If passed, eligible individuals who are behind bars in Massachusetts could receive 60 days to one year off of their sentences in exchange for donating organs or bone marrow.
would allow inmates to receive up to a year off of their prison sentences in exchange for donating their organs or bone marrow., called "Act to establish the Massachusetts incarcerated individual bone marrow and organ donation program," eligible individuals who are behind bars could receive between 60 and 365 days off of their sentences in exchange for the donation.
If passed, the act would create a five-person committee to oversee the implementation and ongoing administration of the program, made up of two Department of Corrections officials, a bone marrow and organ donation specialist from a state hospital, an advocate for organ donation, and an advocate for prisoner’s rights.
"There shall be no commissions or monetary payments to be made to the Department of Correction for bone marrow donated by incarcerated individuals," it adds.
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