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Department of Correction Public Policies

These are unofficial versions of the department’s policies. Do not rely on this information without first checking an official copy of the policy.
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Public Policies

CMR 131 - News media relations (English, PDF 501.13 KB)
CMR 155 - Inmate six part folder (English, PDF 22.03 KB)
CMR 157 - Regulations governing access to and dissemination of evaluative information (English, PDF 31.81 KB)
CMR 180 - Regulations governing research and evaluation (English, PDF 39.25 KB)
CMR 403 - Inmate property (English, PDF 47.86 KB)
CMR 405 - Inmate funds (English, PDF 48.8 KB)
CMR 410 - Sentence computations (English, PDF 23.66 KB)
CMR 411 - Deductions from sentence (English, PDF 33.4 KB)
CMR 420 - Classification (English, PDF 46.73 KB)
CMR 421 - Department segregation units (English, PDF 736.42 KB)
CMR 423 - Restrictive Housing (English, PDF 94.51 KB)
CMR 424 - Phase treatment program (English, PDF 31.45 KB)
CMR 425 - Placement Reviews in Secure Treatment Units (English, PDF 22.88 KB)
CMR 430 - Inmate Discipline (English, PDF 149.9 KB)
CMR 431 - Observation of behavior reports (English, PDF 744.24 KB)
CMR 453 - Selection procedures for cadres (English, PDF 135.27 KB)
CMR 455 - Prison industries (English, PDF 49.06 KB)
CMR 460 - Transfer procedures - Massachusetts Treatment Center (English, PDF 59.71 KB)
CMR 462 - International transfers (English, PDF 150 KB)
CMR 463 - Furloughs (English, PDF 37.18 KB)
CMR 464 - Work release (English, PDF 49.17 KB)
CMR 465 - Education and training release (English, PDF 38.6 KB)
CMR 471 - Religious activities (English, PDF 35.18 KB)
CMR 477 - Avocation programs (English, PDF 20.87 KB)
CMR 478 - Library services (English, PDF 28.4 KB)
CMR 481 - Inmate mail (English, PDF 209.04 KB)
CMR 482 - Telephone access and use (English, PDF 22.42 KB)
CMR 483 - Visiting procedures (English, PDF 67.68 KB)
CMR 485 - Volunteer and volunteer programs (English, PDF 37.22 KB)
CMR 486 - Attorney access (English, PDF 41.2 KB)
CMR 491 - Inmate grievance (English, PDF 56.84 KB)
CMR 505 - Use of force (English, PDF 149 KB)
CMR 761 - Access to therapeutic diets and medical care (English, PDF 264.14 KB)
CMR 900 to 923 - County correctional facilities part 1 (English, PDF 2.67 MB)
CMR 924 to end - County correctional facilities part 2 (English, PDF 3.15 MB)
DOC 100 - Department vision, mission, and quarterly-annual reports (English, PDF 176.9 KB)
DOC 101 - Correctional institution security levels (English, PDF 193.61 KB)
DOC 102 - Organizational function/staff meetings (English, PDF 154.33 KB)
DOC 103 - Delegation of authority (English, PDF 170.42 KB)
DOC 104 - Internal regulations (English, PDF 964.97 KB)
DOC 105 - Department duty station (English, PDF 718.5 KB)
DOC 108 - Institution policy on program/facility access for disabled persons (English, PDF 224.26 KB)
DOC 112 - Institution assessment/inspection (English, PDF 254.31 KB)
DOC 122 - Vehicle usage and control (English, PDF 640.24 KB)
DOC 132 - Inter-agency/federal agency relations (English, PDF 199.19 KB)
DOC 133 - Public relations (English, PDF 204.62 KB)
DOC 139 - Private organizations relations (English, PDF 145.64 KB)
DOC 153 - CORI regulations (English, PDF 144.14 KB)
DOC 154 - Central office records (English, PDF 207.64 KB)
DOC 156 - Destruction of inmate records (English, PDF 139.68 KB)
DOC 158 - Disposal of outdated documents (English, PDF 177.4 KB)
DOC 172 - Community relations board (English, PDF 74.2 KB)
DOC 175 - Department planning process (English, PDF 34.32 KB)
DOC 181 - Regulations governing statistical reporting (English, PDF 192.82 KB)
DOC 201 - Selection and hiring (English, PDF 1.75 MB)
DOC 202 - Civil service and the Massachusetts human resources division (English, PDF 526.68 KB)
DOC 203 - Employee smoking (English, PDF 123.19 KB)
DOC 204 - Personnel records (English, PDF 285.41 KB)
DOC 205 - Position classification (English, PDF 441.95 KB)
DOC 206 - Access to the Americans with Disabilities Act request for a reasonable accommodation and self identification of disability for employees, job applicants, contractors, and vendors (English, PDF 585.23 KB)
DOC 208 - Personnel orientation (English, PDF 466.24 KB)
DOC 209 - Sick leave (English, PDF 228.33 KB)
DOC 210 - Pay administration (English, PDF 252.96 KB)
DOC 210A - Coding of overtime (English, PDF 165.49 KB)
DOC 211 - Employee benefits (English, PDF 3.32 MB)
DOC 213 - Alternative work options (English, PDF 256.74 KB)
DOC 214 - Employee meals (English, PDF 300.37 KB)
DOC 215 - Conflict of Interest and American Correctional Association Code of Ethics (English, PDF 226.63 KB)
DOC 216 - Training and staff development (English, PDF 458.58 KB)
DOC 220 - Employee rules and regulations (English, PDF 146.3 KB)
DOC 221 - Temporary modified work program (English, PDF 213.46 KB)
DOC 222 - Employee performance evaluation (English, PDF 340.39 KB)
DOC 223 - Separations (English, PDF 133.12 KB)
DOC 224 - Uniforms (English, PDF 253.79 KB)
DOC 225 - Professional boundaries policy (English, PDF 123.93 KB)
DOC 226 - Internship program policy (English, PDF 310.24 KB)
DOC 229 - Award program (English, PDF 280.44 KB)
DOC 230 - Discipline and terminations (English, PDF 1.82 MB)
DOC 237 - Prevention and elimination of workplace violence (English, PDF 377.09 KB)
DOC 238 - The prohibition of sexual assault, domestic violence, harassment, and stalking (English, PDF 400.35 KB)
