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2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-20.6. - Restitution mandatory — Prior to community confinement.

§ 42-56-20.6. Restitution mandatory — Prior to community confinement.
Any person who owes restitution pursuant to § 12-19-32 shall be ineligible to participate in those programs established pursuant to § 42-56-20.2 or § 42-56-20.3, 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 community confinement to satisfy the sentencing judge or the department of corrections, 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.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-21.1. - Notification upon work release.

§ 42-56-21.1. Notification upon work release.
(a)
The classification board shall, immediately prior to the release of any prisoner on work release, notify the victim of the crime committed by the prisoner, or in homicide cases, a member of the immediate family of the victim, if any is identified, and shall further notify the police department in the community where the crime for which the prisoner was sentenced was committed, and the police department in the community where the prisoner was residing at the time of the commission of the offense, and the police department in the community where the prisoner will be working.
(b)
Prior to making a final determination on whether to place a prisoner imprisoned for any crime for which a life sentence has been imposed in the work release program, the director shall notify, in writing, the victim of the crime or a member of the immediate family of the victim if the crime is a homicide, if any is identified, and the police department of the city or town where the inmate lived prior to incarceration and the police department where the crime was committed and the police department where the inmate is to be working that the prisoner is under consideration for work release. No final decision regarding the placement of the prisoner in the work release program shall be made until the victim or the family of the victim and the police departments so notified have been afforded at least ten (10) days in which to comment, in writing, to the director on the proposed release. The director shall consider the comments of the victim or the victim’s family and the police prior to making a final determination.
History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 223, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 362, § 1.
2023 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.
2023 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 the director’s designee, for the state, and in that case may be paid not more than three dollars ($3.00) a day for every day the person shall labor with the express consent of the director, or the director’s designee, of the department, to be credited to the prisoner’s account by the assistant director of administration, or the assistant director’s 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 two thousand dollars ($2,000) for all other prisoners; those funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of the prisoner’s release from the institution, the funds being the prisoner’s 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; P.L. 2023, ch. 161, § 1, effective June 20, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 162, § 1, effective June 20, 2023.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-39. - A prison impact statement.

§ 42-56-39. A prison impact statement.
All acts, bills and resolutions having an effect on the revenues, expenditures, fiscal liability, bed space, staff or programs of the department of corrections, which can be calculated with reasonable accuracy, by establishing or extending a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment which is not subject to suspension, probation or parole, excepting appropriation measures carrying specified dollar amounts, shall be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement or note which sets forth the estimated dollar effect thereof taking into consideration additional bed space, staff and programs required if enacted. This statement or note shall be known as “a prison impact statement” and shall be attached to the end of each act, bill or resolution prior to consideration of the house in which the act, bill or resolution originated. This prison impact statement shall specify the effect in dollar amounts and additional bed space, additional staff and additional programs for the current fiscal year and estimates for the next two (2) succeeding fiscal years. The appropriate chairperson of the house or senate committee may request a prison impact statement. Requests for these prison impact statements shall be in a form and substance that is deemed appropriate by the chairperson and shall be forwarded through the house or senate fiscal advisor to the state budget officer who shall then be responsible, in cooperation with the director of corrections, for its preparation within thirty (30) days of the request.
History of Section.
P.L. 1993, ch. 280, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-40. - Transfer of foreign convicted offenders under treaty.

§ 42-56-40. Transfer of foreign convicted offenders under treaty.
Whenever a treaty is in force between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the governor may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the director of corrections to consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders or take any other action necessary to implement the participation of the state in the treaty.
History of Section.
P.L. 1995, ch. 101, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-41. - Severability.

§ 42-56-41. Severability.
Every word, phrase, clause, section, subsection, or any of the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable from the whole, and a declaration of unenforceability or unconstitutionality of any portion of this section by a judicial court of competent jurisdiction, shall not affect the portions remaining.
History of Section.
P.L. 1991, ch. 178, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 42-55-20.5.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department › Section 42-56-42. - Severability.

§ 42-56-42. Severability.
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
History of Section.
P.L. 2017, ch. 346, § 4; P.L. 2017, ch. 352, § 4.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-1. - Establishment.

§ 42-56.1-1. Establishment.
There is established an educational incentive pay plan, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, offering financial compensation to certain members of the department of corrections for furthering their education to improve their professional competency.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-2. - Eligibility.

