Rhode Island § 12-7-17 § 12-7-17. Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 12-7-17 — § 12-7-17. Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant.

Rhode Island § 12-7-17

Title 12Criminal Procedure

Ch. 12-7Arrest

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-7-17 (2026).

Text

§ 12-7-17. Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant.
The director of the department of corrections, the warden of the adult correctional
            institutions, any superintendent or employees connected with any institution under
            the management and control of the department of corrections, or any police officer
            or town constable, may arrest, without a warrant, any person who has escaped from
            any institution, or who, being absent from the institution on parole, has violated
            the conditions of the parole, for the purpose of returning the person to the institution
            from which the escape was made or from which the parole was granted.
         


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§ 12-7-17. Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant.

The director of the department of corrections, the warden of the adult correctional institutions, any superintendent or employees connected with any institution under the management and control of the department of corrections, or any police officer or town constable, may arrest, without a warrant, any person who has escaped from any institution, or who, being absent from the institution on parole, has violated the conditions of the parole, for the purpose of returning the person to the institution from which the escape was made or from which the parole was granted.

Legislative History

P.L. 1922, ch. 2208, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 394, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 605, § 23; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 80; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-7-17; P.L. 1973, ch. 173, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 260, § 22; P.L. 2015, ch. 275, § 22.