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Holding officers and employees as hostages

M.G.L. c. 127, § 38A
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c. 127, § 38A. Holding officers and employees as hostages Section 38A. Any prisoner in any penal or reformatory institution who holds any officer or employee of such institution or any other person as a hostage shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.
Source: Massachusetts General Court (malegislature.gov)URL: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVIII/Chapter127/Section38AFetched: 10/20/2026

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