In re Tibbs

The petitioner, Jerome Tibbs,2 is presently being housed at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center (Souza-Baranowski) as a pretrial detainee. She filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court, contending that her removal from county jail to Souza-Baranowski was improper under G. L. c. 276, § 52A.3 The judge dismissed the petition on the ground that the petitioner was "a lawfully held [ § 52A ] pre-trial detainee." The petitioner's motion for reconsideration was denied.

The procedure and parameters for removing a pretrial detainee from a county jail to a State correctional…