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R.I. Gen. Laws § 13-8-18 (2026)

Revocation of parole — Hearing

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The parole board may, by a majority vote of all of its members, revoke, in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1, any permit issued by it to any prisoner under the provisions of this chapter or revoke any permit issued by another state or jurisdiction where the prisoner is being supervised by the Rhode Island parole board whenever it shall appear to the board that the prisoner has violated any of the terms or conditions of his or her permit or conditions of parole set by an out-of-state jurisdiction, or has during the period of his or her parole violated any state laws. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the board that any prisoner at liberty under a permit issued by this state or another state or jurisdiction has been guilty of a violation of parole related to a new criminal charge, the chairperson shall issue his or her warrant to any officer authorized to serve criminal process to arrest the prisoner and commit him or her to the adult correctional institutions, to be detained until the board shall have an opportunity to determine whether the permit of the prisoner is to be revoked in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1, or in the case of prisoners granted parole by another state or jurisdiction, and supervised by the Rhode Island parole board, until that state or jurisdiction takes custody of the prisoner. Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of the board that any prisoner at liberty under a permit issued by this state or another state or jurisdiction has been guilty of a technical violation of parole, absent a new criminal charge, the chairperson may, at his or her discretion, issue his or her warrant to any officer authorized to serve criminal process to arrest the prisoner and commit him or her to the adult correctional institutions, to be detained until the board shall have an opportunity to determine whether the permit of the prisoner is to be revoked in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.1, or in the case of prisoners granted parole by another state or jurisdiction, and supervised by the Rhode Island parole board, until that state or jurisdiction takes custody of the prisoner. If the board shall determine that the permit shall not be revoked, then the board shall immediately order the prisoner to be set at liberty under the terms and conditions of his or her original permit.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1966–2018 · leading case: Gaze v. State, 521 A.2d 125 (R.I. 1987).
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Gaze v. State, 521 A.2d 125 (R.I. 1987). · cites it 4× “Section 13-8-18, which vests power to revoke parole with a majority of the board, was enacted prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in Morrissey v.”
Pine v. Clark, 636 A.2d 1319 (R.I. 1994). “Under the parole statute, the board can grant parole without a hearing and is authorized by § 13-8-18 to revoke a parole permit with or without a hearing.”
Leonard Jefferson v. State of Rhode Island, 184 A.3d 1094 (R.I. 2018). · cites it 4× “Section 13-8-18 provides that a majority of the members of the Parole Board may, in accordance with the provisions of § 13-8-18.”
Joseph Menechino v. Russell G. Oswald, 430 F.2d 403 (2d Cir. 1970). “Indeed some states authorize revocation of parole and recommitment upon the Board’s ex parte determination, without a hearing, much less counsel, since the prisoner is still in the custody of the state, just as if he were within the prison walls or working on a prison farm. See…”
Grieco v. Langlois, 240 A.2d 595 (R.I. 1968). · cites it 3× “1956, §13-8-18. The petitioner immediately challenged the validity of his detention under that warrant by a habeas proceeding in the superior court, and a justice of that court on June 6, 1967, finding that the parole permit had not validly issued, denied the petition and…”
Mancini v. Langlois, 224 A.2d 47 (R.I. 1966). “1956, §13-8-18, issued a warrant directing that he be detained pending a determination of whether his parole should be revoked.”
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