DOC 239 - The prevention and elimination of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace (English, PDF 171.76 KB)
DOC 240 - Employee drug testing and screening (English, PDF 259.89 KB)
DOC 250 - Labor relations general (English, PDF 220.12 KB)
DOC 270 - Labor relations - grievance procedures (English, PDF 256.56 KB)
DOC 300 - Annual budget (English, PDF 140.33 KB)
DOC 339 - Materials and supplies inventory and control (English, PDF 276.43 KB)
DOC 340 - Department purchasing procedures (English, PDF 220.84 KB)
DOC 341 - Recycling (English, PDF 124.7 KB)
DOC 342 - Leases and rentals (English, PDF 92.55 KB)
DOC 343 - Fixed assets inventory and control (English, PDF 306.7 KB)
DOC 344 - Personal insurance coverage (English, PDF 156.12 KB)
DOC 345 - Department payment procedures (English, PDF 170.05 KB)
DOC 346 - Department internal control procedures (English, PDF 266.38 KB)
DOC 400 - Inmate management (English, PDF 126.54 KB)
DOC 401 - Booking and admission (English, PDF 470.13 KB)
DOC 402 - Inmate identification (English, PDF 127.66 KB)
DOC 407 - Victim services unit (English, PDF 251.77 KB)
DOC 408 - Reasonable accommodations for inmates (English, PDF 619.69 KB)
DOC 417 - Criminal history record information (English, PDF 169.92 KB)
DOC 418 - Early parole consideration (English, PDF 152.77 KB)
DOC 419 - Federal and interstate compact (English, PDF 169.62 KB)
DOC 422 - Protective custody units (English, PDF 104.17 KB)
DOC 426 - Conflicts (English, PDF 180.22 KB)
DOC 427 - Behavior Assessment units and secure adjustment units (English, PDF 292.68 KB)
DOC 441 - Inmate training and education (English, PDF 671.08 KB)
DOC 444 - Inmate smoking (English, PDF 140.23 KB)
DOC 445 - Substance abuse program (English, PDF 196.26 KB)
DOC 446 - Sex offender management (English, PDF 137.2 KB)
DOC 450 - Inmate work assignments (English, PDF 210.35 KB)
DOC 458 - Qualified Examiner Evaluations Pursuant to MGL c 123A (English, PDF 178.24 KB)
DOC 459 - Massachusetts Treatment Center community access board (English, PDF 173.6 KB)
DOC 461 - Inmate transfer (English, PDF 191.71 KB)
DOC 466 - Program related activity (English, PDF 326.57 KB)
DOC 467 - Inmate absentee voting (English, PDF 165.66 KB)
DOC 468 - Electronic monitoring program (English, PDF 283.05 KB)
DOC 472 - Inmate recreation and leisure activities (English, PDF 212.99 KB)
DOC 473 - Inmate self improvement groups (English, PDF 91.71 KB)
DOC 476 - Canteen and Vending Machine Operations and Expenditures (English, PDF 264.85 KB)
DOC 487 - DNA sample collection (English, PDF 283.36 KB)
DOC 488 - Interpreter service (English, PDF 177.92 KB)
DOC 492 - Inmate weddings (English, PDF 190.04 KB)
DOC 493 - Reentry policy (English, PDF 208.77 KB)
DOC 506 - Search policy (English, PDF 649.27 KB)
DOC 507 - Security equipment (English, PDF 429.51 KB)
DOC 508 - Firearms (English, PDF 350.48 KB)
DOC 509 - OC, Chemical agents, specialty impact munition/distraction devices, batons, and electronic control devices (English, PDF 227.6 KB)
DOC 519 - Sexual harassment/abuse response prevention policy (English, PDF 614.42 KB)
DOC 520 - Instruments of Restraint (English, PDF 306.4 KB)
DOC 522 - Professional Standards Unit (English, PDF 449.49 KB)
DOC 525 - Inmate Substance Abuse Monitoring and Testing (English, PDF 362.08 KB)
DOC 558 - K-9 Unit (English, PDF 366.31 KB)
DOC 561 - Planned institutional searches conducted by the special operation response unit (English, PDF 222.21 KB)
DOC 601 - DOC Division of health services organization (English, PDF 199.98 KB)
DOC 603 - Medical parole (English, PDF 658.71 KB)
DOC 604 - Outside hospital relations (English, PDF 53.26 KB)
DOC 607 - Health records (English, PDF 281.52 KB)
DOC 610 - Clinical contract personnel and the role of DOC health services (English, PDF 122.06 KB)
DOC 620 - Special health care practices (English, PDF 284.2 KB)
DOC 621 - Do not resuscitate (DNR) orders (English, PDF 142.56 KB)
DOC 622 - Death procedures (English, PDF 477.11 KB)
DOC 630 - Medical service (English, PDF 333.79 KB)
DOC 631 - Communicable diseases (English, PDF 214.97 KB)
DOC 640 - Dental services (English, PDF 217.9 KB)
DOC 650 - Mental health services (English, PDF 845.11 KB)
DOC 651 - Use of seclusion and restraints for Bridgewater State Hospital (English, PDF 266.65 KB)
DOC 652 - Identification, treatment and correctional management of inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria (English, PDF 1.04 MB)
DOC 653 - Identification, treatment, and correctional management of gender non-conforming inmates (English, PDF 181.36 KB)
DOC 660 - Medical supplies and equipment (English, PDF 298.98 KB)
DOC 661 - Pharmacy and medications (English, PDF 399.11 KB)
DOC 662 - Clinical trials and medical research involving inmate participation (English, PDF 197.41 KB)
DOC 700 - Site selection (English, PDF 177.23 KB)
DOC 703 - Design criteria and planning guidelines (English, PDF 463.71 KB)
DOC 730 - Fire prevention and safety (English, PDF 1.63 MB)
DOC 740 - Maintenance and sanitation standards (English, PDF 467.9 KB)
DOC 750 - Hygiene standards (English, PDF 214.25 KB)
DOC 755 - Clothing, linen, and laundry (English, PDF 244.62 KB)
DOC 756 - Information technology systems (English, PDF 290.96 KB)
DOC 757 - Internet, intranet, and VPN procedures (English, PDF 272.06 KB)
DOC 758 - E-mail (English, PDF 181.38 KB)
DOC 759 - Security technology policy (English, PDF 192.9 KB)
DOC 760 - Food service (English, PDF 397.09 KB)
DOC 762 - Inmate haircuts (English, PDF 188.7 KB)
DOC 763 - Inmate medical co-payments (English, PDF 208.91 KB)

