# Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 6: Annual reports to general court

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 6
- **Heading:** Annual reports to general court
- **Jurisdiction:** Massachusetts
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 124 / Section 6

## Text

Section 6. He shall make an annual report setting forth fully and in detail the actual condition on November thirtieth of each correctional institution of the commonwealth, and on December thirty-first of each jail and house of correction, the number of inmates in each, such statistics from the reports required by section eight as will show the results of criminal prosecutions, and such statistics from the reports required by section nine, and by section one hundred of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, as he considers proper. The report shall state the industries which have been carried on in the institutions named in section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven during the year, the number of prisoners employed in each, the greatest and smallest number thereof at any one time, the kind and quantity of goods manufactured, the amount thereof sold to such institutions and elsewhere, and the prices received therefor. The report shall include the reports made to him by the officers of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, of the other penal institutions, and of the parole board.

Section 6. He shall make an annual report setting forth fully and in detail the actual condition on November thirtieth of each correctional institution of the commonwealth, and on December thirty-first of each jail and house of correction, the number of inmates in each, such statistics from the reports required by section eight as will show the results of criminal prosecutions, and such statistics from the reports required by section nine, and by section one hundred of chapter two hundred and seventy-six, as he considers proper. The report shall state the industries which have been carried on in the institutions named in section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven during the year, the number of prisoners employed in each, the greatest and smallest number thereof at any one time, the kind and quantity of goods manufactured, the amount thereof sold to such institutions and elsewhere, and the prices received therefor. The report shall include the reports made to him by the officers of the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, of the other penal institutions, and of the parole board.

## Nearby sections

- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 1 Powers and duties of commissioner of correction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S1.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 2 Deputy commissioners; duties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S2.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 5 Reports to governor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S5.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 6 Annual reports to general court](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S6.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 6A Report on the use of facilities of the department of corrections and of sheriff's offices](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S6A.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 8 Reports of criminal cases by clerks of courts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S8.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 9 Monthly reports of arrests](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S9.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 10 Corporate status of department for purpose of grants, gifts or bequests; site selection for new facilities; title to property](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TXVIII_C124_S10.md)

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