§ 11-5-8 - Assault on correctional officer, or training school employee. - Rhode-island Statutes

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SECTION 11-5-8

§ 11-5-8 Assault on correctional officer,or training school employee. – Any person who shall knowingly and willfully strike a uniformed member of thecorrectional officer staff at the adult correctional institutions causingbodily injury, or willfully strikes a member who is out of uniform, knowing theperson to be such a member, while the member is engaged in the performance ofhis or her duty, or who knowingly and without consent removes or attempts toremove a firearm from a correctional officer engaged in the lawful performanceof his or her duties, or who knowingly and willfully strikes a training schoolemployee at the training school for youth, causing bodily injury to theemployee while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty,shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than fivehundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

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SECTION 11-5-8

§ 11-5-8 Assault on correctional officer,or training school employee. – Any person who shall knowingly and willfully strike a uniformed member of thecorrectional officer staff at the adult correctional institutions causingbodily injury, or willfully strikes a member who is out of uniform, knowing theperson to be such a member, while the member is engaged in the performance ofhis or her duty, or who knowingly and without consent removes or attempts toremove a firearm from a correctional officer engaged in the lawful performanceof his or her duties, or who knowingly and willfully strikes a training schoolemployee at the training school for youth, causing bodily injury to theemployee while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty,shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than fivehundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

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SECTION 11-5-8

§ 11-5-8 Assault on correctional officer,or training school employee. – Any person who shall knowingly and willfully strike a uniformed member of thecorrectional officer staff at the adult correctional institutions causingbodily injury, or willfully strikes a member who is out of uniform, knowing theperson to be such a member, while the member is engaged in the performance ofhis or her duty, or who knowingly and without consent removes or attempts toremove a firearm from a correctional officer engaged in the lawful performanceof his or her duties, or who knowingly and willfully strikes a training schoolemployee at the training school for youth, causing bodily injury to theemployee while the employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duty,shall be imprisoned not exceeding five (5) years, or fined not less than fivehundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.