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RI Gen L § 42-56-21.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-21.2 - Restitution mandatory - Prior to work release.

§ 42-56-21.2. Restitution mandatory — Prior to work release.Any person who owes restitution pursuant to § 12-19-32 shall be ineligible to participate in that program established pursuant to § 42-56-21, unless and until that restitution has been paid in full, or satisfactory arrangements are made with the court if that person has the ability to pay. This agreement shall be in writing, and it shall be the burden of the person seeking work release to satisfy the sentencing judge or the department of correction, whichever is applicable, that this requirement has been met. Any person subject to the provisions of this section may request an ability to pay hearing by filing the request with the court that imposed the original sentence.History of Section.P.L. 1995, ch. 94, § 3.
RI Gen L § 42-56-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-22 - Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal charge.

§ 42-56-22. Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal charge.(a) Every person who shall be committed to the adult correctional institutions to answer for any criminal offense, whether convicted or awaiting trial, or on mesne process in any qui tam or penal action, or on mesne process or execution in any civil action, may be permitted to labor in the discretion of the director, or his or her designee, for the state, and in that case may be paid not more than three dollars ($3.00) a day for every day he or she shall labor with the express consent of the director, or his or her designee, of the department, to be credited to the prisoner's account by the assistant director of administration, or his or her designee, and to be disbursed to the prisoner in accordance with the rules and regulations of the institutions; provided, further, however, there shall be maintained on account at all times at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the earnings of each prisoner up to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) for those persons serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole under §§ 11-23-2, 12-19.2-1 et seq., and up to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all other prisoners; those funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of his or her release from the institution, the funds being his or her property; the moneys to be paid to the prisoner by order of the assistant director of management services upon the general treasurer.(b) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the use of the funds in the account for the payment of any court fees and court costs required to be paid for the filing, prosecution, and defense of any action.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 56, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 354, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 480, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-23 - Body of deceased inmate.

§ 42-56-23. Body of deceased inmate.Whenever any person shall die in any of the correctional institutions, the director, or his or her designee, shall, after an inquest has been held on the body of the deceased person, deliver the body to his or her relatives or friends if they request it; and if no application is made for the body, the director, or his or her designee, shall bury the body in the common burying ground, and the burial expenses shall be paid out of the estate of the deceased person, and if none, then by the city or town in which the deceased person had domicile, if within the state; otherwise the expenses shall be paid out of the general treasury.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-56-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-25 - Repealed.

§ 42-56-25. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-56-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-26 - Additional time allowed for meritorious service.

§ 42-56-26. Additional time allowed for meritorious service.Prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for violations of offenses identified in § 42-56-24(a) and (b) shall be eligible to have deducted from his or her sentence up to three (3) days per month up to a maximum of thirty-six (36) days per year, when in the determination of the director, or his or her designee, an inmate has performed heroic acts affecting the lives and welfare of the institutional personnel, inmates, or the general public, or when an inmate has submitted extraordinary and useful ideas and plans which have been implemented for the benefit of the state resulting in substantial savings and/or a higher degree of efficiency or performance while participating in and completing academic or vocational education programs, or when an inmate has submitted useful ideas concerning academic or vocational programs which have been implemented at the adult correctional institutions. Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive a prisoner of time already accumulated or deducted prior to May 8, 1974.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 9, art. 7, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 152, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-27 - Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners.

§ 42-56-27. Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners.Whenever a prisoner shall be discharged he or she shall be decently clothed, and the director, or his or her designee, shall pay to him or her all moneys credited to his or her account at the time of his or her discharge; provided, however, that in the case of every prisoner who shall have been sentenced for more than one year, the prisoner shall be paid not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) at his or her discharge.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-56-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-28 - Prisoners previously sentenced.

§ 42-56-28. Prisoners previously sentenced.All persons imprisoned in the state prison, the men's reformatory, the Providence County jail, and the jails in the several counties, on October 1, 1956 shall be deemed to be imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions in accordance with this chapter and all sentences imposed upon those persons prior to October 1, 1956, shall, insofar as the sentences shall not be inconsistent with the provisions hereof, be in full force and effect and all good conduct and industrial good conduct time and parole eligibility credits earned by those persons prior to October 1, 1956, shall be credited pursuant to the provisions of any general or special law in effect prior to October 1, 1956.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-29 - Receiving and orientation unit - Study of incoming prisoners.

