GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 120. DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES AND MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.

Chapter 120, Section 1. Corporate status of department of youth services; holding and investing trust funds.

Chapter 120, Section 2. Management, government and care of industrial schools; employment of expert personnel by director.

Chapter 120, Section 2A. Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 29.

Chapter 120, Section 3. Appointment of superintendents, chaplains and physicians.

Chapter 120, Section 4. Rules and regulations; by-laws.

Chapter 120, Section 4A. Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 32.

Chapter 120, Section 5. Examination and study of children committed; re-examinations; records; discharge.

Chapter 120, Section 6. Liberty under supervision; confinement; reconfinement; revocation or modification of order; discharge.

Chapter 120, Section 6A. Correction of socially harmful tendencies.

Chapter 120, Section 7. Powers and duties of superintendent.

Chapter 120, Section 8. Bond and accounts of superintendents; accounting to commissioner of youth services.

Chapter 120, Section 9. Rogers fund.

Chapter 120, Section 10. Use of public or private facilities, institutions and agencies; control; inspection; acceptance and control of delinquent children; effect of placement of person in or release from institution or control by department.

Chapter 120, Section 10A. Repealed, 1949, 593, Sec. 2.

Chapter 120, Section 11. Places for detention and diagnosis; treatment and training facilities; facilities to aid persons given conditional releases; forest or farm school camps.

Chapter 120, Section 12. Parole; placing custody in home or family; notice to police authority; supervising agents; notice to commissioner of transitional assistance; resumption of custody.

Chapter 120, Section 13. Escape; breach of parole; arrest; detention.

Chapter 120, Section 13A. Compensation for property damage caused by inmates; notice of damage; claim; filing.

Chapter 120, Section 14. Applications for new commitments for mentally ill, developmentally disabled or sexually dangerous persons.

Chapter 120, Section 15. Transfers from Massachusetts reformatory and reformatory for women.

Chapter 120, Section 16. Discharge.

Chapter 120, Section 17. Procedure when discharge deemed dangerous; control beyond age limit; order; application; statement of facts; review of order.

Chapter 120, Section 18. Notice of application for review of order; hearing; appointment of counsel; court order.

Chapter 120, Section 19. Control continued upon court confirmation of department order; power to transfer custody of persons eighteen or older.

Chapter 120, Section 20. Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 22.

Chapter 120, Section 21. Effect of commitment on application for public service; discharge; restoration of civil rights; records; inspection; consent; evidence in other proceedings.

Chapter 120, Section 22. Inquiry into effectiveness of methods; information; annual report; contents.

Chapter 120, Section 23. Power of department to act as guardian of children.

Chapter 120, Section 23A. Disposition of unclaimed money held for former ward; records.

Chapter 120, Section 24. Expenditure of gifts.

Chapter 120, Section 25. Children committed by United States courts.

Chapter 120, Section 26. Escape or attempt to escape; aiding or assisting child in escape.

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