Rhode Island § 12-18-1 § 12-18-1. Placement of offenders under director of corrections.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-18-1 — § 12-18-1. Placement of offenders under director of corrections.

Rhode Island § 12-18-1

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-18Probation

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-18-1 (2026).

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§ 12-18-1. Placement of offenders under director of corrections.
It shall be lawful for any court in the state, at any time before sentence, to provisionally
            place any offender, juvenile or adult, who can lawfully be admitted to bail, under
            the control and supervision of the director of corrections or the director's designee
            or any probation officer that the director may designate, and whenever any offender
            shall be placed in the custody or under the control and supervision of the director
            or designee or of any designated probation officer, the director or designee and the
            probation officer shall have and exercise the same rights and powers in relat

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§ 12-18-1. Placement of offenders under director of corrections.

It shall be lawful for any court in the state, at any time before sentence, to provisionally place any offender, juvenile or adult, who can lawfully be admitted to bail, under the control and supervision of the director of corrections or the director's designee or any probation officer that the director may designate, and whenever any offender shall be placed in the custody or under the control and supervision of the director or designee or of any designated probation officer, the director or designee and the probation officer shall have and exercise the same rights and powers in relation to the offender as are or may be possessed by a surety on a recognizance.

Legislative History

G.L. 1923, ch. 405, § 2; P.L. 1926, ch. 861, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 405, § 3; P.L. 1932, ch. 1930, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 619, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2724, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 12-18-1; P.L. 1966, ch. 182, § 2; Reorg. Plan No. 1, 1970; P.L. 1972, ch. 163, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 6.