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Section 1Corporate status of department of youth services; holding and investing trust funds
Section 2Management, government and care of industrial schools; employment of expert personnel by director
Section 2ARepealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 29
Section 3Appointment of superintendents, chaplains and physicians
Section 4Rules and regulations; by-laws
Section 4ARepealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 32
Section 5Examination and study of children committed; re-examinations; records; discharge
Section 6Liberty under supervision; confinement; reconfinement; revocation or modification of order; discharge
Section 6ACorrection of socially harmful tendencies
Section 7Powers and duties of superintendent
Section 8Bond and accounts of superintendents; accounting to commissioner of youth services
Section 9Rogers fund
Section 10Use of public or private facilities, institutions and agencies; control; acceptance and control of delinquent children; inspection; effect of placement of person in or release from institution or control by department
Section 10ARepealed, 1949, 593, Sec. 2
Section 11Places for detention and diagnosis; treatment and training facilities; facilities to aid persons given conditional releases; forest or farm school camps
Section 12Release under supervision; placement into families or homes
Section 13Escape; breach of parole; arrest; detention
Section 13ACompensation for property damage caused by inmates; notice of damage; claim; filing
Section 14Applications for new commitments for mentally ill, developmentally disabled or sexually dangerous persons
Section 15Transfers from Massachusetts reformatory and reformatory for women
Section 16Discharge
Section 17Control beyond age limit; persons physically dangerous to public
Section 18Notice of application for review of order; hearing; appointment of counsel; court order
Section 19Continued control; later discharge; transfer to appropriate institutions
Section 20Repealed, 1996, 200, Sec. 22
Section 21Effect of commitment on application for public service; discharge; restoration of civil rights; records; inspection; consent; evidence in other proceedings
Section 22Inquiry into effectiveness of treatment methods; information; annual report; contents
Section 23Power of department to act as guardian of children
Section 23ADisposition of unclaimed money held for former ward; records
Section 24Expenditure of gifts
Section 25Children committed by United States courts
Section 26Escape; attempted escape; aiding or assisting