Title 42, Title 42 Affairs and Government

(a) There is hereby created within the public safety grant administration office, pursuant to the provisions of § 42-26-7, the criminal justice oversight committee for the purpose of maintaining the secure facilities at the adult correctional institutions within their respective …

The executive director of the public safety grant administration office shall provide the committee with such staff, facilities, equipment, and supplies necessary for its operation and maintenance.

The committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) Establish goals or projections annually, based on an analysis of past activity, for each component of the criminal justice system; set capacities for each secure facility; and incorporate inmate population li…

(a) Whenever the overall population of the adult correctional institutions exceeds ninety-five percent (95%) of the annual capacity set by the committee for thirty (30) consecutive days or whenever the prison inmate population of any secure facility within the adult correctional …

(a) There is established in the public safety grant administration office the gang violence prevention advisory committee. The committee exists as a permanent subcommittee of the public safety grant administration office, juvenile justice advisory committee. The committee shall b…

The legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) There is a greater threat to public safety resulting from gang and drug-related activity in and near Rhode Island’s inner cities. (2) Young people, especially at-risk youth, are more vulnerable to gang and drug-related …

The general assembly recognizes and declares that: crime and delinquency are essentially state and local problems; crime and delinquency are complex social phenomena requiring the attention and efforts of the criminal justice system, state, and local governments, and private citi…

(a) There is hereby created within the department of public safety a public safety grant administration office which shall be under the jurisdiction of the governor. (b) The public safety grant administration office shall consist of: (1) a criminal justice policy board; and (2) s…

The public safety grant administration office shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Serve as the state planning agency for administration of federal criminal justice related grant programs including, but not limited to, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Ac…

The chairperson and vice chairperson of the office shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

The criminal justice policy board shall consist of: (1) The attorney general; (2) The superintendent of the state police and director of the department of public safety; (3) The public defender; (4) The director of the department of corrections; (5) The director of the department…

(a) The office may establish and the chairperson may appoint such subcommittees, task forces, or advisory committees it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Appointments to subcommittees, task forces, and advisory committees are not restricted to the membe…

(a) The criminal justice policy board shall meet at the call of the chairperson or upon petition of a majority of the members, but not less than four (4) times per year. (b) A quorum at meetings of the policy board shall consist of a majority of the current membership, and all su…

The criminal justice policy board may establish regional committees to perform such functions as the policy board may direct.

The director of public safety shall appoint a qualified individual from the department of public safety who shall be responsible for the following: (1) Supervise and be responsible for the administration of the policies established by the policy board; (2) Establish, consolidate,…