§ 42-56-29. Receiving and orientation unit — Study of incoming prisoners.To establish security standards which will safeguard society and which will provide for the most efficient possible rehabilitation of individual prisoners, there shall be established within the department of corrections a receiving and orientation unit which shall receive all persons sentenced to the adult correctional institutions for a term of imprisonment of more than one year. Every person so sentenced shall be segregated for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days during which period the person shall be studied and evaluated to determine whether the person shall be a maximum, medium, or minimum security risk and to develop a program of rehabilitation, education, and medical and other care as shall be deemed necessary and appropriate to prepare the person to become a useful member of society. During the period, a medical assessment, and an assessment of rehabilitative needs shall be made of the person and the results, together with the nature of the offense for which the person has been committed, the previous criminal history, if any, the recommendations of the department of the attorney general and of the sentencing court and the social history of the person shall be studied and evaluated in determining the degree of custodial care of the person, the rehabilitation program for the person, the medical or other care that may be necessary and the spiritual and religious guidance that shall be indicated by the preference of the person.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 168, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 296, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-30 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-30 - Classification board.

§ 42-56-30. Classification board.For the purpose of the study and in order to regulate a system of classification of persons committed to the custody of the department, there shall be within the department a classification board consisting of five (5) persons to be appointed by the director of the department of corrections to serve at his or her pleasure. The director shall also have the authority to establish an additional classification board to facilitate the classification system when he or she deems it necessary.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 129, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-31 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-31 - Determination of classification and rehabilitation programs of prisoners.

§ 42-56-31. Determination of classification and rehabilitation programs of prisoners.It shall be the duty of the classification board to review all studies made of each prisoner during the period of his or her reception and from time to time thereafter as shall be necessary to further the purposes of this chapter; and to recommend to the director the security classification and rehabilitation program for the person. The director, or his or her designee, shall review the recommendation and, if he or she shall approve it, he or she shall cause the recommendation to be put into effect. In the event that he or she shall disapprove the recommendation, he or she shall request the board to make further study and review. In the event that the director, or his or her designee, shall disapprove further recommendation, the decision shall be final.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-32 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-32 - Classification unit.

§ 42-56-32. Classification unit.Within the department of corrections there shall be a classification unit under the supervision of the director, or his or her designee, which shall collect and record all of the data concerning each person sentenced to the adult correctional institutions. This unit shall periodically review the file of each person and shall report to the board its findings and recommendations for those persons who shall have been sentenced to imprisonment for more than one year for such action as the board may deem necessary and appropriate. The classification unit shall furnish to the parole board, for its consideration in every case, the file of each person under consideration for parole.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.
RI Gen L § 42-56-33 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-33 - Training school for youth.

§ 42-56-33. Training school for youth.The department of corrections shall maintain a school to be known as the training school for youth for the detention of children by order of the family court and for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of children found delinquent or wayward by the family court.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-34 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-34 - Designation of land and buildings for training school for youth.

§ 42-56-34. Designation of land and buildings for training school for youth.The buildings comprising the Rhode Island training school for boys and the Rhode Island training school for girls, all of which are located in Cranston, and the grounds surrounding those buildings and any other buildings and grounds, wherever located, as shall hereafter be maintained for those purposes are declared to be the training school for youth.History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-35 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-35 - Repealed.

§ 42-56-35. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 42-56-36 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-36 - Transfer of powers and functions from department of corrections.

§ 42-56-36. Transfer of powers and functions from department of corrections.(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration:(1) Those functions of the department of corrections which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c);(2) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, commissions, and task forces of the department of corrections who were performing strategic planning functions as defined in § 42-11-10(c);(3) So much of other functions or parts of functions and employees and resources, physical and funded, of the director of corrections as are incidental to and necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (a)(1), (a)(2) and (a)(4) of this section; and(4) Those functions and duties of the department of corrections, which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs relating to the Rhode Island state marshals. The department of corrections shall transfer to the department of administration all resources, including positions, property, and accounts, and other funding pertinent to the state marshals, that are presently allocated to the state marshals.(b) The functions and duties of the Rhode Island state marshals that are transferred to the division of sheriffs within the department of administration consist of the following:(1) To be responsible for transportation statewide of prisoners, to and from police departments, the adult correctional institutions, all courthouses, and other places of detention;(2) To transport persons arrested by state and local police departments to places of detention; provided, however, nothing in this section shall prevent state and local police departments from transporting those persons;(3) To supervise the conduct of and maintain order and discipline of the prisoners in their custody;(4) To be responsible for the custody and safety of prisoners while being transported to and from court sessions, places of detention, and outside hospitals prior to commitment to the adult correctional institutions;(5) To be responsible for the custody and security of prisoners detained in the cellblock areas in the Kent County courthouse and Providence County superior courthouse and for the security of these prisoners during the hearing of their cases, and while in outside hospitals prior to commitment to the adult correctional institutions;(6) To be responsible for the safety and welfare of prisoners in their custody;(7) To provide all security in connection with transportation in the execution of extraditions, including, but not limited to, warrants, IAD (Interstate Agreement on Detainers), arrest affidavits, interstate compact extradition, and criminal detainers; and(8) To carry firearms as prescribed.History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 29, § 5; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 29, § 5.
RI Gen L § 42-56-37 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-37 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing.

