Use of force reports, <1980>-[ongoing].

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Use of force reports, <1980>-[ongoing].

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Pursuant to MGLA c 124, s 1 (q), the commissioner of correction sets standards to maintain discipline in correctional institutions. Institutional suuperintendents are required by c 127, s 33 "to maintain order in the institutions under their supervision, suppress insurrection and prevent escapes." 103 CMR 505 provides guidelines for the use of force, which may be applied when necessary to prevent a felony, in self-defense, to prevent or control a disturbance, or to preserve instituional order or security, among others. Use of force reports were created to monitor forcible action required to restrain inmate behavior. They are submitted by the instituional director of security to the superintendent, who reviews and transmits them to the commissioner.

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Correction. (1919-)

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The Commissioners of Prisons were established pursuant to St 1870, c 370. As reconstituted under St 1879, c 294, they were also known as the Board of Commissioners of Prisons. They were succeeded in turn by the Board of Prison Commissioners (St 1901, c 364), the Massachusetts Bureau of Prisons (St 1916, c 241), and the Dept. of Correction (St 1919, c 350, s 82) NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agencies described above can be found by searching the following ...