§ 11-25-1. Escape from correctional institutions. Every prisoner who shall attempt to escape, or who shall escape, from the lawful custody of the warden of the adult correctional institutions, or from the custody of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant to the provisions of § 40.1-5.3-1, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned […]
§ 11-25-1.1. Escape from municipal detention facility. Every prisoner, detainee, or other person incarcerated or confined at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in the City of Central Falls who shall attempt to escape, or who shall escape, from the lawful custody of the director of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility created under chapter […]
§ 11-25-10. Conveyance of intoxicants to prisoner. Every person who shall convey or cause to be conveyed to any prisoner committed to the adult correctional institutions any wine or strong liquor, without the consent of the warden, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00). History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 12; G.L. 1909, […]
§ 11-25-11. Prisoners committed for violation of city or town ordinances. The several cities and towns shall have the right to use the correctional institutions of the state for the confinement of persons committed under the authority of the ordinances of the cities or towns; provided, that the director of corrections shall not be liable […]
§ 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.
§ 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 […]
§ 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, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 11-25-2. Assault or escape by a custodial unit inmate. Every prisoner confined in any custodial unit of the adult correctional institutions or in the custody of the warden or other correctional employee while outside the confines of the institutions or in the custody of the director of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals pursuant […]
§ 11-25-2.1. Assault by a municipal detention inmate. Every prisoner, detainee, or other person incarcerated or confined in the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, created under chapter 54 of title 45 who shall assault the director or other detention center employees, shall be sentenced by the court to imprisonment at the adult correctional institutions, for […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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.
§ 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 […]
