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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-11 > Chapter-11-25 > 11-25-20SECTION 11-25-20
§ 11-25-20 Habeas corpus for production ofprisoner. – Whenever a writ of habeas corpus shall issue from either the supreme orsuperior court for the production and appearance before it of a prisonerconfined in the adult correctional institutions, the writ shall be delivered tothe sheriff of the county where the prisoner shall be required to be producedor appear, or to his or her deputy. Whenever the writ is issued from any othercourt, it shall be delivered to the sheriff of the county, the deputy, or toany town sergeant or chief of police or police constable in the sheriff'scounty, who shall duly present it to the director of corrections of theinstitutions. The director of corrections shall upon receipt of the writdeliver the prisoner to the custody of the officer. The officer shall take andreceive the prisoner into his or her custody, shall duly present the prisonerbefore the court pursuant to the command of the writ, and shall keep and holdthe prisoner until by order of the court he or she shall be recommitted to theinstitutions or otherwise disposed of. Upon the delivery of the custody of theprisoner by the director of corrections to the officer, the director ofcorrections shall endorse the delivery upon the writ, and the officer shallreceipt on the books of the institutions for custody. The officer, upon theproduction of the prisoner in court, shall further endorse that fact on thewrit and deliver it to the clerk or (if there is no clerk) the presidingjustice; but shall, as an officer of the court, maintain safe custody of theprisoner until he or she is, by further order, recommitted or discharged.