Public Policies (Spanish)

CMR 410 - Computacion de sentencia (English, PDF 57.66 KB)
CMR 421 - Unidades de segregacion departamentales (Spanish, PDF 703.58 KB)
CMR 424 - Programa de tratamiento en fases (Spanish, PDF 329.31 KB)
CMR 431 - Informes de observacion de conducta (Spanish, PDF 853.16 KB)
CMR 460 - Procedimiento de traslado para el Centro de Tratamiento de Massachusetts (Spanish, PDF 681.75 KB)
CMR 463 - Licencias (Spanish, PDF 1.03 MB)
CMR 465 - Pase de educacion y capacitacion (Spanish, PDF 480.84 KB)
CMR 477 - Programas de pasatiempo (avocation) (Spanish, PDF 226.57 KB)
CMR 761 - Accesso a dietas terapeuticas y cuidado medico (Spanish, PDF 305.52 KB)

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

403 SOP - Inmate property (English, PDF 707.01 KB)
463 SOP - Furloughs- Emergency Escorted Trips (English, PDF 321.34 KB)
472 SOP - Exercise Area (English, PDF 262.29 KB)
481 SOP - Privileged Mail (English, PDF 136.67 KB)
482 SOP- Telephone Access and Use (Videophone, CAPTEL, and TTY devices for deaf and hard-of-hearing inmates) (English, PDF 156.03 KB)
486 SOP - Attorney Video Visits (English, PDF 118.04 KB)
491 SOP - Informal Complaint Resolution (English, PDF 139.49 KB)
505 SOP - Use of Force (English, PDF 377.16 KB)
520 SOP - Instruments of Restraint (English, PDF 111.46 KB)
650 SOP - Outside Mental Health Professional Evaluations by Video (English, PDF 286.96 KB)
751 SOP - Information technology security (English, PDF 91.3 KB)

Policy Attachments

Wellpath Medication Assisted Treatment Protocols

Agreement for Abstinence (English, PDF 216.41 KB)
Agreement for Buprenorphine Treatment (English, PDF 109.17 KB)
Agreement for Naltrexone Treatment (English, PDF 104.78 KB)
Informed Consent for Naltrexone (English, PDF 187.29 KB)
Wellpath Informed Consent for Buprenorphine (English, PDF 187.55 KB)
Wellpath Medication Assisted Treatment Protocol (English, PDF 226.31 KB)

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