§ 11-25-16. Juvenile escapees.
(a) Any person sixteen (16) years or older who shall escape from the Rhode Island training school for youth after having been placed in the institution by the order of a family court judge, or who shall escape from the adult correctional institutions after having been placed in the institution by an order of a family court judge, shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two (2) years and/or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) In any case provided by subsection (a) of this section, the family court shall hold a hearing to determine whether or not the family court’s jurisdiction over the child shall be waived and may, if it so finds, order the child held for trial under the regular procedure of the district and/or superior courts.
(c) If the family court elects to keep jurisdiction over the child, the court shall follow its regular procedure.
(d) In the adjudication of any case under this section, the fact that the person has been found delinquent for the offense of escaping from the Rhode Island training school for youth on one or more occasions shall be prima facie evidence that the person cannot be rehabilitated under chapter 10 of title 8. The superintendent of the Rhode Island training school shall notify the department of attorney general, the Rhode Island state police, and the Cranston Police Department of any escape, or attempted escape from the Rhode Island training school.
History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 9; P.L. 1994, ch. 107, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 183, § 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.