120 Mass. Reg. 200.08 : — PAROLE BOARDParole Eligibility — Consecutive ("From and After") Sentences

(1) House of Correction. Parole eligibility for an inmate serving consecutive house of correction sentences shall be determined as provided in 120 CMR 200.02(1).
(2) State Prison. Parole eligibility for an inmate serving consecutive state prison sentences shall be determined by calculating the parole eligibility date for each component sentence. This shall be accomplished by basing parole eligibility dates on the running of each component sentence from and after each other in the order imposed. The dates calculated shall be aggregated with the latest date controlling the parole eligibility date for the aggregate sentencing structure.
(3) Exceptions. The following exceptions to the above-provisions shall be recognized:
(a) Consecutive sentence for a crime committed while on parole shall not be aggregated with the governing sentence for purposes of determining parole eligibility on the consecutive sentence;
(b) A split sentence may not be aggregated with any other sentence to determine parole eligibility if the parole eligibility date of the split sentence exceeds the committed portion of that sentence;
(c) A sentence for a crime committed on or after January 1, 1988 which is ordered to run consecutive to a life sentence shall not be aggregated with the life sentence for purposes of calculating parole eligibility on the consecutive sentence.

120 CMR 200.08

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1330, eff. 1/13/2017.