§ 8-10-9. Assistance of services of department of corrections.
(a) The facilities of the department of corrections shall be available at all times to
the court. The director of the department of corrections shall assign to service in
the court a supervisor of probation counsellors, probation counsellors, and other
workers to carry out the purposes of the court. The supervisor, counsellors, and workers,
when so assigned, shall be responsible to the court and shall serve in the court at
the pleasure of the chief judge in his or her capacity as administrative judge.
(b) At the request of the court, the directo
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§ 8-10-9. Assistance of services of department of corrections.
(a) The facilities of the department of corrections shall be available at all times to
the court. The director of the department of corrections shall assign to service in
the court a supervisor of probation counsellors, probation counsellors, and other
workers to carry out the purposes of the court. The supervisor, counsellors, and workers,
when so assigned, shall be responsible to the court and shall serve in the court at
the pleasure of the chief judge in his or her capacity as administrative judge.
(b) At the request of the court, the director of the department of corrections, his or
her assistants, and the bureau of mental hygiene shall make such investigation or
examination, or both, as the court or any justice thereof may request of any party
within its jurisdiction, and shall file with the court a written report of the investigation
or examination, or both, within the time fixed by the court. Any party in interest
or his or her counsel shall be entitled to examine the report, and shall be given
the opportunity to cross-examine under oath the person who submits the report, and
to introduce evidence in support of or in opposition to it before a decision is rendered
by the court. The written report of investigation or examination shall not be used
as evidence in any criminal matter heard by the court.
(c) At the direction of the court, the supervisor of probation counsellors, probation
counsellors, and other workers shall assume responsibility for the enforcement of
all preliminary, interlocutory, and decretal orders in cases referred to them by the
court. The court may order payments of temporary or permanent alimony for the support
of a wife or children, or both, to the supervisor, counsellors, or workers for the
account of the wife or children, or both.