Punishment by the use of the gag shall not be allowed in any penal, reformatory or charitable institution. An officer of any such institution who uses a gag as a punishment shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, § 38
Use of gags
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