Commonwealth v. Hughes

General Laws c. 268, § 16, as amended through St. 1955, c. 770 § 82, made1 it a crime for a prisoner to escape or attempt to escape “from any penal institution other than the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham, or from land appurtenant thereto, or from the custody of any officer thereof or while being conveyed to or from any such institution.” General Laws c. 127, § 90A, as appearing in St. 1972, c. 777, § 18, the “furlough” statute, provides that “[t]he commissioner may extend the limits of the place of confinement of a committed offender at any state correctional facility by…