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| 8 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 9 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 10 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 11 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 12 | 13 | | |
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| 13 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 14 | 15 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTME NT |
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| 15 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Acosta, Mack, DiPalma, Kallman, Murray, LaMountain, Euer, |
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| 16 | 17 | | Britto, DiMario, and Lawson |
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| 17 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 18 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 21 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 42-56-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-56 entitled "Corrections 1 |
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| 23 | 24 | | Department" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 25 | | 42-56-17. Identification and description of inmates. 3 |
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| 25 | 26 | | (a) The director of corrections, or his or her designee, shall cause prisoners confined under 4 |
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| 26 | 27 | | sentence in the adult correctional institutions to be physically and factually described in accordance 5 |
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| 27 | 28 | | with accepted criminal identification standards for the identification of criminals. The director of 6 |
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| 28 | 29 | | corrections, or his or her designee, shall cause identification to be made by a person or persons in 7 |
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| 29 | 30 | | the official service of the state, and shall prescribe rules and regulations for keeping accurate 8 |
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| 30 | 31 | | records at those institutions, and for classifying and indexing the records. 9 |
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| 31 | 32 | | (b) The department of corrections shall collect the following information from individua ls 10 |
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| 32 | | - | entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), ethnicity, and level of education, and 11 |
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| 33 | | - | publish a summary of such information on an annual basis. 12 |
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| 33 | + | entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), and level of education, and publish a 11 |
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| 34 | + | summary of such information on an annual basis. 12 |
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