There, our study of the legislative history of G. L. c. 127, § 128, revealed that the Legislature, in extending the jurisdiction of the parole board to include certain county house of correction prisoners, had simply omitted a corresponding provision for the aggregation of State…”

Lynch, 389 N.E.2d 91 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “G. L. c. 127, §§ 128, 129, 130 and 131. Accordingly, significant questions arise as to whether it can properly be concluded that the petitioner was (a) a "prisoner” who (b) "escaped” within the meaning of G.”

Campbell v. Commonwealth, 162 N.E.2d 262 (Mass. 1959). “The minimum length of Campbell’s confinement (see G. L. c. 127, §§ 128, 130, 130A, 133, 134, 135, 136) was insignificant inasmuch as the sentence, for present purposes, is to be taken as a sentence for five years subject to mitigation in its effect, or termination, by the…”

Murray v. Massachusetts Parole Bd., 884 N.E.2d 954 (Mass. 2008). “” G. L. c. 127, § 128. To the extent that he seeks an order affecting his District of Columbia sentences, that request is unavailing because the District of Columbia is a separate sovereign.”

Commonwealth v. Hayes, 372 Mass. 505 (Mass. 1977). “See G. L. c. 127, § 128. Massachusetts Parole Board and Advisory Board of Pardons, Structure, Rules and Statutes, at 11-12 (1972).”

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