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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINALS - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS - PAROLE | |
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Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, and Walaska | |
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Date Introduced: March 06, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Sections 13-8-18 and 13-8-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 13-8 entitled |
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"Parole" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
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13-8-18. Revocation of parole -- Hearing. -- The parole board may, by a majority vote |
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of all of its members, revoke, in accordance with the provisions of section 13-8-18.1, any permit |
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issued by it to any prisoner under the provisions of this chapter or revoke any permit issued by |
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another state or jurisdiction where the prisoner is being supervised by the Rhode Island parole |
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board whenever it shall appear to the board that the prisoner has violated any of the terms or |
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conditions of his or her permit or conditions of parole set by an out-of-state jurisdiction, or has |
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during the period of his or her parole violated any state laws. Whenever it shall come to the |
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knowledge of the board that any prisoner at liberty under a permit issued by this state or another |
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state or jurisdiction has been guilty of any violation, the chairperson shall issue his or her warrant |
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to any officer authorized to serve criminal process to arrest the prisoner and commit him or her to |
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the adult correctional institutions, to be detained until the board shall have an opportunity to |
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determine whether the permit of the prisoner is to be revoked in accordance with the provisions of |
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section 13-8-18.1, or in the case of prisoners granted parole by another state or jurisdiction, and |
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supervised by the Rhode Island parole board, until that state or jurisdiction takes custody of the |
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prisoner. If the board shall determine that the permit shall not be revoked, then the board shall |
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immediately order the prisoner to be set at liberty under the terms and conditions of his or her |
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original permit. |
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13-8-19. Arrest and return to institution on revocation of parole. -- (a) Whenever the |
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permit of a prisoner is revoked, in accordance with the provisions of section 13-8-18.1 the parole |
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board shall order the prisoner to be returned to the adult correctional institutions or to the |
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women's division of the adult correctional institutions, as the case may be, to serve the remainder |
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of the prisoner's original sentence according to the terms of that sentence. |
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(b) The time between the release of the prisoner under the permit and the prisoner's |
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return to the adult correctional institutions or the women's division of the adult correctional |
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institutions under order of the board shall not be considered as any part of the prisoner's original |
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sentence. |
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(c) If a prisoner is at liberty when the prisoner's permit is revoked, the chairperson shall |
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issue his or her warrant to any officer authorized to serve criminal process to arrest the prisoner |
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and return the prisoner to the adult correctional institutions or the women's division of the adult |
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correctional institutions in accordance with the provisions of section 13-8-18.1 as ordered by the |
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board. |
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(d) Where the prisoner is supervised by the parole board pursuant to a grant of parole by |
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a state or jurisdiction other than Rhode Island, the parole board shall issue a detention warrant |
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and order the prisoner committed to the adult correctional institution or the women’s division of |
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the adult correctional institution until the authority from the state or other jurisdiction having |
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granted the prisoner parole takes custody of the prisoner. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would permit the Rhode Island parole board to revoke a permit issued by another |
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jurisdiction when the prisoner is being supervised by the Rhode Island parole board, and require |
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return to the adult correctional institution of such person whose licenses have been so revoked. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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