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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]