Rhode Island § 11-25-9 § 11-25-9. Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 11-25-9 — § 11-25-9. Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape.

Rhode Island § 11-25-9

Title 11Criminal Offenses

Ch. 11-25Jails and Prisons

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-25-9 (2026).

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§ 11-25-9. Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape.
Every person who shall convey any tools to, or shall have any communication without
            lawful authority therefor or hold any conversation with any prisoner confined in the
            adult correctional institutions, from the outside of the institutions, or shall convey
            any tools or instruments to or in any way assist in the escape or attempted escape
            of any person from any institution under the management and control of the department
            of corrections, or shall harbor or assist that person, shall be deemed guilty of a
            misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be im

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§ 11-25-9. Assisting inmate of correctional institutions to escape.

Every person who shall convey any tools to, or shall have any communication without lawful authority therefor or hold any conversation with any prisoner confined in the adult correctional institutions, from the outside of the institutions, or shall convey any tools or instruments to or in any way assist in the escape or attempted escape of any person from any institution under the management and control of the department of corrections, or shall harbor or assist that person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or be imprisoned not exceeding three (3) years.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 276, § 11; G.L. 1909, ch. 342, § 11; P.L. 1915, ch. 1258, § 5; P.L 1922, ch. 2216, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 11; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 11-25-9.