Processing--Hearing-of-Complaints-for-Judicial-Review.pdf
Massachusetts Superior Court procedure for handling certiorari proceedings, which are used to challenge prison administrative decisions about discipline and classification.

Disability-Law-Center---Complaint.pdf
Complaint filed in federal court in Massachusetts seeking to compel the Department of Correction to improve its treatment of mentally ill prisoners.

Final-Report-of-the-External-Female-Offender-REview-Panel-Group-C-71305.pdf
Report on operations of the Massachusetts Department of Correction affecting female prisoners. It was prepared by a committee that included experts from outside the DOC.

UMASS-Rpt-on-Women-in-Prison-in-MA-March-2005.PDF
Report from the University of Massachusetts on women in the custody of the state's Department of Correction.

Harshbarger-Commission-Report-June-2004.pdf
This is the Final Report of the Governor's Commission on Correctional Reform. It provides a good review of the Massachusetts DOC's problems and what ought to be done to address them. This is a LONG document.

Corrections-Advisory-Council-Preliminary-Report-June-2005.pdf
The Department of Corrections Advisory Council was created to monitor the progress of the DOC with the recommendations of the Harshbarger Commission.

Corrections-Advisory-Council-Final-Report-October-2005.PDF

Ciampi.PDF
This terrible decision radically abandons decades of careful legislation and exposes all funds in Massachusetts prisoners' canteen accounts to seizure for disciplinary violations.

Donohue.PDF
This decision provides Massachusetts sheriffs with an important tool for controlling overcrowding in the county houses of correction by. It holds that sheriffs may place carefully screened prisoners on home confinement monitored by GPS bracelets once they are within 18 months of parole eligibility.

DOC-Male-Objective-Classification-Operational-Manual.pdf
This is the instruction manual for DOC classification personnel who are analyzing a prisoner's criminal history and history in prison in order to determine what security level to assign him to.

New-Classification-Instrument.pdf
This is the scoring form currently used by the Massachusetts DOC to determine what security level to assign a male prisoner to.

Kelley-v.-Hodgson-Summary-Jmt-Decision-20090924.pdf
This superior court decision holds the Bristol County Sheriff liable for double-celling in the ancient Ash Street Jail, triple-celling in the "modern" Bristol County House of Correction, and for locking prisoners in the Bristol County House of Correction in cells without toilets.