Legal

State Register & Legal Laws

• Massachusetts Public Sex Offender Registration – This is the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board official Sex Offender Registry database. It can be used to view information about a Sexual Offender.
• Information for Sex Offenders – Information for Sex Offenders is provide by the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board.
• Sex Offender Forms – Downloadable forms for sex offenders provided by the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board.
• Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Statute – Information about the statute for the sex offender registry in Massachusetts.
• Sex Offender Registry Board – Information about the sex offender registry board: registration, classification and dissemination.  (This is a .pdf file)
• Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS)
  44 Bromfield Street
  Boston, MA 02108
  Phone: 617-482-6212 – Fax: 617-988-8495
  Email: ac@publiccounsel.net
  Website: https://www.publiccounsel.net/pc/alternativecommitment-and-registration-support-unit/
  Who to Contact: Assignment Coordinator at the Alternative
  Commitment & Registration Unit
  Services: Provides assistance on issues relating to the Sex Offender Registry and classification.
  The website is designed to provide information for attorneys;
  however, it also contains information that former sex offenders may find helpful, including overviews of the sex offender registration and notification act, civil commitment, lifetime community parole, and information on sex offender legislation, regulations and registration
  fees.
• ACLU of Massachusetts
  Contact: Legal Intake
  Address: 211 Congress Street
  Boston, MA 02110
  Phone: (617) 482-3170; (617) 451-0009 fax
  E-mail: info@aclum.org
  Website: www.aclu-mass.org
  Services: Handles cases involving civil-liberties violations; provide limited direct referrals.
• Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP)
  Contact: Sarah Morton
  Address: Gannett House 100
  Harvard Law School
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  Phone: (617) 495-3969 (non-collect)
  Hotline: (617) 495-3127 (in-state prisoners only)
  State and Local Organizations
  Services: Represents prisoners at disciplinary and/or parole hearings. Also assists State prisoners with other prison-related problems via hotline. Services for Massachusetts prisoners only. No self-help manuals. Does not send legal materials in the mail.
• Prisoners’ Legal Services
  Contact: Leslie Walker
  Address: 10 Winthrop Square, 3rd Floor
  Boston, MA 02110
  Phone: (617) 482-2773; (617) 451-6383 fax
  E-mail: lwalker@plsma.org
  Website: www.plsma.org
  Services: Provides direct services to Massachusetts prisoners on the following matters: civil-rights violations, denial of medical care, brutality, recovery of “lost” property, sentence calculation, parole application and revocation, advice and referrals for disciplinary hearings and post-conviction proceedings (no direct representation), and visitation.
  Publishes a free quarterly newsletter, MCLS Notes, in English and Spanish. MCLS accepts collect calls from Massachusetts prisoners on Monday afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. (800) 882-1413/(617) 482-4124 (County Facilities) (877) 249-1342 (DOC Facilities).
• Suffolk County House of Correction, Inmate Legal Services
  Address: 20 Bradston Street
  Boston, MA 02118
  Phone: (617) 635-1000 x2178
  Services: General legal services, exclusively serving indigent prisoners confined to the Suffolk County House of Correction in Boston. By appointment and referral, assist with routine jail credit, sentencing, and habeas corpus; claims for bail money and personal property; post-conviction motions, parole and disciplinary hearings; and assistance with pro se civil matters, including referral and coordination with outside counsel.