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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-42 > Chapter-42-56 > 42-56-29SECTION 42-56-29
§ 42-56-29 Receiving and orientation unit– Study of incoming prisoners. – To establish security standards which will safeguard society and which willprovide for the most efficient possible rehabilitation of individual prisoners,there shall be established within the department of corrections a receiving andorientation unit which shall receive all persons sentenced to the adultcorrectional institutions for a term of imprisonment of more than one year.Every person so sentenced shall be segregated for a period not to exceed thirty(30) days during which period the person shall be studied and evaluated todetermine whether the person shall be a maximum, medium, or minimum securityrisk and to develop a program of rehabilitation, education, and medical andother care as shall be deemed necessary and appropriate to prepare the personto become a useful member of society. During the period, medical, psychometric,and psychological examination shall be made of the person and the results,together with the nature of the offense for which the person has beencommitted, the previous criminal history, if any, the recommendations of thedepartment of the attorney general and of the sentencing court and the socialhistory of the person shall be studied and evaluated in determining the degreeof custodial care of the person, the rehabilitation program for the person, themedical or other care that may be necessary and the spiritual and religiousguidance that shall be indicated by the preference of the person.
