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R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-19-23 (2026)

Place of imprisonment

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Unless otherwise provided, every person now or hereafter sentenced to imprisonment shall be sentenced to and imprisoned in the adult correctional institutions.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1979–2017 · leading case: State v. Paster, 524 A.2d 587 (R.I. 1987).
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State v. Paster, 524 A.2d 587 (R.I. 1987). · cites it 2× “” A defendant cannot be sentenced to “imprisonment” in his or her own home because § 12-19-23 mandates that “[ujnless otherwise provided, every person * * * sentenced to imprisonment shall be sentenced to and imprisoned in the [ACI].”
State v. Anthony Parrillo, 158 A.3d 283 (R.I. 2017). · cites it 2× “”2 On December 22, 1993, after receiving what appear to be credits for time served pursuant to G.L. 1956 § 12-19-23 and for good behavior pursuant to G.”
Gomes v. Moran, 468 F. Supp. 542 (D.R.I. 1979). “*548 § 12-19-23 .(1969). The warden of the Adult Correctional Institutions is “to receive such persons into his custody and safely keep them in said institutions during the term specified in such sentence.”
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