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RI Gen L § 13-8-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-18 - Revocation of parole - Hearing.

§ 13-8-18. Revocation of parole — Hearing.The parole board may, by a majority vote of all of its members, revoke, in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1, any permit issued by it to any prisoner under the provisions of this chapter or revoke any permit issued by another state or jurisdiction where the prisoner is being supervised by the Rhode Island parole board whenever it shall appear to the board that the prisoner has violated any of the terms or conditions of his or her permit or conditions of parole set by an out-of-state jurisdiction, or has during the period of his or her parole violated any state laws. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the board that any prisoner at liberty under a permit issued by this state or another state or jurisdiction has been guilty of a violation of parole related to a new criminal charge, the chairperson shall issue his or her warrant to any officer authorized to serve criminal process to arrest the prisoner and commit him or her to the adult correctional institutions, to be detained until the board shall have an opportunity to determine whether the permit of the prisoner is to be revoked in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1, or in the case of prisoners granted parole by another state or jurisdiction, and supervised by the Rhode Island parole board, until that state or jurisdiction takes custody of the prisoner. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the board that any prisoner at liberty under a permit issued by this state or another state or jurisdiction has been guilty of a technical violation of parole, absent a new criminal charge, the chairperson may, at his or her discretion, issue his or her warrant to any officer authorized to serve criminal process to arrest the prisoner and commit him or her to the adult correctional institutions, to be detained until the board shall have an opportunity to determine whether the permit of the prisoner is to be revoked in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1, or in the case of prisoners granted parole by another state or jurisdiction, and supervised by the Rhode Island parole board, until that state or jurisdiction takes custody of the prisoner. If the board shall determine that the permit shall not be revoked, then the board shall immediately order the prisoner to be set at liberty under the terms and conditions of his or her original permit.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1186, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 414, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 5; P.L. 1946, ch. 1687, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3129, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-18; P.L. 2003, ch. 209, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 369, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 111, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 13, § 3, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 13-8-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-19 - Arrest and return to institution on revocation of parole.

§ 13-8-19. Arrest and return to institution on revocation of parole.(a) Whenever the permit of a prisoner is revoked, in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1 the parole board shall order the prisoner to be returned to the adult correctional institutions or to the women's division of the adult correctional institutions, as the case may be, to serve the remainder of the prisoner's original sentence according to the terms of that sentence.(b) The time between the release of the prisoner under the permit and the prisoner's return to the adult correctional institutions or the women's division of the adult correctional institutions under order of the board may be considered as any part of the prisoner's original sentence. The parole board may choose to credit or revoke all or part of the time while released under the permit from the original sentence, taking into consideration the seriousness of the violation that prompted revocation. The board shall adopt standards to be utilized in determining whether to credit all or part of the time served under the permit from the original sentence.(c) If a prisoner is at liberty when the prisoner's permit is revoked, the chairperson shall issue his or her warrant to any officer authorized to serve criminal process to arrest the prisoner and return the prisoner to the adult correctional institutions or the women's division of the adult correctional institutions in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1 as ordered by the board.(d) Where the prisoner is supervised by the parole board pursuant to a grant of parole by a state or jurisdiction other than Rhode Island, the parole board shall issue a detention warrant and order the prisoner committed to the adult correctional institution or the women's division of the adult correctional institution until the authority from the state or other jurisdiction having granted the prisoner parole takes custody of the prisoner.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1186, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 414, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 5; P.L. 1946, ch. 1687, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3129, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-19; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 5; P.L. 2003, ch. 209, § 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 369, § 2; P.L. 2013, ch. 101, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 111, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 346, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 352, § 1.
RI Gen L § 13-8-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-20 - Service of original sentence by parolee committing offense while on parole.

§ 13-8-20. Service of original sentence by parolee committing offense while on parole.If a prisoner, at the time the prisoner's permit is revoked, is confined in any penal institution on any criminal process or under sentence for any offense committed while the prisoner was at liberty upon parole, the order of the parole board for the prisoner's return to the adult correctional institutions or the women's division of the adult correctional institutions, to serve the remainder of the prisoner's original sentence, shall be served upon the release of the prisoner from the penal institution in which the prisoner is confined, and it shall be discretionary with the board as to whether or not the remainder of the prisoner's original sentence runs concurrently with or consecutively to any other sentence.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1186, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 414, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 5; P.L. 1946, ch. 1687, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3129, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-20; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 5.
RI Gen L § 13-8-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-21 - Signature and sealing of instruments - Recognition by officers.

