Massachusetts Department Of Correction
Correctional officers
Working in a correctional institution can be stressful and hazardous. Every year, a number of correctional officers are injured in confrontations with inmates. Correctional officers may work indoors or outdoors. Some correctional institutions are well lighted, temperature controlled, and ventilated, while others are old, overcrowded, hot, and noisy. Correctional officers usually work an 8-hour day, 5 days a week, on rotating shifts. Prison and jail security must be provided around the clock, which often means that officers work all hours of the day and night, weekends, and holidays. In addition, officers may be required to work paid overtime. ... [Read More]
Department of Corrections Links
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M.G.L. - Part 1 - Table of Contents
CHAPTER 27. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. ... CHAPTER 124. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. ... CHAPTER 22D. DEPARTMENT OF FIRE SERVICES. ... [Read More]
Massachusetts (Reentry)
The Massachusetts Department of Corrections will target high-risk offenders ages 18–35. The program will assess offenders’ needs in housing, substance abuse, mental health, and employment and will address these needs by developing individual program participation plans. Project funds will be used to provide housing-related services for offenders within the target population; design, build, test, and improve a system using ongoing resources so that reentry programs are not dependent on federal funding; enhance existing state and local resources and provide options not otherwise available or sufficient; and hire one full-time director of reentry, five full-time reentry case managers, and five full-time housing specialists. ... [Read More]
Corrections Links
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M.G.L - Chapter 66, Section 10
The home address and home telephone number of law enforcement, judicial, prosecutorial, department of youth services, department of social services, department of correction and any other public safety and criminal justice system personnel shall not be public records in the custody of the employers of such personnel or the public employee retirement administration commission or any retirement board established under chapter 32 and shall not be disclosed, but such information may be disclosed to an employee organization under chapter 150E, a nonprofit organization for retired public employees under chapter 180 or to a criminal justice agency as defined in section 167 of chapter 6. The name and home address and telephone number of a family member of any such personnel shall not be public records in the custody of the employers of the foregoing persons or the public employee retirement administration commission or any retirement board established under chapter 32 and shall not ... [Read More]
Massachusetts Department of Correction - Executive Office of Public Safety
Welcome to the Department of Correction agency page. The Department of Correction is comprised of professionals who are committed to an open and respectful organization dedicated to public safety through the safe, secure, humane confinement and successful re-entry of our offender population. ... The Massachusetts Department of Correction's mission is to promote public safety by incarcerating offenders while providing opportunities for participation in effective programming designed to reduce recidivism. ... [Read More]
Archived: Massachusetts Department of Correction
Federal Project Officer : U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of National Programs, Office of Correctional Education, (202) 205-5621 ... Awardee : Massachusetts Department of Correction ... [Read More]
Links
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Department of Correction Budget Recommendations
8900-0045 The department of correction is hereby authorized to expend for the operation of the department, including personnel-related expenses, an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 from federal inmate reimbursements; provided, that $900,000 from said reimbursements shall not be available for expenditure and shall be deposited in the General Fund prior to the retention by the department of any said reimbursements; and provided further, that notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and related expenditures, the department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate therefor as reported in the state accounting system 3,000,000 ... [Read More]
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