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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT | |
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Introduced By: Senators Metts, and Pichardo | |
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Date Introduced: February 16, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 42-56-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-56 entitled |
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"Corrections Department" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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42-56-22. Labor by persons committed on mesne process or to answer criminal |
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charge. -- (a) Every person who shall be committed to the adult correctional institutions to |
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answer for any criminal offense, whether convicted or awaiting trial, or on mesne process in any |
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qui tam or penal action, or on mesne process or execution in any civil action, may be permitted to |
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labor in the discretion of the director, or his or her designee, for the state, and in that case may be |
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paid not more than three dollars ($3.00) a day for every day he or she shall labor with the express |
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consent of the director, or his or her designee, of the department, to be credited to the prisoner's |
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account by the assistant director of administration, or his or her designee, and to be disbursed to |
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the prisoner in accordance with the rules and regulations of the institutions; provided, further, |
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however, there shall be maintained on account at all times at least twenty-five percent (25%) of |
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the earnings of each prisoner up to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) for those persons |
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serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole under sections 11-23-2, 12-19.2-1 et seq., |
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and up to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all other prisoners; those funds to be |
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turned over to the prisoner at the time of his or her release from the institution, the funds being his |
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or her property; the moneys, including any interest earned, to be paid to the prisoner by order of |
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the assistant director of management services upon the general treasurer. |
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(b) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the use of the funds in the account for |
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the payment of any court fees and court costs required to be paid for the filing, prosecution, and |
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defense of any action. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT | |
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This act would include interest earned on moneys held in the prisoner’s account as part of |
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the prisoner’s funds to be turned over upon release from the prison. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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