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.
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 | 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 | 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | § 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) | R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-6 ✓ |
Source wiki page: Rhode Island · compare with others via 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.