§ 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 not more than three (3) years or be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500). However, nothing in this section shall be construed to include the offense of breaking jail.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 13; P.L. 1920, ch. 1856, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 13; P.L. 1931, ch. 1791, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 13; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-25-1; P.L. 1979, ch. 244, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 11-25 - Jails and Prisons
Section 11-25-1. - Escape from correctional institutions.
Section 11-25-1.1. - Escape from municipal detention facility.
Section 11-25-2. - Assault or escape by a custodial unit inmate.
Section 11-25-2.1. - Assault by a municipal detention inmate.
Section 11-25-3. - Fatal assault by maximum custodial inmate deemed murder.
Section 11-25-4. - Assault or escape by prisoner of medium or minimum custodial unit.
Section 11-25-4.1. - Sentence for assault or escape by prisoner — Consecutive term.
Section 11-25-5. - Officer voluntarily allowing prisoner to escape.
Section 11-25-6. - Officer negligently allowing escape.
Section 11-25-7. - Rescue of prisoner.
Section 11-25-8. - Conveyance to prisoner of instruments for escape.
Section 11-25-9. - Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape.
Section 11-25-10. - Conveyance of intoxicants to prisoner.
Section 11-25-11. - Prisoners committed for violation of city or town ordinances.
Section 11-25-12. - Earnings of city or town prisoners.
Section 11-25-13. - Federal prisoners.
Section 11-25-14. - Conveyance of unauthorized articles to or from institutions.
Section 11-25-14.1. - Unlawful possession of telecommunications devices.
Section 11-25-15. - Imprisonment for failure to appear at a court ordered hearing.
Section 11-25-16. - Juvenile escapees.
Section 11-25-16.1. - Escape after certification.
Section 11-25-17. - Receipt, safekeeping and record of prisoners.
Section 11-25-18. - Receipt of gifts by employees of department of corrections.
Section 11-25-19. - Record of visitors.
Section 11-25-20. - Habeas corpus for production of prisoner.
Section 11-25-21. - Habeas corpus — Training school for youth.
Section 11-25-22. - Escape from custody.
Section 11-25-23. - Allowing prisoners to have controlled substances.
Section 11-25-24. - Correctional employees — Sexual relations with inmates — Felony.