Government Organizations & Professional Associations
The following is a collection links to organizations and associations relevant to the work of CPCS. The majority of these pages are not maintained by CPCS.
Other Legal Organizations
MACDL The Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers web site. It has the members directory and some legal briefs in it. http://groups.y…com/group/MASSACDL
Mass. Legal Services http://www.neighborhoodlaw.org / with locations and phone numbers
Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services, Inc. MCLS http://www.mcls.net
NACDL’s site with much of the articles from THE CHAMPION online. It also has a very helpful chat room. Members are very generous with information and sample memos, etc.www.criminaljustice.org
Board of Bar Overseers http://www.state.ma.us/obcbbo/ A quick way to get addresses and phone numbers.
D.A./A.G./U.S.A.
Attorney General’s http://www.ago.state.ma.us/ . Also, click here for Press releases.
Bristol County District Attorney’s Web Site http://www.bristolda.com/ . Click here for Press releases.
Cape and Islands DA http://www.mass.gov/da/cape/ . Click here for Press releases
Essex County DA http://www.mass.gov/essexda/ . Click here for Press releases
Middlesex County District Attorney’s Web Site http://www.middlesexda.com/ . Click here for Press releases.
Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office http://www.mass…ss.gov/da/norfolk/
Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office Web Site http://www.mass…s.gov/da/plymouth/
Suffolk County DA’s posts their press releases on this site. Funny how they are sorted by defendant’s names. This site also contains phone numbers and locations. http://www.suffolkdistrictattorney.com/category/press-office/press-releases/ http://www.mass…ress_releases.html
USA http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ma/ Press releases http://www.justice.gov/usao/ma/news.html
Worcester County District Attorney’s Web Site http://www.worcesterda.com/ Press releases http://worcesterda.com/category/press/
Department of Correction/Bureau of Prisons
CMR and DOC Policies and Regulations from inmate case records to classification to the DDU . http://www.mass.gov/eopss/law-enforce-and-cj/prisons/doc-policies/
Department of Corrections. with directions and phone numbers at http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/doc/
DOC Prison Gangs This site has links to monthly Security Threat Groups reports and outlines policy relative to STG’s. http://www.mass.gov/eopss/law-enforce-and-cj/prisons/stg-info/
DOC Prisoner Locater http://www.vinelink.com/offender/searchNew.jsp
Note: Use this link to locate inmates in the Massachusetts State Prison system and in other jurisdictions, including federal penitentiaries. It cannot be used, however, to locate inmates in houses of corrections, county jails, or pre-release centers.
To locate a client serving a sentence in a house of corrections, contact the house of corrections for the county in which the client was convicted or check the mittimus. To locate a client who is not incarcerted, counsel should ask for the client’s contact information from the trial attorney. A client’s address and telephone number also usually appear on the complaint or police report associated wih the case, but this information is not always accurate.
Jails Locations and phone numbers http://www.mass.gov/eopss/law-enforce-and-cj/prisons/county-facility-information.html
Prisoners Legal Services of Massachusetts http://www.plsma.org/ Prisoners’ Legal Services promotes the safe, humane and lawful treatment of Massachusetts prisoners through civil rights litigation, administrative advocacy, client counseling, and outreach to policy makers and the public.
Federal Bureau of Prisons. http://www.bop.gov/ Federal Bureau of Prisons Prisoner Locater via FOIA.(Click “Inmate Info.” at left). This “SENTRY” database also contains information about former inmates, dating back to 1982.
Prison Web Site Page http://www.pris…one.com/prison.htm General Information and contacts
Virtual OZ Welcome to Virtual Oz! Hit the START button to get going. This is a pretty realistic vision of a maximum security facility. http://www.hbo.com/oz/#
Federal Links
Bureau of Prisons www.bop.gov
CFR Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoa…gov/cfr/index.html
DEA site http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
Misconduct Report re FBI Laboratory (2014): This is the latest of three reports issued by the Justice Department concerning the FBI’s failure to review convictions arising from negligent practices at the FBI lab in an investigation that started in 1997.
Federal Defenders Mass., NH and RI. http://bostondefender.org/
First Circuit Local Ruleshttp://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/files/rulebook.pdf
The Federal Judicial Center Reference Manual On Scientific Evidence 2011 Wide ranging topics from statistics to DNA to toxicology post NAS report.
