(a)  No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his or her charge, when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by that person, of the offense charged against the prisoner.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-12

  • Commanding officer: includes only commissioned officers;
    (5) "Commissioned officer" includes a commissioned warrant officer;
    (6) "Convening authority" includes, in addition to the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, or a successor in command;
    (7) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any type of required duty other than that set forth in subdivision (2) of this section and includes travel to and from that duty;
    (8) "Enlisted member" means a person in an enlisted grade;
    (9) "Grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designed as a grade by law or regulation;
    (10) Law officer" means an official of a general court-martial detailed in accordance with § 30-13-28
    (11) "Law specialist" means a commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated for special duty (law);
    (12) "Legal officer" means any commissioned officer of the organized naval militia of the state designated to perform legal duties for a command;
    (13) "May" is used in a permissive sense. See Rhode Island General Laws 30-13-1
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  Every commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a city or county jail or of any other jail, penitentiary, or prison designated under § 30-13-11, to whose charge a prisoner is committed, shall, within twenty-four (24) hours after that commitment or as soon as he or she is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against the prisoner, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the commitment.

History of Section.
G.L. 1956, § 30-13-12; P.L. 1962, ch. 82, § 1.