§ 42-56-37. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing.(a) Every person who is committed to the adult correctional institutions to answer for any criminal offense, after conviction, is required to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). No consent for this test is required from the person being tested, nor is this test subject to waiver. In addition, periodic testing for HIV, including testing at the time of release and when deemed appropriate by a physician, is required. No consent on the part of the person being tested is required.(b) All inmates shall be provided appropriate pretest and post-test counseling in accordance with accepted medical standards. Inmates who develop AIDS or AIDS related complex are entitled to all reasonable medical treatment available for their illness. No inmate shall be punished, segregated, or denied recreation privileges solely on the basis of a positive test result. However, the health care services division of the department of corrections shall, not later than September 1, 1998, adopt and put into effect reasonable rules and steps to protect the confidentiality of the HIV test results, in accordance with § 23-6.3-8 and to prevent persons testing positive for HIV from infecting other inmates and/or correctional staff. If any person, including any member of the correctional staff at the state department of corrections, is assaulted or comes into contact with bodily fluid from an inmate or detainee, a department of corrections physician will incorporate accepted medical standards and determine whether the incident places the exposed person at risk for HIV or any other blood borne disease. This may involve drawing a serum sample on the source inmate or detainee in accordance with § 23-6.3-4 and performing tests to determine the presence of blood borne infections such as HIV or hepatitis virus. The physician will immediately inform the exposed person of the medical assessment of risk, which will take into account the serostatus of the source inmate or detainee, and will provide for emergency medical care, according to accepted medical standards.(c) The department of corrections shall institute a comprehensive HIV education and drug treatment program for inmates and staff at all of its facilities. The educational program for correctional staff shall be in-service, fully reimbursable to the employee, and mandatory and shall be given periodically in collaboration with the department of health. The department of corrections shall make easily accessible personal protective equipment for correctional personnel to be used in the event of administering cardiac or respiratory resuscitation.History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 405, § 7; P.L. 1990, ch. 169, § 3; P.L. 1998, ch. 443, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 171, § 6; P.L. 2010, ch. 239, § 21.
RI Gen L § 42-56-38 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-38 - Assessment of costs.

§ 42-56-38. Assessment of costs.(a) Each sentenced offender committed to the care, custody, or control of the department of corrections shall reimburse the state for the cost or the reasonable portion of the cost incurred by the state relating to that commitment; provided, however, that a person committed, awaiting trial and not convicted, shall not be liable for the reimbursement. Items of cost shall include physical services and commodities such as food, medical, clothing, and specialized housing, as well as social services such as specialized supervision and counseling. Costs shall be assessed by the director of corrections, or his or her designee, based upon each person's ability to pay, following a public hearing of proposed fee schedules. Each offender's family income and number of dependents shall be among the factors taken into consideration when determining ability to pay. Moneys received under this section shall be deposited as general revenues. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The rules and regulations shall provide that the financial situation of persons, financially dependent on the person, be considered prior to the determination of the amount of reimbursement. This section shall not be effective until the date the rules and regulations are filed with the office of the secretary of state.(b) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection (a), or any rule or regulation promulgated by the director, any sentenced offender who is ordered or directed to the work release program, shall pay no less than thirty percent (30%) of his or her net salary for room and board.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 97, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 137; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 18, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 13, § 8, effective July 6, 2021.
RI Gen L § 42-56-38.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-38.1 - Prisoner telephone use.

§ 42-56-38.1. Prisoner telephone use.(a) When an inmate requests and receives a list of parties approved to receive telephone calls, the inmate shall be provided the option of using either a debit or collect call system to place such calls. Under the debit system, either the cost of such service shall be automatically deducted from the account maintained by the inmate for that purpose, or the inmate shall set aside money from his/her account to be placed in a prepaid telephone account.(b) No telephone service provider shall charge a customer rate for calls made from a prison in excess of rates charged for comparable calls made in non-prison settings. All rates shall reflect the lowest reasonable cost to inmates and call recipients.(c) No concessions agreements for inmate telephone calling services shall include provisions for a commission payable to the state, nor shall any correctional institution impose a surcharge for telephone usage by inmates in addition to the charges imposed by the telephone service provider.History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 162, § 1.
RI Gen L § 42-56-38.2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 42 - State Affairs and Government|Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department|Section 42-56-38.2 - Furnishing of health records.

§ 42-56-38.2. Furnishing of health records.No charge shall be made for furnishing a health record or part of a health record to any individual currently or formerly under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, his or her attorney, or other authorized representative if the record or part of the record is necessary for the purpose of supporting a claim or appeal under any provision of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq., or the Workers' Compensation Act, chapters 29-38 of title 28, and the request is accompanied by documentation of the social security or workers' compensation claim or appeal. The department shall furnish a health record requested pursuant to this section within thirty (30) days of the request. Further, for patients currently or formerly in the custody of the training school for youth, the director of the department of corrections is authorized to specify by regulation an alternative list of age appropriate rights commensurate with this section.History of Section.P.L. 2011, ch. 259, § 1.