Rhode Island General Laws Title 42. State Affairs and Government § 42-12.1-10. The Rhode Island state psychiatric hospital

(1) The individual has been determined to require specialized mental health care and psychiatric inpatient services that cannot be provided in a correctional facility as defined in § 40.1-5.3-7;

(2) The individual has been ordered to inpatient care by a court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of competency evaluation, competency restoration, if indicated, and treatment;

(3) The individual has been ordered to the forensic unit after a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity until such time, subject to a determination of the director or the director’s designee, the individual may be safely managed in a civil unit of Eleanor Slater hospital;

(4) The individual has been transferred to the Rhode Island state psychiatric hospital from the department of corrections when specialized services are required that are better provided in a hospital setting and are provided until such time, in the discretion of the director, the patient's condition has improved to the point at which the patient may be returned to the adult correctional institutions and to receive sufficient treatment, as approved by a judge of the district court or a justice of the superior court pursuant to the applicable procedures and requirements of §§ 40.1-5.3-6, 40.1-5.3-7, 40.1-5.3-8, 40.1-5.3-9, and/or 40.1-5.3-9.1.