Title 57, Title 57 — Prisons and Reformatories

Whenever a prisoner is committed for crime, or in any suit in behalf of the state, the county board shall allow the sheriff his reasonable charge for supplying such prisoners. R.L. 1910, § 4598.

This act shall be known as the "Interstate Corrections Compact". Added by Laws 1980, c. 149, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1980.

The Governor of Oklahoma is hereby authorized and requested to execute, on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, with any other state or states legally joining therein a compact which shall be in form substantially as follows: The contracting states solemnly agree that: Article I The …

When a prisoner is confined by virtue of any process directed to the sheriff, and which shall require to be returned to the court whence it issued, such sheriff shall keep a copy of the same, together with the returns made thereon, which copy, duly certified by such sheriff, shal…

other intoxicant or controlled dangerous substance - Processing, classification and assignment. A. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of Section 11-902 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes and sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections shall be proces…

Purchase or lease - Purchase of building. On or before January 1, 1995, the Central Region Probation and Parole offices currently located at 4545 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, 4512 South May Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, 611 West Sheridan, Okl…

Duties of Department of Corrections and private correctional facilities. The Legislature finds and declares that faith-based programs offered in state and private correctional institutions and facilities have the potential to facilitate inmate institutional adjustment, to help in…

All instruments of every kind, or attested copies thereof, by which a prisoner is committed or liberated, shall be regularly endorsed and filed, and safely kept in a suitable box by such sheriff, or by his deputy, acting as a jailer. R.L. 1910, § 4600.

A. The Department of Corrections is authorized to operate on- site primary medical treatment programs using employed or contracted providers at facilities operated by the Department. B. Any registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, as defined in Section 567.3a of Title 59 of …

Contracts - Emergencies - Security - Costs. A. It shall be the responsibility of the Department of Corrections to provide such medical and surgical inpatient and outpatient care as may be required by inmates of the Department of Corrections. The Department may refer to the Oklaho…

The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish facilities to be designated as intermediate revocation facilities for the purpose of temporarily confining offenders who have violated the terms and conditions of probation. A period of confinement in an intermediate…

A. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules and establish procedures necessary to allow the eligibility of certain offenders to be considered for parole to a private, stand-alone, long-term care facility for any offender deemed by the Department of Corrections to be e…

to successor. Such box with its contents shall be delivered to the successor of the officer having charge of the prison. R.L. 1910, § 4601.

When there is no sufficient prison in any county, every judicial or executive officer of such county who has power to order or sentence any person to the county jail, may, upon application of the sheriff, order any person charged with a criminal offense whereof such officer has j…

sheriff. Any person in this state convicted of a crime, who is serving time as a prisoner in the county jail of any county in the State of Oklahoma as a result of said conviction of crime, shall be entitled to receive five (5) days' credit for every four (4) days' time in said co…

Application of state law. A. Except as otherwise provided, any state law governing jails shall apply to jail facilities operated by a private prison contractor. B. Any offense which would be a crime if committed within a county jail also shall be a crime if committed in a jail fa…

personnel. In order to protect the health and safety of certain law enforcement personnel and the citizens of this state, and to provide the state with the benefit of proper security within the county jails and correctional facilities of this state, all jailers, jail directors, k…

When the imprisonment is pursuant to the judgment of any court, police court, or police magistrate of an incorporated city or town for the violation of any ordinance, bylaw, or other regulation, the marshal shall superintend the performance of the labor herein contemplated, and s…

A. The Department of Corrections shall create for each correctional facility within this state an "Orange Alert" communication system to notify any resident within a radius of forty (40) miles when a prisoner of a correctional facility has escaped. Information regarding how to re…

If any officer or other person treat any prisoner in a cruel or inhuman manner he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding twelve (12) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. R.L. 1910, …

- Receipts. A. Any person convicted of an offense against the laws of this state and sentenced to imprisonment that is not to be served in a county jail shall be transported by the sheriff of the county where the person is sentenced, or transported by a designated representative …

If a treaty in effect between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may, on behalf of the state and subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize th…

Fund. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Corrections to be designated the "Department of Corrections Offender Transport Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consis…