Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 15 (2026)

Sentence to jail or house of correction in any county

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Section 15. Whoever is convicted of a crime, punishable by imprisonment in the jail or house of correction, may be sentenced to a jail or house of correction of any county, and the master or keeper shall receive and detain him in the same manner as if he had been sentenced by a court sitting in the county where such jail or house of correction is situated.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1981–2013 · leading case: Souza v. Sheriff of Bristol Cnty., 455 Mass. 573 (Mass. 2010).

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Souza v. Sheriff of Bristol Cnty., 455 Mass. 573 (Mass. 2010). “See G. L. c. 279, §§ 15, 23, 24; G. L. c. 125, § 1.”

Cnty. Commissioners v. Cnty. Commissioners, 418 N.E.2d 1251 (Mass. 1981). “Barring some special problem (such as a prohibition against sentencing such a prisoner to a county facility at all), a master or keeper of a county jail or house of correction must accept a prisoner sentenced to serve in his jail or house of correction regardless of the county…”

Richardson v. Koutoujian, 31 Mass. L. Rptr. 270 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2013). “Notwithstanding G.L.c. 279, §15, the Sheriff shall not accept inmates sentenced to the Middlesex HOC as a result of convictions in courts outside of Middle-sex County, except with his consent and by way of administrative transfer.”

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