Code of Massachusetts Regulations
103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 155.00 - Inmate Six-Part Folder
Section 155.05 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 103 MA Code of Regs 103.155
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

County Federal Interstate Unit (CFI). A Unit within the Classification Division responsible for issues related to inmates who are housed in a county, federal or other state jurisdiction, as well as county, federal or other state jurisdiction inmates housed within the Department.

Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS). Database which offers law enforcement and criminal justice agencies within the state and across the nation secure access 24 hours per day seven days a week to state and interstate criminal history record information, protective orders, missing and wanted person files, driver's license and motor vehicle information, firearms licensing and gun sales transactions, and other critical criminal justice information, via the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS).

Detainee. A person in custody of the Department of Correction who is not sentenced and is awaiting the outcome of a legal issue.

Detainee Record. A manila folder created to maintain records of detainees.

Index Divider. A spacer that is placed within the positions of the six-part folder to distinguish between sections of documents within each position.

Inmate. For the purposes of 103 CMR 155.00 only, any person serving a sentence under the law or otherwise in the legal custody of the Department of Correction.

Inmate Sentence Listing. The form providing essential inmate sentencing information including the date of imposition of the sentence, any jail credits, effective date of sentence, offense, sentence, sentencing court, and sentencing statute.

Official Version. A statement of the facts upon which the inmate's sentence was based.

Position. One of the six sections which exist in every inmate's six-part folder.

Six-part Folder. An inmate record divided into six categories and the computerized inmate record used by the Department of Correction for the recording and/or filing of documents in accordance with 103 CMR 155.06(3).

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