{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-21-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 12-21-9","heading":"Commitment for failure to obey judgment or sentence.","body":"If any person against whom sentence is passed or judgment rendered, under any penal statute, shall refuse or neglect to perform the sentence or to pay the judgment, he or she shall, by order of the court passing the sentence or by the officer charged with the execution issued on the judgment, be committed to the adult correctional institutions, and be imprisoned there until the sentence is performed or he or she is discharged by due course of law.","path":["Title 12 Criminal Procedure","Chapter 21 Recovery of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE12/12-21/12-21-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:27Z","sha256":"612479498f104b6add4cdcf8a0e9424d2a66a05939e88a64b494eebc6604b0dd","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-21-8","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-12-21-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}