Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-18-1 (2026)

Placement of offenders under director of corrections

✓ current as of July 2026
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It shall be lawful for any court in the state, at any time before sentence, to provisionally place any offender, juvenile or adult, who can lawfully be admitted to bail, under the control and supervision of the director of corrections or the director’s designee or any probation officer that the director may designate, and whenever any offender shall be placed in the custody or under the control and supervision of the director or designee or of any designated probation officer, the director or designee and the probation officer shall have and exercise the same rights and powers in relation to the offender as are or may be possessed by a surety on a recognizance.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2023 · leading case: Ryan v. City of Providence, 11 A.3d 68 (R.I. 2011).
Ryan v. City of Providence, 11 A.3d 68 (R.I. 2011). “” General Laws 1956 § 12-18-3(a) provides: "Whenever any person shall be arraigned before the district court or superior court and shall plead nolo contendere, and the court places the person on probation pursu *76 ant to § 12-18-1, then upon the completion of the probationary…”
State v. Briggs, 934 A.2d 811 (R.I. 2007). “General Laws 1956 § 12-18-3 says in relevant part: "(a) Whenever any person shall be arraigned before the district court or superi- or court and shall plead nolo contendere, and the court places the person on proba- ' tion pursuant to § 12-18-1, then upon the completion of the…”
State v. Doris E. Poulin, 66 A.3d 419 (R.I. 2013). “General Laws 1956 § 12 — 18—3(a) provides, in pertinent part: "Whenever any person shall be arraigned before the district court or superior court and shall plead nolo contendere, and the court places the person on probation pursuant to § 12-18-1, then upon the completion of the…”
In re McEnaney, 718 A.2d 920 (R.I. 1998). “—(a) Whenever any person shall be arraigned before the district court or superi- or court, and shall plead nolo contendere, and the court places the person on probation pursuant to § 12-18-1, then upon the completion of the probationary period, and absent a violation of the…”
Matter of Mcenaney, 718 A.2d 920 (R.I. 1998). “—(a) Whenever any person shall be arraigned before the district court or superior court, and shall plead nolo contendere, and the court places the person on probation pursuant to § 12-18-1, then upon the completion of the probationary period, and absent a violation of the terms…”
Ricci v. Town of Smithfield (D.R.I. 2023). · cites it 2× “G.L. § 12-18-1. The two are not the same.”
United States v. Cadden, 98 F. Supp. 2d 193 (D.R.I. 2000). “— (a) Whenever any person shall be arraigned before the district court or superior court, and shall plead nolo con-tendere, and the court places the person on probation pursuant to § 12-18-1, then upon the completion of the probationary period, and absent a violation of the…”
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