Title 10
Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

Chapter 12
Liberty of Jail Yard

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-12-7

§ 10-12-7. Failure to report or assign to warden deemed an escape.

If any person so committed shall neglect to render himself or herself to the warden of the institution, in the institution, within thirty (30) days, or make an assignment as provided in § 10-12-5, he or she shall be deemed to have committed an escape under his or her bond for the liberty of the jail yard.

History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 259, § 9; G.L. 1909, ch. 325, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 376, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 562, § 9; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 10-12-7; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 33.