Rhode Island General Laws 12-18-2. Return of probationers or parolees from outside state
Whenever any person who has been placed in custody of the director of corrections or the director’s designee or of a probation officer by any court in this state, or has been paroled by the parole board, has left this state while in custody or while on parole, the director or designee, in his or her discretion, with the advice of the attorney general, is authorized to cause the person to be brought back to this state.
History of Section.
G.L. 1909, ch. 352, § 5; P.L. 1912, ch. 777, § 1; P.L. 1914, ch. 1052, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 405, § 5; G.L. 1923, ch. 405, § 3; P.L. 1926, ch. 861, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 405, § 4; P.L. 1932, ch. 1930, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 619, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-18-2; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 6.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 12-18-2
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.