Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-37v1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-37v1
Facilities reaching maximum capacity
Status: in_force

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

scheduled release from a penal facility; and

2. Prior to contracting with a private prison operator to

provide housing for state inmates, the Department shall send

notification to all county jails in this state that bed space is

required to house the overflow population of state inmates. Upon

receiving notification, the sheriff or jail trust administrator of a

county jail is authorized to enter into agreements with the

Department to provide housing for the inmates. Reimbursement for

the cost of housing the inmates shall be a negotiated per diem rate

for each inmate as contracted but shall in no event be less than the

per diem rate provided for in Section 38 of this title.

B. No inmate may be received by a penal facility from a county

jail without first scheduling a transfer with the Department.

Within five (5) business days after the court orders the judgment

and sentence, the court clerk shall transmit to the Department by

facsimile, electronic mail, or actual delivery a certified copy of

the judgment and sentence.

C. The receipt of the certified copy of the judgment and

sentence shall be certification that the sentencing court has

entered a judgment and sentence and all other necessary commitment

documents. The Department of Corrections is authorized to determine

the appropriate method of delivery from each county based on

electronic or other capabilities, and establish a method for issuing

receipts certifying that the Department has received the judgment

and sentence document. The Department shall establish a dedicated

electronic address location for receipt of all electronically

submitted judgment and sentence documents. The electronic address

location shall provide written receipt verification of each received

judgment and sentence document. Once an appropriate judgment and

sentence document is received by the Department of Corrections, the

Department shall contact the sheriff or jail trust administrator

when bed space is available to schedule the transfer and reception

of the inmate into the Department.

D. If the Department receives a judgment and sentence document

from a county that includes inaccurate information from the

sentencing court, the Department shall notify the county within a

timely manner.

E. When a county jail has reached its capacity of inmates as

provided in the standards set forth in the Oklahoma Jail Standards

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Act, then the county sheriff or jail trust administrator shall

notify the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, or

the Director’s designated representative, by facsimile, electronic

mail, or actual delivery, that the county jail has reached or

exceeded its capacity to hold inmates. The notification shall

include copies of any judgment and sentences not previously

delivered as required by subsection B of this section. Within

seventy-two (72) hours following such notification, the county

sheriff or jail trust administrator shall transport the designated

excess inmate or inmates to a penal facility designated by the

Department. The sheriff or jail trust administrator shall notify

the Department of the transport of the inmate prior to the reception

of the inmate. The Department shall schedule the reception date and

receive the inmate within seventy-two (72) hours of notification

that the county jail is at capacity, unless other arrangements can

be made with the sheriff or jail trust administrator.

F. The Department shall be responsible for the cost of housing

the inmate in the county jail including costs of medical care

provided from the date the judgment and sentence was ordered by the

court until the date of transfer of the inmate from the county jail.

The Department shall implement a policy for determination of

scheduled dates on which an inmate or multiple inmates are to be

transferred from county jails. The policy shall allow for no less

than three alternative dates from which the sheriff or jail trust

administrator of a county jail may select and shall provide for

weather-related occurrences or other emergencies that may prevent or

delay transfers on the scheduled date. The policy shall be

available for review upon request by any sheriff or jail trust

administrator of a county jail. The cost of housing shall be the

per diem rate specified in Section 38 of this title. In the event

the inmate has one or more criminal charges pending in the same

Oklahoma jurisdiction and the county jail refuses to transfer the

inmate to the Department because of the pending charges, the

Department shall not be responsible for the housing costs of the

inmate while the inmate remains in the county jail with pending

charges. Once the inmate no longer has pending charges in the

jurisdiction, the Department shall be responsible for the housing

costs of the inmate for the period beginning on the date the

judgment and sentence or final order was ordered by the Court. In

the event the inmate has other criminal charges pending in another

Oklahoma jurisdiction, the Department shall be responsible for the

housing costs while the inmate remains in the county jail awaiting

transfer to another jurisdiction or until the date the inmate is

scheduled to be transferred to the Department, whichever is earlier.

Once the inmate is transferred to another jurisdiction, the

Department is not responsible for the housing cost of the inmate

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until such time that another judgment and sentence is received by

the Department from another Oklahoma jurisdiction.

