(a) Every person who shall be committed to the adult correctional institutions to answer
for any criminal offense, whether convicted or awaiting trial, or on mesne process
in any qui tam or penal action, or on mesne process or execution in any civil action,
may be permitted to labor in the discretion of the director, or the director’s designee,
for the state, and in that case may be paid not more than three dollars ($3.00) a
day for every day the person shall labor with the express consent of the director,
or the director’s designee, of the department, to be credited to the prisoner’s account
by the assistant director of administration, or the assistant director’s designee,
and to be disbursed to the prisoner in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the institutions; provided, further, however, there shall be maintained on account
at all times at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the earnings of each prisoner up
to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) for those persons serving a sentence of
life imprisonment without parole under §§ 11-23-2, 12-19.2-1 et seq., and up to a maximum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for all other prisoners;
those funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of the prisoner’s release
from the institution, the funds being the prisoner’s property; the moneys to be paid
to the prisoner by order of the assistant director of management services upon the
general treasurer.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the use of the funds in the account
for the payment of any court fees and court costs required to be paid for the filing,
prosecution, and defense of any action.
Notes of Decisions
Temple v. Ellerthorpe, 586 F. Supp. 848 (D.R.I. 1984).
“Laws § 42-56-22, as amended by P.L.I983, ch. 56, § 1, expressly sanctions "the use of the funds in said account for the payment of any court fees and court costs required to be paid for the filing, prosecution and defense of any action.”
Young v. Wall, 359 F. Supp. 2d 84 (D.R.I. 2005).
· cites it 9× “; those funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of his or her release from the institution." As noted by Young, the "frozen” account differs from the “open” account in that funds held in the former account "cannot be withdrawn, converted, or deposited elsewhere,”…”
Young v. Wall, 642 F.3d 49 (1st Cir. 2011).
· cites it 2× “R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-22. Their wages are deposited into inmate accounts maintained by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC).”
Keenan v. Vose, 634 A.2d 866 (R.I. 1993).
· cites it 5× “The certified question is as follows: “Does Rhode Island General Law § 42-56-22 prohibit a person committed to the adult correctional institutions the use of those funds, during the person’s incarceration, which are payable only ‘at the time of his or her release from the…”
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-22(a): 1 case
Young v. Wall, 642 F.3d 49 (1st Cir. 2011).
“R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-22. Their wages are deposited into inmate accounts maintained by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC).”
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-56-22(b): 1 case
Keenan v. Vose, 634 A.2d 866 (R.I. 1993).
“The certified question is as follows: “Does Rhode Island General Law § 42-56-22 prohibit a person committed to the adult correctional institutions the use of those funds, during the person’s incarceration, which are payable only ‘at the time of his or her release from the…”
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