Chapter 169
2023 -- H 5127 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/20/2023

A N   A C T
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT

Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Hull, J. Lombardi, Slater, Edwards, Vella-Wilkinson, Caldwell, Morales, Bennett, and Felix

Date Introduced: January 12, 2023

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 42-56-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-56 entitled "Corrections
Department" is hereby amended to read as follows:
     42-56-17. Identification and description of inmates.
     (a) The director of corrections, or his or her the director’s designee, shall cause prisoners
confined under sentence in the adult correctional institutions to be physically and factually
described in accordance with accepted criminal identification standards for the identification of
criminals. The director of corrections, or his or her the director’s designee, shall cause
identification to be made by a person or persons in the official service of the state, and shall
prescribe rules and regulations for keeping accurate records at those institutions, and for classifying
and indexing the records.
     (b) The department of corrections shall collect the following information from individuals
entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), ethnicity, and level of education, and
publish a summary of such information on an annual basis.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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