The sheriff or jail trust administrator may submit invoices for

the cost of housing the inmate on a monthly basis. Final payment

for housing an offender will be made only after the official

judgment and sentence is received by the Department of Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-552 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-552
Referral of inmates to Pardon and Parole Board
Status: in_force

The Department Classification Committee shall have the authority

to refer inmates, upon reception, to the Pardon and Parole Board

under written rules and regulations governing such referrals

promulgated by said Board. The Department Classification Committee

shall seek to recommend prisoners requiring alcoholism treatment

services to alcoholism treatment centers as a condition of a medical

leave or parole. If a prisoner requiring such services is indigent,

such services shall be provided by the Department of Mental Health

and Substance Abuse Services.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-561.5 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-561.5
Distributions from Private Prison and Halfway House
Status: in_force

Capacity Development Revolving Fund.

A. The Department of Corrections shall not make any

distributions from the Private Prison and Halfway House Capacity

Development Revolving Fund except as required by this section.

B. The Department of Corrections may utilize the monies in the

Private Prison and Halfway House Capacity Development Revolving Fund

in order to make payments pursuant to contracts for private prison

space and halfway houses at facilities located within the state as

such contracts were in effect on July 1, 2007, for the purpose of

funding up to a five-percent increase in payments to be made

pursuant to such contracts.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-97 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-97
Department of Corrections Offender Transport Revolving
Status: in_force

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 consist of any monies designated to the fund by law. All

monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated

and may be budgeted and expended by the Department of Corrections

for the purpose of reimbursing the counties for the transport of

offenders from county facilities to the Department upon conviction

and sentencing.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-15 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-15
When a poor convict is held for fine and costs
Status: in_force

When any poor convict shall have been confined in any prison for

the space of six (6) months, for nonpayment of fine and costs only,

or either of them, the sheriff of the county in which such person

shall be imprisoned shall make a report thereof to any two justices

of the peace for such county; if required by such justices, the said

keeper shall bring such convict before them, either at the prison,

or at such other convenient place thereto as they shall direct; the

said justices shall proceed to inquire into the truth of said

report, and if they shall be satisfied that the report is true, and

the convict has not had since his conviction any estate, real or

personal, with which he could have paid the sum for the nonpayment

of which he was committed, they shall make a certificate thereof to

the sheriff of the county, and direct him to discharge such convict

from prison and the sheriff shall forthwith discharge him.

R.L. 1910, § 4618.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-65 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-65
Credit for good behavior and blood donations - Duty of
Status: in_force

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 county jail provided said prisoner shall have obeyed the rules

and regulations promulgated by the sheriff in charge of said county

jail in a satisfactory manner. Each prisoner shall also, in

addition thereto, be entitled to a deduction of three (3) days for

each pint of his blood he donates during his first thirty (30) days

of confinement in the county jail, and to five (5) days for each

pint of his blood he donates during any sixty-day period thereafter

to the American Red Cross or to a hospital approved for such purpose

by the sheriff. And the sheriff of said county is hereby authorized

to order said credit to be given to said prisoner on the records of

the court out of which said conviction is had.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-63 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-63
Box containing commitments and discharges to be delivered
Status: in_force

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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-530.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-530.2
Designating persons to receive personal property and
Status: in_force

remains of deceased inmate.

Within three (3) days after entry into the custody of the

Department of Corrections, every inmate shall complete a notarized

form provided by the Department of Corrections designating the name

and address of any person who is to receive the personal property of

the inmate held by any state correctional facility if the inmate

dies. Each inmate shall have the opportunity to change the

designation if he or she desires. In the event of the death of an

inmate, the Department of Corrections shall deliver all money and

personal property found within any state correctional facility

belonging to the inmate to any person designated pursuant to the

provisions of this section. In the event the inmate’s designee

declines to accept the inmate’s remains and the Department of

Corrections pays for cremation, the costs of the cremation shall be

deducted from any balance due to the inmate’s designee.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-227 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-227
Application - Exemption from Workers' Compensation Act -
Status: in_force

Liability for injuries.

