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RI Gen L § 11-25-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-12 - Earnings of city or town prisoners.

§ 11-25-12. Earnings of city or town prisoners.No law of this state shall be so construed as to give any city or town a claim upon the state for the labor or services of any person committed to the correctional institutions under its authority.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9.
RI Gen L § 11-25-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-13 - Federal prisoners.

§ 11-25-13. Federal prisoners.Prisoners arrested within this state under the authority of the United States or sentenced under the authority of any court under the authority of the United States held within the territorial limits of the first, second, or third judicial circuit of the United States as constituted on April 26, 1956, except Puerto Rico, shall be committed under the authority of the United States to any adult correctional institution and payment shall be made of the expense of maintaining and supervising those prisoners. The director of corrections of the adult correctional institutions shall receive the prisoners and safely keep them in the institutions until they are discharged by due course of the laws of the United States, under the like penalties and liabilities, civil and criminal, as in the case of prisoners committed by the authority of this state.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9.
RI Gen L § 11-25-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-14 - Conveyance of unauthorized articles to or from institutions.

§ 11-25-14. Conveyance of unauthorized articles to or from institutions.(a) Every person who shall convey or cause to be conveyed into the adult correctional institutions any article without first obtaining the consent of the director of corrections, or who shall convey from the institutions any article without the consent of the director of corrections, shall be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.(b) Every person who shall convey or cause to be conveyed to any prisoner any drugs, tobacco or any article that could be used as a weapon, without first obtaining the consent of the director of corrections, may be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.(c) For the purposes of subsection (b), "prisoner" includes all persons committed to the adult correctional institution, in the custody of the warden, in the custody of any other officer while outside the confines of the custodial unit, in the custody of the state director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-1, regardless of whether that prisoner is held upon conviction or upon any criminal charge. "Prisoner" shall not include persons on home confinement.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9; P.L. 2008, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 170, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-25-14.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-14.1 - Unlawful possession of telecommunications devices.

§ 11-25-14.1. Unlawful possession of telecommunications devices.(a) It shall be unlawful for any prisoner to possess any portable electronic communication device, including, but not limited to, cellular telephones, cloned cellular telephones, two-way radios, pagers, personal digital assistants, or any other device capable of transmitting or intercepting cellular or radio signals between providers and users of telecommunication and data services. Any violation of this provision shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), a prison term not to exceed five (5) years, or both.(b) For the purposes of this section, "prisoner" includes all persons incarcerated at the adult correctional institution, in the custody of any other officer while outside the confines of the custodial unit, or in the custody of the state director of behavioral health, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-1. It shall not include those offenders on home confinement pursuant to § 42-56-20.2, nor those offenders serving on parole.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 78, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 83, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-25-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-15 - Imprisonment for failure to appear at a court ordered hearing.

§ 11-25-15. Imprisonment for failure to appear at a court ordered hearing.(a) This section shall apply to every person who has been or shall be detained at or in the adult correctional institutions for failure to appear at a court ordered ability to pay hearing. After that person has completed his or her detention for lack of bail for failure to appear at an ability to pay hearing, he or she shall receive a reduction in fines and fees owed to the court, if any, in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day served (or any fraction thereof) to be applied against the amount of his/her outstanding fines or costs, or both.(b) Provided further, any person detained at the adult correctional institution for failure to appear who also claims an inability to pay his or her fines or costs shall be entitled to an evidentiary hearing in the district court within forty-eight (48) hours of the detention on the issue of ability to pay. Should the forty-eight (48) hours fall on a weekend or holiday, the hearing shall be scheduled on the next available court date. If, after the hearing, it is determined there is no ability to pay, then that person shall immediately be released from detention. This section shall not deter or preclude any available alternatives to payment of the fines or costs.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9; P.L. 2006, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 443, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 367, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-25-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-16 - Juvenile escapees.

§ 11-25-16. Juvenile escapees.(a) Any person sixteen (16) years or older who shall escape from the Rhode Island training school for youth after having been placed in the institution by the order of a family court judge, or who shall escape from the adult correctional institutions after having been placed in the institution by an order of a family court judge, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two (2) years and/or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).(b) In any case provided by subsection (a) of this section, the family court shall hold a hearing to determine whether or not the family court's jurisdiction over the child shall be waived and may, if it so finds, order the child held for trial under the regular procedure of the district and/or superior courts.(c) If the family court elects to keep jurisdiction over the child, the court shall follow its regular procedure.(d) In the adjudication of any case under this section, the fact that the person has been found delinquent for the offense of escaping from the Rhode Island training school for youth on one or more occasions shall be prima facie evidence that the person cannot be rehabilitated under chapter 10 of title 8. The superintendent of the Rhode Island training school shall notify the department of attorney general, the Rhode Island state police, and the Cranston Police Department of any escape, or attempted escape from the Rhode Island training school.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9; P.L. 1994, ch. 107, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 183, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-25-16.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-16.1 - Escape after certification.

