§ 42-56-23 - Body of deceased inmate.
SECTION 42-56-23
§ 42-56-23 Body of deceased inmate. –Whenever any person shall die in any of the correctional institutions, thedirector, or his or her designee, shall, after an inquest has been held on thebody of the deceased person, deliver the body to his or her relatives orfriends if they request it; and if no application is made for the body, thedirector, or his or her designee, shall bury the body in the common buryingground, and the burial expenses shall be paid out of the estate of the deceasedperson, and if none, then by the city or town in which the deceased person haddomicile, if within the state; otherwise the expenses shall be paid out of thegeneral treasury.