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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5180 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000619 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Cruz, Craven, Dawson, McEntee, Solomon, J. Brien, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Diaz, Kislak, Ajello, and Morales |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: January 24, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 13-8-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 13-8 entitled "Parole" is 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13-8-2. Qualifications of board members. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | The seven (7) electors to be named by the governor shall have the following qualifications: 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1)(i) One of the qualified electors shall be a psychologist or a physician who is 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | professionally qualified in the field of psychiatry or neurology; 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (ii) One shall be a member in good standing of the Rhode Island bar; 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (iii) One shall be a person who is professionally trained in correctional work or in some 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | closely related general field as a social work; and 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (iv) One shall be a law enforcement officer; and 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (v) One shall be a person formerly incarcerated or directly impacted by the criminal legal 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | system who has completed the probation and parole process three (3) or more years prior with a 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | background in one of the following areas: psychology, mental health and/or substance use, 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | transitional housing, re-entry after incarceration, education or law. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) All of the qualified electors shall be individuals who shall also have shown an interest 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | in social welfare problems. 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 50 | 50 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 51 | 51 | | OF |
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| 52 | 52 | | A N A C T |
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| 53 | 53 | | RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PAROLE |
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| 54 | 54 | | *** |
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| 55 | 55 | | This act would require one elector of the parole board to be a person directly impacted by 1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the criminal justice system who has completed the probation/parole process three (3) or more years 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | prior to selection with a professional background in certain enumerated areas. 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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