2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Chapter 42-56 - Corrections Department
Section 42-56-27 - Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners.
§ 42-56-27 Clothing and payment of discharged prisoners. – Whenever a prisoner shall be discharged he or she shall be decently clothed, and the director, or his or her designee, shall pay to him or her all moneys credited to his or her account at the time of his or her discharge; provided, however, that in the case of every prisoner who shall have been sentenced for more than one year, the prisoner shall be paid not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) at his or her discharge.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 183, § 2.)
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