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	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.