A communication from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (see item 8900-0001 of Section 2 of Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2023) submitting the Department of Correction report on Objective Point Base Classification for fiscal year 2024

This is a procedural report submission, not a legislative bill. The Massachusetts Department of Correction is submitting its required FY2024 Objective Point Base (OPB) Classification report to the Joint Committee on Public Safety and House/Senate Ways and Means committees, as mandated by budget line item 8900-0001 of Chapter 28 of the 2023 Acts. The report details the state's system for classifying incarcerated individuals into custody levels (maximum, medium, minimum) based on objective criteria, including recent modifications like excluding those who committed lethal offenses before age 21 from minimum security eligibility. It also includes current statistics showing 75% of inmates are in medium security, 13% in maximum, and 12% in minimum or lower security, along with override rates (12% total) used by staff for professional judgment.