Code of Massachusetts Regulations
103 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Title 103 CMR 952.00 - County Correctional Facilities - Release Preparation And Temporary Release
Section 952.03 - Furloughs

Universal Citation: 103 MA Code of Regs 103.952

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

Written policy and procedure shall specify a system for reviewing applications for furlough for eligible inmates pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 90A. In accordance with those provisions:

(1) An inmate shall be limited to 14 days furlough in any one calendar year and not more than seven days furlough at any one time;

(2) Furloughs or emergency escorted trips may be granted for any of the following purposes:

(a) to attend a funeral of a relative;

(b) to visit a critically ill relative;

(c) to obtain medical, psychiatric, psychological or other social services when adequate services are not available at the facility and cannot be obtained by temporary placement in a hospital as provided in M.G.L. c. 127, §§ 117A and 118;

(d) to contact prospective employers;

(e) to secure a suitable residence for use upon release, parole or discharge; and

(f) for any other reason consistent with the reintegration of a committed offender into the community.

(3) The Sheriff/facility administrator may require that an inmate on furlough be escorted by an employee of the county correctional facility;

(4) An inmate may not leave the Commonwealth on furlough; and,

(5) The county correctional facility shall inform local law enforcement or the victim, if a citizen initiated petition is on file, of any furlough.

Furlough procedures are not applicable to jail facilities. However, emergency escorted trips are applicable to both jail and houses of correction.

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