MCLS / PRISONERS' LEGAL SERVICES

MCLS was established in 1972 to provide civil legal services to people in Massachusetts prisons and jails. The office focuses on four issues: health and mental health care, guard-on-prisoner violence, physical conditions of confinement, and segregation and isolation. MCLS addresses these problems through administrative advocacy, legislative advocacy, and litigation. The office does not provide criminal defense services.

MCLS d/b/a Prisoners' Legal Services
Eight Winter Street, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02108

Phone: (617) 482-2773

Fax: (617) 451-6383

MCLS accepts telephone requests for assistance on Monday afternoons from 1 to 4 P.M. Family and friends of prisoners can call toll-free from anywhere in Massachusetts on (800) 882-1413. County prisoners should call collect on (617) 482-4124. DOC prisoners can use the pre-authorized speed dial number *9004#. When Monday is a holiday, calling hours are on Tuesday.