§ 42-56-32. Classification unit.
Within the department of corrections there shall be a classification unit under the supervision of the director, or his or her designee, which shall collect and record all of the data concerning each person sentenced to the adult correctional institutions. This unit shall periodically review the file of each person and shall report to the board its findings and recommendations for those persons who shall have been sentenced to imprisonment for more than one year for such action as the board may deem necessary and appropriate. The classification unit shall furnish to the parole board, for its consideration in every case, the file of each person under consideration for parole.
History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department
Section 42-56-1. - Declaration of policy.
Section 42-56-2. - Establishment of department — Director.
Section 42-56-3. - Transfer of functions from the department of human services.
Section 42-56-4. - Organization of department.
Section 42-56-5. - Director to be the appointing authority.
Section 42-56-5.1. - Justice reinvestment.
Section 42-56-6. - Management of institutions.
Section 42-56-7. - Parole and probation.
Section 42-56-8. - Departmental seal.
Section 42-56-9. - Authority of department broadly construed.
Section 42-56-10. - Powers of the director.
Section 42-56-11 - — 42-56-13. Repealed.
Section 42-56-14. - Buildings and grounds comprising institutions.
Section 42-56-14.1. - Statutory references to former institutions.
Section 42-56-15. - References to jailers and jail keepers.
Section 42-56-16. - Deputy warden and employees, women’s division, adult correctional institutions.
Section 42-56-17. - Identification and description of inmates.
Section 42-56-18. - Inmate furloughs.
Section 42-56-19. - Educational and vocational training unit.
Section 42-56-20. - Care and employment of short term prisoners.
Section 42-56-20.1. - Repealed.
Section 42-56-20.2. - Community confinement.
Section 42-56-20.3. - Community correctional program for women offenders.
Section 42-56-20.4. - Repealed.
Section 42-56-20.5. - Establishment of a women’s transitional housing facility.
Section 42-56-20.6. - Restitution mandatory — Prior to community confinement.
Section 42-56-21.1. - Notification upon work release.
Section 42-56-21.2. - Restitution mandatory — Prior to work release.
Section 42-56-22. - Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal charge.
Section 42-56-23. - Body of deceased inmate.
Section 42-56-24. - Earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion.
Section 42-56-26. - Additional time allowed for meritorious service.
Section 42-56-27. - Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners.
Section 42-56-28. - Prisoners previously sentenced.
Section 42-56-29. - Receiving and orientation unit — Study of incoming prisoners.
Section 42-56-30. - Classification board.
Section 42-56-31. - Determination of classification and rehabilitation programs of prisoners.
Section 42-56-32. - Classification unit.
Section 42-56-33. - Training school for youth.
Section 42-56-34. - Designation of land and buildings for training school for youth.
Section 42-56-36. - Transfer of powers and functions from department of corrections.
Section 42-56-37. - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing.
Section 42-56-38. - Assessment of costs.
Section 42-56-38.1. - Prisoner telephone use.
Section 42-56-38.2. - Furnishing of health records.
Section 42-56-39. - A prison impact statement.
Section 42-56-40. - Transfer of foreign convicted offenders under treaty.