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 11-25-16. – 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 […]
Section 11-25-3. – Fatal assault by maximum custodial inmate deemed murder.
§ 11-25-3. Fatal assault by maximum custodial inmate deemed murder. In case the warden or any under-keeper or any other officer of a maximum custodial unit is killed in any assault by a prisoner, the killing shall be deemed to be a murder. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 15; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, […]
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 […]
Section 11-25-4. – Assault or escape by prisoner of medium or minimum custodial unit.
§ 11-25-4. Assault or escape by prisoner of medium or minimum custodial unit. Every prisoner confined in the medium or minimum custodial unit of the adult correctional institutions or in the custody of the warden or other officer while outside the confines of the custodial unit, or in the custody of the director of behavioral […]
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 […]