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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  3. Title II PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  4. Chapter 279 JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION
  5. Section 23 Limitation of sentences of males to jails or houses of correction

Section 23

Section 23: Limitation of sentences of males to jails or houses of correction

Section 23. No sentence of a male convict to imprisonment or confinement for more than two and one half years shall be executed in any jail or house of correction.