//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Rhode Island, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Rhode Island — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 44.7/100** · rank **28 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 11/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🟠 moderate | 10 years (auto-expires) for most; lifetime only for aggravated-offense, recidivist, and sexually-violent-predator categories | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-4/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-4]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🔴 restrictive | No petition/early-termination mechanism — 10-yr registrants time out automatically, and aggravated/recidivist/SVP lifetime registrants have no statutory exit — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-4/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-4]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🟢 favorable | Yes — risk assessment used (Parole Board community-notification process) | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Quarterly or yearly | § 11-37.1-4 |
| **Registration fee** | 🟢 favorable | No registration fee — R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 11-37.1 contains no fee provision (its sections cover registration duty, penalties, and community notification, none imposing a registrant fee) | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/title-11/chapter-11-37-1/|R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 11-37.1 (no fee provision)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | 300 ft from any school for registered offenders generally; 1,000 ft for level-3 offenders; statewide, applies to all registrants — **300 ft** | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-10/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-10]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Employment restriction cited (details not on page) | 11-37.3-2 |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Child safe zones cited | § 11-37.3-1 |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🟢 favorable | No day-count visitor trigger — § 11-37.1-3 imposes registration on nonresidents only if employed/carrying on a vocation or attending school in RI; a purely transient visitor with no job or school has no registration duty regardless of days present | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-3/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-3]] ✓ |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🟢 favorable | Not required — § 11-37.1-5(c) enumerates names, DOB, SSN, photo, description, address, phone; no internet/email identifiers | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-5/|§ 11-37.1-5(b)&(c)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None found | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🟠 moderate | Notification tiered by risk — Level 1 (lowest) goes to law enforcement only and is not publicly posted; only Level 2 and Level 3 reach the public — lowest tier withheld | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-12/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-12]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statutory Halloween/holiday restriction — ch. 11-37.1 registration & community-notification sections impose no holiday rule | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-11/|R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 11-37.1 (no Halloween provision)]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-10-26 lists driver's license contents (number, name, DOB, address, description, photo, donor status, signature) with no sex-offender designation, code, or brand | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-31-motor-and-other-vehicles/ri-gen-laws-sect-31-10-26/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-10-26]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Tiered active notification — Level 1 law enforcement only, Level 2 organizations, Level 3 members of the public; no cost imposed on registrant | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-1-12/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37.1-12]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 16 — with close-in-age exception (consensual conduct between persons 16-20 who are no more than 30 months apart) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/ri/title-11-criminal-offenses/ri-gen-laws-sect-11-37-6/|R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-6]] ✓ |

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Source wiki page: [[rhode_island|Rhode Island]] · compare with others via [[playground:qol_index|the index]].
//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//