§ 42-56.1-2. Eligibility.
(a)
Any full-time correctional officer employed by the department of corrections including all ranks up to, and including, deputy assistant director of adult services shall be eligible for the plan as established in this chapter, provided he or she accumulates the requisite number of points under the schedule set forth in § 42-56.1-3 and, provided further, that the eligible member agrees, in writing, to remain as an eligible staff member of the department of corrections for the length of time as specified according to the following formula:
Incentive
Incentive pay earned
Obligation
$ 1,000
1 year
$ 1,500
2 years
$ 2,000
3 years
$ 2,500
4 years
(b)
If the employee retires or fails to complete his or her employment as indicated above, he or she will forfeit that portion of his or her incentive pay, computed from the date of employment termination up to, and including, the final date of employment obligation, pursuant to the above formula.
(c)
Eligible staff members, enrolled in courses defined herein on May 21, 1975, must obtain an A.S. degree, or its equivalent, within four (4) years of October 29, 1974 or a B.S. degree within eight (8) years of October, 1974. Failure to achieve the A.S. or B.S. within the specified time shall make the member ineligible for further educational incentive payments.
(d)
Thereafter, eligible staff members, in order to qualify for educational incentive payments, who enroll in a course leading to an A.S., or its equivalent, or a B.S. degree, or its equivalent, must complete those courses and obtain their degrees within four (4) years of their enrollment in the case of A.S. degrees and eight (8) years of their enrollment in the case of B.S. degrees.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 28, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-3. - Incentive steps.

§ 42-56.1-3. Incentive steps.
Advancement to each of the incentive salary steps shall be based on a point system as set forth in § 42-56.1-5 and shall be accomplished as follows:
Increase Above
Credits
Incentive Step
Basic Salary
Necessary
1
$ 1,000
12
2
$ 1,500
25
3
$ 2,000
60 A.S.
4
$ 2,500
120 B.S.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 28, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-4. - Approved course of study.

§ 42-56.1-4. Approved course of study.
The object of this chapter is to afford the opportunity to pursue educational credits at a post high school level toward an advanced degree in law enforcement (correctional major). All course work must only be accomplished by eligible personnel during off-duty hours. There is established a committee composed of nine (9) members, three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the director of the department of corrections from members of his or her staff, three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the president of the union certified as the bargaining agent of the correctional officers, and three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the personnel administrator. These appointments shall be made on or after July 1, 1976, and the members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities. It shall be the function of the committee to review curriculum content and prepare and revise from time to time a list of approved courses upon which credit will be given. The recommendations of the committee shall be certified by the director of the department of corrections.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-5. - Point system.

§ 42-56.1-5. Point system.
The points (credits) needed to be acquired in order to achieve the various incentive steps as set forth in § 42-56.1-3 shall be earned as follows:
(1)
One hundred twenty (120) points for a baccalaureate degree in law enforcement (correctional major) in a university, college, technical institute, or other institution approved by the regional accrediting association of colleges and secondary schools.
(2)
Sixty (60) points for an associate degree in law enforcement (correctional major) awarded by any institution approved by the regional accrediting association of college and secondary schools.
(3)
One point for each semester hour obtained in a university, college, technical institute, or other institution of learning approved by the New England association of colleges and secondary schools for each semester hour of credit obtained toward the degrees specified above; provided, however, that credit for elective courses outside the strict area of the major which may be required in a particular curriculum shall be deferred for incentive payment purposes until the degree has been obtained. Upon satisfactory completion of the degree requirements, retroactive payment shall be made for the period during which incentive payment was deferred.
(4)
Credits shall be accepted for courses completed prior to the passage of this chapter which are approved by the committee established under the provisions of § 42-56.1-4.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-6. - Payments.

§ 42-56.1-6. Payments.
Incentive payments shall be made once each year for the preceding year commencing in January 1975, in accordance with the following procedures: the director of the department of corrections shall supply to the chief of classification and training, division of personnel administration, on or before the second day of January of each year commencing with January 1975, a list of all eligible personnel who have received eligible educational incentive credits. The chief of classification and training shall supply the necessary forms for tabulating credits, together with the agreement form regarding time constraints as contained in § 42-56.1-2. Each staff member entitled to incentive pay shall be responsible for gathering from his or her college the official verification of subjects passed, date started and finished, semester hours achieved for that subject, and grade marks. Upon receipt of the necessary data regarding all eligible personnel from the director of the department of corrections, the chief of classification and training, division of personnel administration, will then certify the amount of educational incentive pay for each individual, and the state controller is hereby authorized to draw his or her orders on the general treasurer for payment to each eligible and qualified person.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-7. - Credit carryover.

§ 42-56.1-7. Credit carryover.
Incentive credits shall not be carried over or transferred to any position, which requires a college degree as a prerequisite for employment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-8. - Ineligibility for other incentive payments.

§ 42-56.1-8. Ineligibility for other incentive payments.
Any person receiving educational incentive payments under this chapter is ineligible for additional payments as contained in the incentive in-service training programs for state employees as contained in the state personnel rules or in §§ 36-4-14 or 36-4-44 or in any other chapter relating to incentive in-service training programs.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-9. - Appropriation.

§ 42-56.1-9. Appropriation.
The state shall bear the expense for educational incentive payments. The general assembly shall annually appropriate the sums it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and the state controller is directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for payment of that sum or so much as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by him or her of duly authorized vouchers. It is further provided that the sum of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000) is appropriated to the department of corrections to carry out the purposes of this chapter as to obligations incurred from July 1, 1974 to December 30, 1974 out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and the state controller is authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of those sums, or so much as may be required from time to time, upon receipt by him or her of properly authenticated vouchers.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.1 - Correctional Officers’ Incentive Pay Plan › Section 42-56.1-10. - Applicability to retirement benefits or longevity pay.

