§ 10-9-1 - General right to writ.
SECTION 10-9-1
§ 10-9-1 General right to writ. – Every person imprisoned in any correctional institution or otherwise restrainedof his or her liberty, other than persons imprisoned or restrained pursuant toa final judgment entered in a criminal proceeding, may prosecute a writ ofhabeas corpus, according to the provisions of this chapter, to obtain relieffrom the imprisonment or restraint, if it shall prove to be unlawful.