Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, § 19 (2026)

Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony

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Section 19. The sentence to imprisonment of a female convicted of a felony shall be executed in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham; or the court imposing sentence in such a case may impose the sentence in a jail or house of correction provided by law in the case of male prisoners, if it does not exceed two and one half years.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2007 · leading case: DuPont v. Comm'r of Corr., 861 N.E.2d 744 (Mass. 2007).

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DuPont v. Comm'r of Corr., 861 N.E.2d 744 (Mass. 2007). “imprisonment or confinement for more than two and one half years shall be executed in any jail or house of correction”); see also G. L. c. 279, § 19, and are imposed only for misdemeanors or for less serious felonies.”

Commonwealth v. Zawatsky, 670 N.E.2d 969 (Mass. App. Ct. 1996). “The only sentencing alternative to State prison is to a house of correction, 4 yet a sentence to a house of correction may not exceed two and one-half years.”

Commonwealth v. Alfonso, 871 N.E.2d 1066 (Mass. 2007). “The defendant’s contention to the contrary notwithstanding, the “to serve at MCI Framingham” clause in her sentence is also consistent with G. L. c. 279, § 19, which provides that the “sentence to imprisonment of a female convicted of a felony shall be executed in the…”

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