Bill > H2038

This bill establishes a regional lockup facility in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The key provisions include: 1. Allowing the sheriff of Suffolk County to establish a regional lockup facility within the Suffolk County jail or elsewhere in the county, which can be used for detaining persons arrested upon probable cause, warrant, or civil process. 2. Enabling other law enforcement agencies, such as city/town police departments and state/federal agencies, to become members of the county's regional lockup system by executing a written agreement with the Suffolk County sheriff. 3. Granting member police officers full authority and jurisdiction during the transport of prisoners to the regional lockup facility. 4. Exempting member police departments from certain requirements related to lockup facilities, and transferring the responsibility for the regional lockup facility's administration and staffing to the Suffolk County sheriff's office. 5. Providing the Suffolk County sheriff with the same protections as those afforded to constitutional officers under state law.