Title 13, Title 13 — Correctional Institutions

Every officer rendering any service, by order of the parole board or the chairperson, under this chapter shall be paid any fees and allowances that are authorized by law to be paid for like service in a criminal case, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw hi…

The board may have in its discretion the power to consider an application for parole from a prisoner confined to a federal institution pursuant to chapter 12 of title 13, and to act on that application while the prisoner is still detained in the institution; provided, that the bo…

(a) The governor shall appoint a qualified elector of this state chairperson of the parole board, who shall serve in the unclassified service as a fulltime employee for a term of two (2) years and until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified. (b) All remaining memb…

(a) Upon a specific demand made by either party to a preliminary or final parole revocation, the parole board is authorized and empowered to summon witnesses and to compel the production and examination of papers, books, accounts, documents, records, certificates and other legal …

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general laws to the contrary, any person convicted of first degree child molestation pursuant to § 11-37-8.1 or second degree child molestation pursuant to § 11-37-8.3 shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed, be subject to commun…

There shall be established a community supervision board which shall be comprised of the parole board.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who has been placed on community supervision shall be subject to the provisions of law governing parole as if the person were a parolee. The parole board shall impose terms and conditions for the sentence within thirty (3…

Any person who violates a condition of community supervision shall be guilty of a separate offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to no more than one year in prison; provided, if the violation also constitutes a criminal offense the term of imprisonment shall be consecu…

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid or unconsti…

(a) Upon its own motion or upon request of a parolee, the parole board may terminate a parolee’s supervision before the sentence expires. (1) Seven (7) years after releasing a prisoner on supervision, and at least annually thereafter, the parole board shall review the status of t…

The director of corrections shall provide adequate quarters for the board for the purpose of holding meetings and shall provide space and facilities for the keeping of records for the board, together with the necessary equipment and supplies incident to the maintenance of the boa…

The director of corrections shall provide the board with an administrator, an investigator, a clerk, a psychologist(s), whose sole function within the department of corrections shall be to consult with the board, and the necessary stenographic service. Staff salaries shall be pai…

(a) The duties of the administrator shall include the following: (1) To administer the office of the parole board; (2) To supervise the collection of data for each applicant for parole; (3) To summarize collected data and prepare a folder on each applicant for parole, including t…

The parole board shall provide notice to the state and local police departments upon the release of a prisoner on parole, as provided in §§ 13-8-6 and 13-8-16.

The members of the parole board shall be entitled to receive the traveling expenses necessarily incurred in the performance by them of any duty under this chapter. The general assembly shall annually appropriate any sum that it may deem necessary to defray the expenses of the boa…

Whenever a person convicted of any offense shall be sentenced to be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions for a period of more than six (6) months, his or her sentence shall be subject to the control of the parole board as provided for in this chapter.

(a) The parole board, in the case of any prisoner whose sentence is subject to its control, unless that prisoner is sentenced to imprisonment for life, and unless that prisoner is confined as a habitual criminal under the provisions of § 12-19-21, may, by an affirmative vote of a…

The parole board shall, immediately prior to the release of any prisoner on parole, notify: (1) The victim of the crime committed by the prisoner, or in homicide cases a member of the immediate family of the victim if any can be identified; and (2) The police department in the co…

This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Act for Out of State Parolee Supervision”.

The governor of this state is authorized and directed to enter into a compact on behalf of the state of Rhode Island with any of the United States legally joining in it in the form substantially as follows: Entered into by and among the contracting states, signatories to this com…

If any section, sentence, subdivision, or clause of this chapter is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.

“State”, as used in this chapter, means any one of the several states and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia.

It is recognized and further declared that, pursuant to the consent and authorization contained in 4 U.S.C. § 112, this state shall be a party to the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers with any additional jurisdiction legally joining in the compac…

Petitions for pardon under R.I. Const., Art. IX, Sec. XIII, shall be presented to the governor, and the petitioners shall comply with any rules and regulations respecting their filing and hearing that he or she may from time to time prescribe.

In the exercise of the power of pardon, the person who receives the benefit of a pardon shall comply with, and be subject to, any terms and conditions that may be imposed by the governor at the time of the exercise of that power.

This chapter may be cited as the “New England Interstate Corrections Compact”.

The New England interstate corrections compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state with any other of the hereinafter-mentioned states legally joining in the compact in the form substantially as follows: NEW ENGLAND INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT ARTICLE I Purpose a…

The director of corrections is authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular. The director is further authorized to contract with any other states that shall be necessary in accordance with good prison poli…

The attorney general, when the director of corrections shall certify that proper and adequate treatment, facilities, and personnel are unavailable within this state, shall be authorized to contract with the proper officials (director of Bureau of the Prisons) of the United States…

Any contract entered into pursuant to § 13-12-1 shall provide for reimbursement to the United States in full for all costs or other expenses involved, or any other amount that may be agreed upon between the state and the United States.

Unless otherwise specifically provided in the contract, a person committed pursuant to § 13-12-1 shall be subject to all the provisions of law and regulations applicable to persons committed for violations of law of the United States not inconsistent with the sentence imposed.

This chapter may be cited as the “Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act”.

The interstate agreement on detainers is enacted into law and entered into by this state on its own behalf with all jurisdictions legally joining in substantially the following form: The contracting states solemnly agree that: ARTICLE I The party states find that charges outstand…

“Appropriate court”, as used in § 13-13-2, with reference to the courts of this state, means any court with criminal jurisdiction.

All courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of this state and its political subdivisions are directed to enforce the Agreement on Detainers and to cooperate with one another and with other party states in enforcing the agreement and effectuating its purposes.

Escape from custody while in another state pursuant to the Agreement on Detainers shall constitute an offense against the laws of this state to the same extent and degree as an escape from the institution in which the prisoner was confined immediately prior to having been sent to…

It shall be lawful and mandatory upon the warden or other official in charge of a penal or correctional institution in this state to give over the person of any inmate of the institution whenever so required by the operation of the Agreement on Detainers.

The governor is authorized and empowered to designate an administrator who shall perform the duties and functions and exercise the powers conferred upon that person by § 13-13-2.

In order to implement article IV(a) of § 13-13-2, and in furtherance of its purposes, the appropriate authorities having custody of the prisoner shall, promptly upon receipt of the officer’s written request, notify the prisoner and the governor in writing that a request for tempo…

This chapter shall be known as the “Medical and Geriatric Parole Act”.

(a) Medical parole is made available for humanitarian reasons and to alleviate exorbitant medical expenses associated with inmates whose chronic and incurable illness render their incarceration non-punitive and non-rehabilitative. Notwithstanding other statutory or administrative…

As used in this chapter the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Aging prisoner” means an individual who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and suffers from functional impairment, infirmity, or illness. (2) “Cognitively incapacitated” means suffering from a cognitive con…

(a) The parole board is authorized to grant medical parole release of a prisoner, except a prisoner serving life without parole, at any time, who is determined to be terminally ill, severely ill, or permanently physically or cognitively incapacitated within the meaning of § 13-8.…

There is hereby established a certificate of recovery & re-entry for individuals that are convicted of a crime in which their legal status and ability to seek and maintain employment changes forever. A criminal record may prohibit individuals from successfully obtaining jobs, occ…

As used in this chapter the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Board” means the parole board within the Rhode Island department of corrections, established pursuant to the provisions of § 13-8-1. (2) “Department” means the department of corrections.…

For the purposes of this chapter the following rules of construction, facts and circumstances shall apply: (1) Two (2) or more convictions of felonies charged in separate counts of one indictment or information shall be deemed to be one conviction; (2) Two (2) or more convictions…