§ 42-56-36. Transfer of powers and functions from department of corrections.
(a) There are hereby transferred to the department of administration:
(1) Those functions of the department of corrections which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c);
(2) All officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, commissions, and task forces of the department of corrections who were performing strategic planning functions as defined in § 42-11-10(c);
(3) So much of other functions or parts of functions and employees and resources, physical and funded, of the director of corrections as are incidental to and necessary for the performance of the functions transferred by subdivisions (a)(1), (a)(2) and (a)(4) of this section; and
(4) Those functions and duties of the department of corrections, which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs relating to the Rhode Island state marshals. The department of corrections shall transfer to the department of administration all resources, including positions, property, and accounts, and other funding pertinent to the state marshals, that are presently allocated to the state marshals.
(b) The functions and duties of the Rhode Island state marshals that are transferred to the division of sheriffs within the department of administration consist of the following:
(1) To be responsible for transportation statewide of prisoners, to and from police departments, the adult correctional institutions, all courthouses, and other places of detention;
(2) To transport persons arrested by state and local police departments to places of detention; provided, however, nothing in this section shall prevent state and local police departments from transporting those persons;
(3) To supervise the conduct of and maintain order and discipline of the prisoners in their custody;
(4) To be responsible for the custody and safety of prisoners while being transported to and from court sessions, places of detention, and outside hospitals prior to commitment to the adult correctional institutions;
(5) To be responsible for the custody and security of prisoners detained in the cellblock areas in the Kent County courthouse and Providence County superior courthouse and for the security of these prisoners during the hearing of their cases, and while in outside hospitals prior to commitment to the adult correctional institutions;
(6) To be responsible for the safety and welfare of prisoners in their custody;
(7) To provide all security in connection with transportation in the execution of extraditions, including, but not limited to, warrants, IAD (Interstate Agreement on Detainers), arrest affidavits, interstate compact extradition, and criminal detainers; and
(8) To carry firearms as prescribed.
History of Section.P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 29, § 5; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 29, § 5.
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.