§ 11-25-16.1. Escape after certification.(a) Any person who violates the provisions of § 11-25-16 after having been certified and adjudicated by the family court pursuant to § 14-1-7.2 may, after a hearing by a justice of the family court to determine that probable cause exists to believe that the child has escaped from the institution, have the jurisdiction over his or her sentence transferred to the department of corrections to be served in facilities under the control of the department.(b) A finding pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall constitute presumptive evidence of the nonamenability of the person of further treatment in facilities available to the family court. The court shall transfer the jurisdiction over his or her sentence to the department of corrections to be served in facilities under the control of that department, unless the presumption is rebutted by clear and convincing evidence which demonstrates that the person is amenable to treatment in facilities available to the family court.(c) A finding pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall constitute presumptive evidence of the nonamenability of the person to further treatment in facilities available to the family court and the court shall waive jurisdiction over the offense and all subsequent offenses. The child shall be prosecuted for those offenses by the court which would have jurisdiction if committed by an adult, unless the presumption is rebutted by clear and convincing evidence which demonstrates that the person is amenable to treatment in the facilities available to the family court.(d) A waiver of jurisdiction over a child pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall constitute a waiver of jurisdiction over the child for that offense, as well as for all subsequent offenses of whatever nature. The child shall be referred to the court which would have had jurisdiction if the offense had been committed by an adult.History of Section.P.L. 1990, ch. 15, § 4; P.L. 1990, ch. 18, § 4.
RI Gen L § 11-25-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-17 - Receipt, safekeeping and record of prisoners.

§ 11-25-17. Receipt, safekeeping and record of prisoners.The director of corrections shall receive into his or her custody and safely keep in the institutions every person who shall be committed to the adult correctional institutions until the prisoner shall be legally discharged. The liability of the committing officer shall cease and the liabilities of the director of corrections shall commence immediately upon the entering and signing of the commitment by the committing officer in the book of those institutions kept for that purpose. The director shall cause to be maintained a record in which shall be entered the reception, discharge, death, pardon or escape of every prisoner, all disciplinary action for breach of institution regulations, and all medical care received.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9.
RI Gen L § 11-25-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-18 - Receipt of gifts by employees of department of corrections.

§ 11-25-18. Receipt of gifts by employees of department of corrections.No employee of the department of corrections shall receive from any prisoner confined in the adult correctional institutions, nor from anyone on behalf of such a prisoner, any reward or gift, or promise of any reward or gift, either for services or supplies or as a gratuity. Any employee in violation of this provision shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days and shall, upon final conviction, be immediately dismissed from employment.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9.
RI Gen L § 11-25-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-19 - Record of visitors.

§ 11-25-19. Record of visitors.A record of every visitor to any institution within the department of corrections including, but not limited to, the adult correction institutions, women's division, adult correctional institutions, and training school for youth, shall be maintained and each visitor shall identify himself or herself and shall sign his or her proper legal name. Any person who shall give false information for that record shall be punished, upon conviction, by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9.
RI Gen L § 11-25-20 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-20 - Habeas corpus for production of prisoner.

§ 11-25-20. Habeas corpus for production of prisoner.Whenever a writ of habeas corpus shall issue from either the supreme or superior court for the production and appearance before it of a prisoner confined in the adult correctional institutions, the writ shall be delivered to the division of sheriffs. Whenever the writ is issued from any other court, it shall be delivered to the division of sheriffs or to any town sergeant or chief of police or police constable, who shall duly present it to the director of corrections of the institutions. The director of corrections shall upon receipt of the writ deliver the prisoner to the custody of the officer. The officer shall take and receive the prisoner into his or her custody, shall duly present the prisoner before the court pursuant to the command of the writ, and shall keep and hold the prisoner until by order of the court he or she shall be recommitted to the institutions or otherwise disposed of. Upon the delivery of the custody of the prisoner by the director of corrections to the officer, the director of corrections shall endorse the delivery upon the writ, and the officer shall receipt on the books of the institutions for custody. The officer, upon the production of the prisoner in court, shall further endorse that fact on the writ and deliver it to the clerk or (if there is no clerk) the presiding justice; but shall, as an officer of the court, maintain safe custody of the prisoner until he or she is, by further order, recommitted or discharged.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 34.
RI Gen L § 11-25-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-21 - Habeas corpus - Training school for youth.

§ 11-25-21. Habeas corpus — Training school for youth.Whenever a writ of habeas corpus shall issue from either the supreme, superior or family court for the production and appearance before it of a prisoner confined in the training school for youth, the writ shall be delivered to the division of sheriffs. Whenever the writ is issued from any other court, it shall be delivered to the division of sheriffs or to any town sergeant or chief of police or police constable who shall duly present it to the superintendent of the training school for youth. The superintendent shall upon receipt of the writ deliver the prisoner to the custody of the officer. The officer shall take and receive the prisoner into his or her custody, shall duly present him or her before the court pursuant to the commands of the writ, and shall keep and hold the prisoner until by order of the court the prisoner shall be recommitted to the institution or otherwise disposed of. Upon the delivery of the custody of the prisoner by the superintendent to the officer, the superintendent shall endorse the delivery upon the writ, and the officer shall receipt on the books of the training school for youth for the custody. The officer, upon the production of the prisoner in court, shall further endorse that fact on the writ and deliver it to the clerk or (if there is no clerk) the presiding justice; but shall, as an officer of the court, maintain safe custody of the prisoner until he or she is, by further order, recommitted or discharged.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9; P.L. 1977, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 324, § 34.
RI Gen L § 11-25-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-22 - Escape from custody.

