Code of Massachusetts Regulations
103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 403.00 - INMATE PROPERTY
Section 403.18 - Transfer or Release of Inmate Property

(1) Upon notification of transfer of an inmate, the sending institution Property Officer or designee shall prepare a ditty bag for transfer. The contents of the ditty bag shall be recorded in IMS. The Property Officer shall also search and inventory all the inmate's remaining property and transfer all property authorized for retention at the receiving facility security level to the inmate as soon as practicable thereafter. Any and all property which is considered to be contraband at the inmate's receiving facility shall be disposed of by the sending facility in accordance with 103 CMR 403.15. The Property Officer shall release the inmate's inventory to the receiving facility via IMS.

(2) All food items in possession of an inmate shall not be transferred between institutions. All such food items shall be considered contraband and disposed of in accordance with 103 CMR 403.15.

(3) At the receiving facility, the inmate shall sign a receipt, generated from IMS, accepting the property returned and such receipt shall be kept with the inmate's property record. In the event that an inmate refuses to sign a receipt, such refusal shall be noted on the inventory by the Property Officer or designee, but shall not be grounds for withholding the property.

(4) Whenever an inmate is absent from his or her living quarters for an extended period of time (e.g., outside hospital, disciplinary detention), the officer in charge of the area in which the inmate is housed shall securely lock the inmate's living quarters or property in accordance with Standing Operating Procedures.