Federal News Service – full text speeches, hearings and debates. http://www.fnsg.com/
Federal Rules of Evidence as amended in 2014 http://www.law…./fre/overview.html
First Circuit Home Page http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/
Homeland Security http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm
PACER Online access to Federal Docket Sheets. Can use to track informants and witnesses.http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/
US Attorney’s Manual: Title 9 is Criminal. http://www.usdo…reading_room/usam/
Interpreters
Office of Interpreter Services website.
http://www.mass…/interpreters.html
Provides interpreters for attorneys of indigent defendants who do not speak English.
Court-approved interpreter list.
http://www.mass…f-interpreters.pdf
Police and Public Safety
Address of Every Police Department in the Commonwealthhttp://www.mass…me.com/police.html or every town and city, orhttp://www.mass…e.org/mapdlnks.htm
Every Mass. Online Police Department including housing authorities and universities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_Massachusetts
Boston Police http://www.ci.b…ston.ma.us/police/
Boston Police Academy http://www.bost…policeacademy.com/
Boston Police Crime Lab http://www.city…/divisions/lab.asp
Brockton Police home page! http://www.brocktonpolice.com/
Cambridge Police site http://www.cambridgema.gov/cpd.aspx
Department of Corrections Home Page http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/doc/
Medical Examiner http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/ocme/ The older cached pages of the ME site has a lot of information that was removed in 1999. Use the Wayback machinehttp://web.arch…shore.net/~ocmema/
Municipal Police Training Committee-The Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) is responsible for the development, delivery and enforcement of training standards of municipal, University of Massachusetts, and Environmental Police officers of the Commonwealth.
Parole Board http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/parole-board/
Public Safety And Justice Page that has the links to all the governmental agencies that deal with crime issues: from the Board of Bar Examiners, to the District Attorney Agencies to Mental Health to the Registry of Motor Vehicles and yes, Sex Offenders, etc. You get the picture. http://www.mass.gov/eopss/
Springfield Police http://www3.springfield-ma.gov/police/
State Police Home Page http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/msp/#.VGTVGGdoUTA
State Police Association Homepage http://www.masstroopers.org/
State Police Crime Lab Home Page http://www.mass.gov/eopss/law-enforce-and-cj/criminal-investig/crime-lab/
Worcester Police http://www.ci.w…ster.ma.us/police/
AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center 841 W. Touhy Ave. Park Ridge IL 60068-3351 USA for experts and other information on deadly force http://www.aele…le.org/Expert.html
Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Institute of Justice Report http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/IRJsite_docs/finalreport.pdf
Police: State and Federal
State: Every Police Department in the Commonwealth http://www.mass…me.com/police.html
State: Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council http://www.state.ma.us/cjtc/ orhttp://www.mass…e+(MPTC)&sid=Eeops
State: Massachusetts Law Enforcement network with many links – if you’re interested.http://www.mass-net.org/
Federal: ATF http://www.atf.treas.gov/
Federal: CIA http://www.cia.gov
Federal: DEA site http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
Federal: FBI http://www.fbi.gov
AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center 841 W. Touhy Ave. Park Ridge IL 60068-3351 USA for experts and other information on deadly force http://www.aele…le.org/Expert.html
Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Institute of Justice Report http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/IRJsite_docs/finalreport.pdf
State Home Page and State Agencies
Massachusetts State Home Page: Guide to Departments and Agencies “This page lists branches of government, Constitutional offices, and the departments under them, and provides links to those with websites. We also provide links to other sources of information about local, state, and federal government.” http://www.stat….ma.us/massgov.htm orhttp://www.mass…ments&sid=massgov2
Department of Public Health http://www.stat…us/dph/dphhome.htm
DCF offices http://www.mass.gov/dss or http://www.mass…rvices&sid=Eeohhs2
Doctors: Board of Registration http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/borim/
Government Gateway to Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/portal/
Licensing agencies for everyone from social workers to psychologists, social workers http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/government/oca-agencies/dpl-lp/
Licenses for all others, from Taxis to barbers to EMT’s to electrologists http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/licensee/
Nurses Board of Registration http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph/programs/hcq/dhpl/nursing/about/
Sex Offender Registry Board. http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/sorb/