§ 13-8-21. Signature and sealing of instruments — Recognition by officers.All permits and orders of the parole board issued under the authority of this chapter shall be signed by the chairperson and one other member of the board. The board shall have a seal which shall be affixed to all permits and orders issued by it, and to all warrants issued by the chairperson, under the authority of this chapter. All permits and orders of the board so signed and sealed, and all warrants issued by the chairperson under the authority of this chapter, shall be recognized by all sheriffs and their deputies, all officers authorized to serve criminal process, the police officers of the several cities and towns, and by the director of the department of corrections, or his or her designee, and by the keeper of any other place where prisoners are confined or detained in this state.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1186, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 414, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 7; 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-21; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 5.
RI Gen L § 13-8-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-22 - Manner of obtaining information by parole board.

§ 13-8-22. Manner of obtaining information by parole board.The parole board, in the discharge of its duties under this chapter, shall not be required to receive or consider any petition, and it may secure the information upon which it exercises its authority, or upon which it makes its findings in any case, in any manner and by any means that it may consider most fitting to carry out the purposes of this chapter; provided, it shall be the duty of the clerks of courts, the sheriffs and their deputies, the police officers of cities and towns, the probation officers, the officers of the adult correctional institutions, and every person having charge of any other place where prisoners are confined or detained, to furnish to the board and to any member of the board, whenever requested by the board or by any member of it, any and all information they may have relating to the character and history of any prisoner whose sentence is placed under the control of the board by this chapter. In the case of prisoners transferred to federal institutions under the provisions of § 13-12-1, the board may, in its discretion, arrange to obtain information concerning those prisoners from the appropriate officials of the United States Bureau of Prisons. That information shall include, but not be limited to, testimony of the prisoner being considered for parole, and official records and reports, including recommendations concerning the prisoners. The board is authorized to request of the contracting authority the inclusion of provisions for obtaining that information in contracts made pursuant to § 13-12-1.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1186, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 414, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, §§ 7, 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 7; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-22; P.L. 1970, ch. 117, § 1.
RI Gen L § 13-8-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-24 - Case reports to director of corrections.

§ 13-8-24. Case reports to director of corrections.The parole board shall prepare a report for each application approved, denied, or continued, containing: (1) a summary of the facts and considerations on which the decision was based; (2) the majority decision of the board, including any special conditions to be required of the parolee; and (3) the dissent, if any, and the reasons for that dissent; and signed by the members of the board. Copies of those reports shall be sent to the director of corrections.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-24; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 9.
RI Gen L § 13-8-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-25 - Annual reports of board.

§ 13-8-25. Annual reports of board.The parole board shall annually report its activities during each fiscal year to the director of corrections, and this shall be incorporated in a report to the governor.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 9; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-25; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 9.
RI Gen L § 13-8-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-26 - Statements by interested individuals or families.

§ 13-8-26. Statements by interested individuals or families.All individuals, members of the family, friends, legal counsel, agencies, or other interested persons desiring to make a statement with respect to a particular applicant for parole, shall submit it in writing for inclusion in the applicant's folder, as provided in § 13-8-6.History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 10; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-26.
RI Gen L § 13-8-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-27 - Fees and allowances of officers.

§ 13-8-27. Fees and allowances of officers.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 his or her orders on the general treasurer for payment out of the appropriation for the payment of officers' fees in criminal cases, upon receipt by him or her of proper vouchers duly authenticated and approved by the chairperson.History of Section.P.L. 1915, ch. 1186, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 414, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 9; P.L. 1946, ch. 1687, § 3; G.L. 1938, ch. 617, § 13; P.L. 1949, ch. 2161, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-27.
RI Gen L § 13-8-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-28 - [Obsolete.]

§ 13-8-28. [Obsolete.]
RI Gen L § 13-8-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-29 - Authority of parole board to grant parole to federal prisoners.

§ 13-8-29. Authority of parole board to grant parole to federal prisoners.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 board obtain information concerning the prisoner in compliance with § 13-8-22.History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 117, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 13-8-29.
RI Gen L § 13-8-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-30 - Community supervision for child molestation offenses.

