103 CMR 460.10
Tracking of Transferred Treatment Center Residents
In order to facilitate the centralized control, monitoring and evaluation of transferred Treatment
Center residents, the Department shall develop, institute, and maintain a record keeping system at the
Treatment Center that will record each correctional institution at which a transferred Treatment Center
resident resides. These records will be kept for the following purposes:
(1) The Treatment Center Superintendent or a designee shall endeavor to obtain from each
correctional institution to which a transferred Treatment Center resident is transferred copies of any
records or documents relevant to such a resident's sexual dangerousness, treatment, rehabilitation,
disciplinary actions, and security concerns. The Treatment Center Superintendent or a designee shall
endeavor to include such records in a transferred resident's treatment and administrative files maintained
at the Treatment Center.
(2) The Treatment Center's Clinical Director of Treatment or a designee shall conduct annual reviews
of all transferred Treatment Center residents. Such reviews may include but are not limited to
interviews of the resident, review of the residents’ records from other correctional institutions, and
interviews with the staff of other correctional institutions. Any reports of such periodic reviews shall
be included in the transferred residents’ Treatment Center files and records.
(3) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 123A, §§ 2A & 6A, the Community Access Board ("CAB") shall continue
to conductannualreviewsof and prepare reports on the current sexual dangerousness of all transferred
residents. The CAB may also conduct a review in order to update an annual review in preparation for
a transferred resident's M.G.L. c. 123A, § 9 hearing. Reviews may include but are not limited to
personalinterviews ofthe resident, interviews with the staff of other correctional institutions, and to all
of the resident's records at the Treatment Center and any other correctional institution.