R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-18-2: Return of probationers or parolees from outside state.

Whenever any person who has been placed in custody of the director of corrections or the director’s designee or of a probation officer by any court in this state, or has been paroled by the parole board, has left this state while in custody or while on parole, the director or designee, in his or her discretion, with the advice of the attorney general, is authorized to cause the person to be brought back to this state.