§ 42-56-1 Declaration of policy
§ 42-56-2 Establishment of department – Director
§ 42-56-3 Transfer of functions from the department of human services
§ 42-56-4 Organization of department
§ 42-56-5 Director to be the appointing authority
§ 42-56-5.1 Justice reinvestment
§ 42-56-6 Management of institutions
§ 42-56-7 Parole and probation
§ 42-56-8 Departmental seal
§ 42-56-9 Authority of department broadly construed
§ 42-56-10 Powers of the director
§ 42-56-14 Buildings and grounds comprising institutions
§ 42-56-14.1 Statutory references to former institutions
§ 42-56-15 References to jailers and jail keepers
§ 42-56-16 Deputy warden and employees, women’s division, adult correctional institutions
§ 42-56-17 Identification and description of inmates
§ 42-56-18 Inmate furloughs
§ 42-56-19 Educational and vocational training unit
§ 42-56-20 Care and employment of short term prisoners
§ 42-56-20.1 Repealed
§ 42-56-20.2 Community confinement
§ 42-56-20.3 Community correctional program for women offenders
§ 42-56-20.4 Repealed
§ 42-56-20.5 Establishment of a women’s transitional housing facility
§ 42-56-20.6 Restitution mandatory – Prior to community confinement
§ 42-56-21 Labor of prisoners committed for criminal offense, qui tam, penal action, or failure to give recognizance
§ 42-56-21.1 Notification upon work release
§ 42-56-21.2 Restitution mandatory – Prior to work release
§ 42-56-22 Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal charge
§ 42-56-23 Body of deceased inmate
§ 42-56-24 Earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion
§ 42-56-25 Repealed
§ 42-56-26 Additional time allowed for meritorious service
§ 42-56-27 Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners
§ 42-56-28 Prisoners previously sentenced
§ 42-56-29 Receiving and orientation unit – Study of incoming prisoners
§ 42-56-30 Classification board
§ 42-56-31 Determination of classification and rehabilitation programs of prisoners
§ 42-56-32 Classification unit
§ 42-56-33 Training school for youth
§ 42-56-34 Designation of land and buildings for training school for youth
§ 42-56-35 Repealed
§ 42-56-36 Transfer of powers and functions from department of corrections
§ 42-56-37 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing
§ 42-56-38 Assessment of costs
§ 42-56-38.1 Prisoner telephone use
§ 42-56-38.2 Furnishing of health records
§ 42-56-39 A prison impact statement
§ 42-56-40 Transfer of foreign convicted offenders under treaty
§ 42-56-41 Severability
§ 42-56-42 Severability

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8