Section 179.12 - Reporting Responsibilities of the Commissioner and the SheriffsPursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39D (a), the Commissioner shall publish monthly and provide directly to the Committee the number of inmates held in restrictive housing within each state and county correctional facility; the reports shall include the number of inmates for each unit in which inmates are held in restrictive housing. The Commissioner shall determine the format of said report and the manner of compiling and reporting said information.
Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39D (b), the Commissioner shall publish a report quarterly and provide directly to the Committee, as to inmates in restrictive housing, within each state correctional facility, and annually, as to inmates in restrictive housing within each county correctional facility:
(a) the number of inmates as to whom a finding of serious mental illness has been made and the number of such inmates held for more than 30 days;(b) the number of inmates who have committed suicide or committed non-lethal acts of self-harm;(c) the number of inmates according to the reason for their restrictive housing;(d) as to inmates in disciplinary restrictive housing, a listing of inmates with names redacted, including an anonymized identification number that shall be consistent across reports, age, race, gender and ethnicity, whether the inmate has an open mental health case, the date the inmate commenced serving a disciplinary restrictive housing sanction, the length of the inmate's disciplinary restrictive housing sanction, and a summary of the reason for the inmate's disciplinary restrictive housing sanction;(e) the number of placement reviews conducted pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39B(a), clause (iv) and (v) and the number of inmates released from restrictive housing as a result of such placement reviews;(f) the length of original assignment to and total time served in disciplinary restrictive housing for each inmate released from disciplinary restrictive housing as a result of a placement review;(g) the count of inmates released to the community directly or within 30 days of release from restrictive housing;(h) the known disabilities of every inmate who was placed in restrictive housing during the previous three months;(i) the number of mental health professionals who work directly with inmates in restrictive housing;(j) the number of transfers to outside hospitals directly from restrictive housing; and(k) such additional information as the Commissioner may determine. The reports shall include the number of inmates for each unit in which inmates are held in restrictive housing. The information shall be published in a commonly available electronic, machine readable format. Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39D(c), the administrators of county correctional facilities shall timely furnish to the Commissioner all information that the Commissioner deems necessary to support reporting pursuant to M.G.L. c. 127, § 39D in a form and format agreed upon by the Commissioner and county administrators.
Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1398, eff. 8/23/2019.