§ 13-8-30. Community supervision for child molestation offenses.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 community supervision upon that person's completion of any prison sentence, suspended sentence, and/or probationary term imposed as a result of that conviction.In the case of a person convicted of first degree child molestation pursuant to § 11-37-8.1, community supervision shall be for life and pursuant to the provisions of § 11-37-8.2.1, community supervision shall include electronic monitoring via an active global positioning system for life. In the case of a person eighteen (18) years or older convicted of second degree child molestation pursuant to § 11-37-8.3, the term of the original sentence imposed and the term of community supervision shall not exceed thirty (30) years.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 206, § 5; P.L. 2006, ch. 207, § 5.
RI Gen L § 13-8-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-31 - Community supervision board.

§ 13-8-31. Community supervision board.There shall be established a community supervision board which shall be comprised of the parole board.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 375, § 1.
RI Gen L § 13-8-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-33 - Violations of community supervision - penalties.

§ 13-8-33. Violations of community supervision — penalties.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 consecutive to any sentence received for the commission of the new offense.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 375, § 1.
RI Gen L § 13-8-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8 - Parole|Section 13-8-34 - Severability.

§ 13-8-34. Severability.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 unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 206, § 6; P.L. 2006, ch. 207, § 6.
RI Gen L § 13-8.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8.1 - Medical Parole|Section 13-8.1-1 - Short title.

§ 13-8.1-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known as the "Medical and Geriatric Parole Act".History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 297, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 13, § 4, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 13-8.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8.1 - Medical Parole|Section 13-8.1-2 - Purpose.

§ 13-8.1-2. Purpose.(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 provisions to the contrary, all prisoners, except those serving life without parole, shall at any time after they begin serving their sentences be eligible for medical parole consideration, regardless of the crime committed or the sentence imposed.(b) Geriatric parole is made available for humanitarian reasons and to alleviate exorbitant expenses associated with the cost of aging, for inmates whose advanced age reduces the risk that they pose to the public safety. Notwithstanding other statutory or administrative provisions to the contrary, all prisoners except those serving life without parole shall be eligible for geriatric parole consideration upon meeting the criteria set forth below, regardless of the crime committed or the sentence imposed.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 297, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 20, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 300, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 13, § 4, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 13-8.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8.1 - Medical Parole|Section 13-8.1-3 - Definitions.

§ 13-8.1-3. Definitions.(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 condition, such as dementia, that greatly impairs activities that are necessary for independence such as feeding, toileting, dressing, and bathing and renders their incarceration non-punitive and non-rehabilitative.(3) "Permanently physically incapacitated" means suffering from a physical condition caused by injury, disease, illness, or persistent vegetative state, that, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, permanently and irreversibly physically incapacitates the individual to the extent that the individual needs help with most of the activities that are necessary for independence, such as feeding, toileting, dressing, and bathing and transferring, or no significant physical activity is possible, or suffering from an incurable, progressive condition that substantially diminishes the individual's capacity to function in a correctional setting.(4) "Severely ill" means suffering from a significant and permanent or chronic physical and/or mental condition that: (1) Requires extensive medical and/or psychiatric treatment with little to no possibility of recovery; and (2) Significantly impairs rehabilitation from further incarceration.(5) "Terminally ill" means suffering from a condition caused by injury (except self-inflicted injury), disease, or illness which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, is a life-limiting diagnosis that will lead to profound functional, cognitive and/or physical decline, and likely will result in death within eighteen (18) months.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 297, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 20, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 300, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 346, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 352, § 2; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 13, § 4, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 13-8.2-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 13 - Criminals – Correctional Institutions|Chapter 13-8.2 - Certificate of Recovery & Re-Entry|Section 13-8.2-1 - Certificate of recovery & re-entry established - Findings of the general assembly and purposes.

§ 13-8.2-1. Certificate of recovery & re-entry established — Findings of the general assembly and purposes.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, occupational licenses, housing and other benefits and opportunities available to all other individuals. These restrictions are often narrowly tailored and serve to protect society against an unidentified public safety risk, but others are arbitrary, unnecessary and without regard to any post-conviction rehabilitation or recovery & re-entry. Individuals who have successfully completed their board-imposed sentences need to be able to reestablish themselves as law-abiding members of society. At the same time, employers and other decision-makers need to have some reassurance of a person's reliability. Therefore, the intent and purpose of this chapter is to provide a process that would, in select and appropriate cases, allow the issuance of a certificate of recovery & re-entry. Said certificate, if granted by the parole board, would serve to relieve the petitioner, in appropriate cases, of some of the collateral consequences resulting from his or her criminal record. Said certificate shall serve as one determining factor as to whether the petitioner has been successful in his or her rehabilitation.History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 322, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 412, § 1.