Title 57, Title 57 — Prisons and Reformatories

A. The Pardon and Parole Board is empowered to parole a prisoner who: 1. Is sixty (60) years of age or older; 2. Has served, in actual custody, the shorter of ten (10) years of the term or terms of imprisonment, or one-third (1/3) of the total term or terms of imprisonment; 3. Po…

A. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall be selected by the Board. The Chair of the Pardon and Parole Board shall receive Twenty-four Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($24,800.00) per annum, payable monthly, in the following allotment: 1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for…

The Chair and members of the Pardon and Parole Board shall receive reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses, according to the State Travel Reimbursement Act, while attending and going to and from meetings of the Board and in performing their official duties. Such compe…

The Chairman and members of the Pardon and Parole Board and the Executive Revocation Hearing Officers shall have the authority, and are empowered, to administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the Pardon and Parole Board at any meeting of said Board or any executive parole re…

A. For a crime committed prior to July 1, 1998, any person in the custody of the Department of Corrections shall be eligible for consideration for parole at the earliest of the following dates: 1. Has completed serving one-third (1/3) of the sentence; 2. Has reached at least sixt…

Reporting procedures - Consideration by Board. A. The Department of Corrections shall establish procedures for obtaining drug-related information, pursuant to Section 1 of this act, and shall establish a method of reporting such information in relation to any person convicted and…

assistance. No recommendations to the Governor for parole shall be made nor any paroles granted by the Board in relation to any inmate in a penal institution in the State of Oklahoma unless the Pardon and Parole Board considers the victim impact statements if presented to the jur…

states. The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the State of Oklahoma with any of the United States legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: A compact entered into by and among the contracting states, sig…

If any section, sentence, subdivision or clause of this act is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. Added by Laws 1945, p. 187, § 2.

This act may be cited as the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision. Added by Laws 1945, p. 187, § 3.

reincarceration - Hearing - Reports - Detention prior to hearing. Where supervision of a parolee or probationer is being administered pursuant to the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers, appropriate judicial or administrative authorities in this st…

Any hearing pursuant to this act may be before the Administrator of the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers, a deputy of such Administrator or any other person authorized pursuant to the laws of this state to hear cases of alleged parole or probati…

With respect to any hearing pursuant to this act, the parolee or probationer: 1. Shall have reasonable notice in writing of the nature and content of the allegations to be made, including notice that its purpose is to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that he h…

In any case of alleged parole or probation violation by a person being supervised in another state pursuant to the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers, any appropriate judicial or administrative officer or agency in another state is authorized to h…

Revocation of parole. A. Every person, hereinafter referred to as "convict", who has been or who in the future may be sentenced to imprisonment in any state penal institution shall, in addition to any other deductions provided for by law, be entitled to a deduction from his sente…

terms by jury. In all cases where a sentence of imprisonment in the State Penitentiary is imposed, the court, in assessing the term of the confinement, may fix a minimum and a maximum term, both of which shall be within the limits now or hereafter provided by law as the penalty f…

Hearings - Recommendations. Upon the commitment to imprisonment of any prisoner, the Pardon and Parole Board shall cause a continuing study to be made of the prisoner. When the prisoner has served the minimum sentence imposed, or as soon thereafter as he or she can be heard, the …

The Pardon and Parole Board shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations for the study, hearings, recommendations, and supervision of all parolees as necessary to carry out the intent of this act. Added by Laws 1963, c. 78, § 3. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 156, § 4, eff. Nov…

Attorneys. Professional investigators shall have a four-year degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in psychology, sociology, criminal justice or related areas of study. Provided that the agency may, at its discretion, waive the requirement of a specific ma…

The Department of Corrections shall provide adequate office space at the institutions under their control for use by the professional investigators and shall provide access to inmate records including, but not limited to, records pertaining to institutional conduct and criminal h…

Merit System - Exceptions - Salary increases. Effective July 1, 1982, all employees of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board shall become classified employees and subject to the Merit System of Personnel Administration, except as otherwise provided by law. All incumbent employees …

A. Upon the granting of a parole by the Governor, and release of the inmate to the community, the Pardon and Parole Board shall provide written notification to the following: 1. The sheriff of the county in which the parolee is to reside; 2. The district attorney of the county in…

projected date of release. The Department of Corrections shall provide notice of the projected date of release of an inmate to the designated Oklahoma victim notification service provider within sixty (60) days but not less than seven (7) days prior to the projected date of relea…

persons. A. The Department of Corrections shall provide to each wrongfully imprisoned person information that includes: 1. A copy of Section 154 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes which sets forth the extent of liability of the state and its political subdivisions for wrongful …

A. Persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections sentenced for crimes committed prior to July 1, 1998, who meet the following guidelines may be considered by the Pardon and Parole Board for a specialized parole: 1. a. who are within one (1) year of projected release dat…