§ 42-56.1-10. Applicability to retirement benefits or longevity pay.
Incentive pay shall not be used in computation of retirement benefits or for longevity pay increases.
History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-1. - Federal surplus property officer — Appointment — Duties.

§ 42-56.2-1. Federal surplus property officer — Appointment — Duties.
Within the department of administration there shall be a federal surplus property officer who shall be appointed by the director of the department and who shall be in the classified service of the state. The federal surplus property officer shall exercise the powers and duties as set forth in this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 226, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-2. - Contracts by federal surplus property officer.

§ 42-56.2-2. Contracts by federal surplus property officer.
The federal surplus property officer may enter into any contract with the United States, or with any agency of the United States, for the purchase, lease or other acquisition of any equipment, supplies, materials, or other personal property, and may, with the approval of the governor, enter into any contract with the United States, or with any agency of the United States, for the purchase, lease, or other acquisition of any property within this state, or any interest in property.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-3. - Acquisition by federal surplus property officer.

§ 42-56.2-3. Acquisition by federal surplus property officer.
The federal surplus property officer may acquire and procure equipment, supplies, materials, and other personal property pursuant to the provisions of § 42-56.2-1 for use by the state or by any of the municipalities of the state or for use by nonprofit educational or charitable institutions within the state which have been held exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3).
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-4. - Payment for property acquired by federal surplus property officer.

§ 42-56.2-4. Payment for property acquired by federal surplus property officer.
The federal surplus property officer may draw upon the general service rotary fund for all expenses and costs incurred in the procurement or acquisition of equipment, supplies, materials, and other personal property pursuant to the provisions of § 42-56.2-1, and whenever any equipment, supplies, materials, and other personal property pursuant to the provisions of § 42-56.2-1 shall be delivered by the federal surplus property officer to any municipality or charitable institution, the federal surplus property officer shall only charge the municipalities or charitable institutions the cost and expense incurred in acquiring and procuring the equipment, supplies, materials, and other personal property pursuant to the provisions of § 42-56.2-1. All moneys paid by the municipalities, and nonprofit educational or charitable institutions, in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be deposited in the general service rotary fund.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-5. - Cooperation of other agencies.

§ 42-56.2-5. Cooperation of other agencies.
All state departments and agencies, the director of the department of human services and the board of governors for higher education are authorized and directed to cooperate with the federal surplus property officer in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The board of regents for elementary and secondary education is authorized to assign personnel from within those departments at the request of the governor, to assist the federal surplus property officer in the acquisition and procurement of equipment, supplies, materials, and other personal property pursuant to the provisions of § 42-56.2-1.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-6. - Bidding by cities and towns at sales of property.

§ 42-56.2-6. Bidding by cities and towns at sales of property.
The governing body of any city or town within the state may, by appropriate ordinance, designate any office holder or employee of that city or town to enter a bid or bids in its behalf at any sale of any equipment, supplies, material, or other property, real or personal, owned by the United States or any agency of the United States, and may authorize that person to make any down payment, or payment in full, required in connection with the bidding, within the limits of available appropriations, without regard to any provisions of law which may require:
(1)
The posting of notices or public advertising for bids or of expenditures;
(2)
The inviting or receiving of competitive bids;
(3)
The delivery of purchases before payment.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-7. - Inconsistent provisions.

§ 42-56.2-7. Inconsistent provisions.
Any provisions of any law, charter, ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation which are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are suspended to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-8. - Powers supplemental.

§ 42-56.2-8. Powers supplemental.
This chapter shall be construed to supplement the powers already existing in the agencies mentioned above.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.2 - Federal Surplus Property — Acquisition › Section 42-56.2-9. - Acceptance of relinquishment of federal jurisdiction.

§ 42-56.2-9. Acceptance of relinquishment of federal jurisdiction.
The governor is authorized, empowered, and may accept on behalf of the state, relinquishment of federal jurisdiction over any property situated within the state and subject to the legislative jurisdiction of the United States government.
History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 420, § 2.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.3 - The Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act › Section 42-56.3-1. - Title.

§ 42-56.3-1. Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act.”
History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 68, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 108, § 1.
2023 Rhode Island General Laws › Title 42 - State Affairs and Government › Chapter 42-56.3 - The Healthy Pregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act › Section 42-56.3-2. - Findings.

§ 42-56.3-2. Findings.
(a)
Restraining a pregnant woman can pose undue health risks to the woman and her pregnancy.
(b)
The vast majority of female prisoners or detainees in Rhode Island are non-violent offenders.
(c)
Restraining pregnant prisoners and detainees increases the potential for physical harm from an accidental trip or fall.
(d)
Freedom from physical restraints is especially critical during labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery after delivery. Women often need to move around during labor and recovery, and restraints can further interfere with medical staff’s ability to appropriately assist in childbirth or to conduct emergency procedures.
(e)
Public health organizations have expressed opposition to shackling pregnant women because of the dangers posed to a woman’s health and well-being.
History of Section.
P.L. 2011, ch. 68, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 108, § 1.