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Item 2: The jurisdiction counts exclude inmates in the county system (local jails and houses of correction) serving a sentence of over one year. By Law, offenders in Massachusetts may be sentenced to terms of up to 2 1/2 years in locally-operated jails and correctional institutions. Such population is excluded from the state count but is included in published population counts and rates for local jails and correctional institutions.