OS 57-37v1 (SB 595, Laws 2025, c. 11, § 11) OS 57-37v2 (HB 2105, Laws 2025, c. 187, § 9)

A. If all correctional facilities reach maximum capacity and the Department of Corrections is required to contract for bed space to house state inmates: 1. The Pardon and Parole Board shall consider all nonviolent offenders for parole who are within six (6) months of their schedu…

A. If all correctional facilities reach maximum capacity and the Department of Corrections is required to contract for bed space to house state inmates: 1. The Pardon and Parole Board shall consider all nonviolent offenders for parole who are within six (6) months of their schedu…

expenses. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse any county which is required to retain an inmate pursuant to subsection F of Section 37 of this title in an amount not to exceed Thirty-two Dollars ($32.00) per day for each inmate during such period of retention, unless the…

community sentencing. In jurisdictions where the local community sentencing system is receiving state funds, the state shall provide funding for county jail incarceration for disciplinary sanctions for eligible offenders pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community Senten…

intermediate sanction. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse each county in an amount not to exceed Thirty Dollars ($30.00) per offender per day for county jail incarceration that is ordered as an intermediate sanction for eligible offenders under the provisions of subsec…

A. As used in this section: 1. "Emergency care" means the medical or surgical care necessary to treat the sudden onset of a potentially life- or limb- threatening condition or symptom; 2. "Dental emergency" means acute problems in the mouth exhibiting symptoms of pain, swelling, …

The person responsible for administration of a jail shall see that the jail is constantly kept in a clean and healthful condition, and shall see that strict attention is constantly paid to the personal cleanliness of all the prisoners in his custody. R.L. 1910, § 4606. Amended by…

A. In addition to other medical and health care services required by a jail facility as may be provided by rule by the State Department of Health, the person responsible for administration for a jail shall administer medications according to the following: 1. Prescription medicat…

during delivery. A. All penal institutions, detention centers and county jails shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary when the facility has actual or constructive knowledge that an inmate is pregnant. The presumption is that no restraints of any kind shall be used, …

The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish units at one or more institutions for the care and treatment of inmates who are or become in need of acute psychiatric care. The Department shall have the following powers and duties in the operation thereof: 1. The …

prison contractors. Every county, by authority of the board of county commissioners and at the expense of the county, shall have a jail or access to a jail in another county for the safekeeping of prisoners lawfully committed. A county may enter into contracts with private prison…

The common jails in the several counties in the charge of the respective sheriffs, shall be used as prisons: 1. For the detention of persons charged with offenses, and duly committed for trial. 2. For the detention of persons who may be duly committed, to secure their attendance …

The sheriff, or such person designated by law in place of the sheriff, shall have charge of the county jail of his or her county and of all persons by law confined therein, and such sheriff or other officer is hereby required to conform, in all respects, to the rules and directio…

The sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff of each county in this state shall procure at the expense of the county a suitable book, or computer record that shall be considered the original for all purposes, to be called the jail register, in which the said sh…

computer record. The sheriff shall furnish the district court with a copy of the register or computer record upon the request of the presiding judge of the district court. R.L. 1910, § 4587. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 367, § 2, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994.

access. The keeper of each prison shall provide, at the expense of the county or state, as the case may be, for each prisoner under his charge, who may be able and desirous to read, a copy of the Bible, or New Testament, to be used by such prisoner during his confinement, and any…

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma Corrections Act of 1967. Added by Laws 1967, c. 261, § 1, operative July 1, 1967.

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the State Board of Corrections; 2. “Department” means the Department of Corrections of this state; 3. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Corrections; 4. “Halfway house” means a private …

There is hereby created the State Board of Corrections which shall be the governing board of the Department of Corrections. The Board shall consist of the following nine (9) members: 1. Five members appointed by the Governor; 2. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House o…

- Powers and duties. (a) The Board shall elect from its members a chairman, vice chairman and a secretary. It shall adopt rules and regulations for its government and may adopt an official seal for the Department. Members shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, as provided in th…

inmates. The Kate Barnard Community Corrections Center will house only female inmates. No inmate who is deemed dangerous or violent by the Department Classification Committee shall be placed in such center. Added by Laws 1978, c. 273, § 20, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978. Amended by La…

There is hereby created the Department of Corrections which shall consist of divisions, subdivisions, institutions, and such sections, offices and positions as may be established by the Director, subject to the approval of the Board, or by law. Added by Laws 1967, c. 261, § 5, op…

There is hereby created the position of Director of Corrections. The Director shall be qualified for such position by character, knowledge, skill, ability, education, training and successful administrative experience and shall have five (5) years of professional level work. The D…

The Director shall be the executive officer of the Department and shall have the following general powers and duties: (a) To supervise the activities of the Department and, subject to the policies established by the Board, to act for the Department in all matters, except as may b…