An Act related to indigency

This bill updates the legal definition of "indigent" in Massachusetts to include individuals receiving specific public assistance programs or earning less than 125% of the federal poverty guidelines, while also clarifying that prisoners are only considered indigent if they cannot pay fees without depriving themselves of basic necessities. It requires courts to order a reassessment of a person's financial status whenever there is doubt about their eligibility for court-appointed counsel and mandates written reports from probation officers to verify this status. Additionally, the legislation allows judges to revoke court-appointed representation if a reassessment shows a defendant no longer meets the indigency criteria, giving the defendant time to hire new legal counsel. The bill also standardizes terminology by replacing the word "inmate" with "prisoner" throughout relevant sections of the state's legal code.