Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 97A (2026)

Transfer of state prisoners to federal institutions; reciprocal agreements

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Section 97A. The commissioner may, with the approval of the appropriate officials of the federal government, transfer any prisoner sentenced to state prison to any available or appropriate correctional institution maintained and supervised by the federal government within the confines of continental United States. The commissioner may, subject to the approval of the governor, enter into reciprocal agreements, contracts or other mutual plans to accomplish such transfers.

Prisoners so removed shall be subject to the terms of their original sentences to the state prison and to the provisions of law governing discharge and parole from the correctional institutions of the commonwealth.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1977–2015 · leading case: Ladetto v. Comm'r of Corr., 369 N.E.2d 967 (Mass. 1977).

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Ladetto v. Comm'r of Corr., 369 N.E.2d 967 (Mass. 1977). · cites it 5× “Walpole), Ladetto was transferred pursuant to G. L. c. 127, § 97A, to the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas.”

Harris v. Comm'r of Corr., 567 N.E.2d 906 (Mass. 1991). “The statute at issue in the case at bar, G. L. c. 127, § 97A, does not confer any such entitlement on Massachusetts prisoners.”

LaChance v. Comm'r of Corr., 39 N.E.3d 446 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “See also 103 Code Mass. Regs. § 421.24 (1994) (Commissioner may temporarily suspend all or part of 103 Code Mass.”

Blake v. Comm'r of Corr., 457 N.E.2d 281 (Mass. 1983). “…the appendix. The Commissioner of Correction has statutory authority to transfer State prisoners to Federal custody. G. L. c. 127, § 97A.”

Abrahams v. Comm'r of Corr., 786 N.E.2d 1249 (Mass. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “After conviction, the commissioner has statutory authority to transfer State prisoners to Federal custody, G. L. c. 127, § 97A, and the place of incarceration may be “any available or appropriate correctional institution maintained and supervised by the federal government within…”

Good v. Comm'r of Corr., 607 N.E.2d 2 (Mass. App. Ct. 1993). “While the department concedes that the regulations are applicable to the original transfer of an inmate to a Federal correctional institution under G. L. c. 127, § 97A, see Blake v. Commissioner of Correction, 390 Mass.”

LaChance v. Comm'r of Corr. (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). “See also 103 Code Mass. Regs. § 421.24 (1994) (Commissioner may temporarily suspend all or part of 103 Code Mass.”

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