R.I. Gen. Laws § 13-8-29: Authority of parole board to grant parole to federal prisoners.

The board may have in its discretion the power to consider an application for parole from a prisoner confined to a federal institution pursuant to chapter 12 of title 13, and to act on that application while the prisoner is still detained in the institution; provided, that the board obtain information concerning the prisoner in compliance with § 13-8-22.