Code of Massachusetts Regulations
103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 463.00 - Furloughs
Section 463.08 - Furlough Time

(1) An inmate of any state correctional facility shall be eligible for 14 furlough days (336 hours) during his furlough year.

(2) An inmate shall not be eligible to receive more than seven furlough days in the first half of a furlough year except for inmates participating in pre-release programs who may be so eligible.

(3) Furlough days or any part remaining at the end of the first half of the furlough year may be carried from the first half of a furlough year to the next, but no furlough days may be carried from one furlough year to the next furlough year.

(4) Inmates returning early from a furlough shall be credited for such early return in full unused half hour periods of time. Inmates returning late from a furlough shall have time deducted for such late return in half hour periods of time.

(5) An inmate's furlough year will begin either from the date of the inmate's emergency furlough, emergency escorted furlough, or the date of the inmate's initial furlough, taken during the current commitment.

(6) Should an inmate on positive furlough status lose that status due to a classification decision or disciplinary sanction, the effective date of the furlough year will not be affected if he is reinstated to positive furlough status.

(7) The Superintendent and/or designee may restrict the length and frequency of furloughs.

(8) Each inmate will leave 12 furlough hours unused until the last two weeks of his furlough half year for the purpose of ensuring ample available time in case of the need for an emergency furlough.