§ 11-25-22. Escape from custody.Any person who shall attempt to escape, or who shall escape, from any lawful custody where a penalty is not otherwise provided by law, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 116, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-25-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-23 - Allowing prisoners to have controlled substances.

§ 11-25-23. Allowing prisoners to have controlled substances.(a) Every person who shall voluntarily permit any prisoner to unlawfully have access to any controlled substances as defined in § 21-28-1.02 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.(b) For the purposes of this section, "prisoner" includes all persons committed to the adult correctional institutions, in the custody of the warden, in the custody of any other officer while outside the confines of the custodial unit, in the custody of the state director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-1, or the Rhode Island training school for youth, regardless of whether that prisoner is held upon conviction or upon any criminal charge.History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 393, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-25-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons|Section 11-25-24 - Correctional employees - Sexual relations with inmates - Felony.

§ 11-25-24. Correctional employees — Sexual relations with inmates — Felony.Every employee of the department of corrections or the employee of a contractor who is under contract to provide services in a correctional institution who engages in sexual penetration as defined in § 11-37-1 with an inmate confined in a correction institution or who is otherwise under the direct custodial supervision and control of that employee shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 119, § 1.
RI Gen L § 11-26-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-26 - Kidnapping|Section 11-26-1 - Kidnapping.

§ 11-26-1. Kidnapping.(a) Whoever, without lawful authority, forcibly or secretly confines or imprisons another person within this state against his or her will, or forcibly carries or sends another person out of this state, or forcibly seizes or confines or inveigles or kidnaps another person with intent either to cause him or her to be secretly confined or imprisoned within this state against his or her will or to cause him or her to be sent out of this state against his or her will, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years.(b) Where the provisions of The Domestic Violence Prevention Act, chapter 29 of title 12, are applicable, the penalties for violation of this section shall also include the penalties as provided in § 12-29-5.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 277, § 21; G.L. 1909, ch. 343, § 21; P.L. 1909, ch. 455, § 1; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 395, § 21; P.L. 1932, ch. 1866, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 606, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 11-26-1; P.L. 1988, ch. 539, § 10.
RI Gen L § 11-26-1.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-26 - Kidnapping|Section 11-26-1.1 - Childsnatching.

§ 11-26-1.1. Childsnatching.(a) Any person who intentionally removes, causes the removal of, or detains any child under the age of eighteen (18) years, whether within or without the state of Rhode Island, with intent to deny another person's right of custody under an existing decree or order of the family court, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not more than two (2) years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.(b) It shall be an affirmative defense that:(1) The person at the time of the alleged violation had lawful custody of the child pursuant to a court order granting legal custody or visitation rights;(2) The person had physical custody of the child pursuant to a court order granting legal custody or visitation rights and failed to return the child as a result of circumstances beyond his or her control, and the person notified and disclosed to the other parent or legal custodian the specific whereabouts of the child and a means by which the child could be contacted or made a reasonable attempt to notify the other parent or lawful custodian of the child of the circumstances and made that disclosure within twenty-four (24) hours after the visitation period had expired and returned the child as soon as possible; or(3) The person was fleeing an incidence or pattern of domestic violence.History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 217, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 349, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 539, § 10; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 6.
RI Gen L § 11-26-1.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-26 - Kidnapping|Section 11-26-1.2 - Abduction of child prior to court order.

§ 11-26-1.2. Abduction of child prior to court order.(a) Any parent, or any person acting pursuant to directions from the parent, who shall, after being served with process in an action affecting the family, but prior to the issuance of a temporary or final order determining custody of a minor child, take or entice a child away from the family unit, whether within or without the state of Rhode Island, for the purpose of depriving the other parent of physical custody of the child for a period greater than fifteen (15) days, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term up to two (2) years, or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both.(b) No person shall be deemed to have violated this section if the action:(1) Is taken to protect the child from imminent physical harm;(2) Is taken by a parent fleeing from imminent physical harm to himself or herself;(3) Is consented to by both parents; or(4) Is otherwise authorized by law.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 251, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 349, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 542, § 6.
RI Gen L § 11-26-1.3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 11 - Criminal Offenses|Chapter 11-26 - Kidnapping|Section 11-26-1.3 - Missing child - Duty to investigate.

§ 11-26-1.3. Missing child — Duty to investigate.Whenever a parent notifies a local or state police department that his or her minor child and the child's other parent have been missing for at least one week and that their whereabouts are unknown, the police department shall immediately conduct an investigation to ascertain the location of the missing parent and child. However, there shall not be a duty to investigate when the notification is provided by a noncustodial parent denied visitation pursuant to an order of the family court and the parent in possession of the child has custody of the child pursuant to an order of the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 251, § 2.