A. All provisions of this section and Section 228 of this

title, except as otherwise noted herein, shall apply to eligible

offenders who are:

1. Assigned to a work program for any government entity of this

state pursuant to a municipal court order;

2. Assigned to a community service program pursuant to a

deferred prosecution agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section

305.2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Assigned to a public works project pursuant to the

provisions of Sections 58, 58.1 or 58.2 of this title;

4. Assigned to community service pursuant to a sentence ordered

pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph c of paragraph 1 of

subsection A of Section 991a, Section 991c or Section 995.3 of Title

22 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Assigned to a public works project pursuant to the

provisions of Section 215 et seq. of this title;

6. Assigned to community service as a condition of parole

pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of Article VI of the

Constitution of the State of Oklahoma;

7. Assigned to an eleemosynary institution pursuant to the

provisions of Section 212 et seq. of this title;

8. Assigned to any work release or private prison industry

programs pursuant to the provisions of this title;

9. Assigned to the Community Service Sentencing Program

pursuant to the provisions of Section 991a-4 of Title 22 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, or

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10. Assigned to a work program of a nonprofit organization with

or without compensation.

B. Any eligible offender described in subsection A of this

section shall be exempt from the provisions of the Workers'

Compensation Act, Section 1 et seq. of Title 85 of the Oklahoma

Statutes. Provided, such exemption shall not apply to employment of

such person by a private for-profit employer. Provided further,

such exemption shall not apply to those inmates employed in private

prison industries involving a for-profit employer which deal in

interstate commerce or which sell products or services to the

federal government.

C. All state and local government agencies, nonprofit

organizations, community service agencies, educational programs and

other treatment programs are hereby immune from liability for torts

committed by or against any eligible offender described in

subsection A of this section; provided, those entities having court-

mandated jurisdiction over the persons described in paragraphs 3, 5,

7 and 8 of subsection A of this section shall provide basic or

necessary medical and dental care to said persons in such instances.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509.3 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-509.3
Western State Psychiatric Center at Fort Supply -
Status: in_force

Maintenance and management of certain buildings.

If funding is provided by the Legislature for the transfer of a

portion of the land and facilities at Western State Psychiatric

Center at Fort Supply, Oklahoma, to the Department of Corrections,

the Department of Corrections shall maintain the following buildings

at the correctional institution at Fort Supply, Oklahoma, as

historical sites:

1. Cottage #14N;

2. Cottage #16;

3. Museum;

4. Cottage #12;

5. Cottage #14S;

6. Maintenance Storage Building #4;

7. Maintenance Storage Building #5;

8. Maintenance Storage Building #6; and

9. The Green House.

Management of these historical buildings shall be the

responsibility of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-566.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-566.1
Payments and distributions from damage awards
Status: in_force

A. Any inmate as defined in paragraph 2 of subsection B of

Section 566 of this title who successfully obtains a final court

order or settlement agreement awarding damages for any cause of

action in any federal or state proceedings against the state, a

state agency, the Department or any political subdivision, or any

employee thereof, shall pay or satisfy from the award:

1. Any previous assessments of court costs or fines involving

the criminal convictions of the offender;

2. Victims compensation assessments;

3. Restitution awards;

4. Probation or parole fees;

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5. Child support or alimony;

6. Civil judgments; and

7. Any deficiencies of debts not paid of which the state or the

Department of Corrections has notice by judgment, lien, garnishment,

or other appropriate process.

B. After disbursement of the funds by the state or the

Department of Corrections, twenty percent (20%) of the award shall

be placed in the offender’s mandatory savings account and the

remainder shall be placed in the offender’s regular draw account.

The Department shall give notice to the inmate of known debts owed

by the inmate. The Department shall be granted a reasonable time to

review and discover all outstanding debts of the inmate as

enumerated in subsection A of this section and shall disburse the

award to all outstanding debtors of the inmate within six (6) months

of the final court order or settlement agreement. The Department

shall deposit the remaining funds pursuant to subsection C of this

section. All of the amounts and any funds deposited with the

Department of Corrections or a political subdivision in accordance

with this section shall not be subject to the attachment and

garnishment procedures set forth in Title 12 of the Oklahoma

Statutes until ninety (90) days after all outstanding debts are paid

pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, the

statutory limits on the collection of debts set out in subsection A

of Section 95 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not apply.

C. Any inmate, as defined in paragraph 2 of subsection B of

Section 566 of this title, or attorney of the inmate, who

successfully obtains a final court order awarding damages for any

cause of action arising in tort or contract, in any state or federal

proceedings, or any settlement agreement, against any party shall

notify the Department of Corrections or appropriate political

subdivision of the award and shall make the same distribution of the

award as is provided in subsection A of this section. It shall be

the duty of the attorney of the inmate or the inmate, if acting pro

se, to notify the defendant that any settlement shall be deposited

with the Department or political subdivision for disbursement in

accordance with this section. In addition, the state, the

Department of Corrections, any other state agency, or any political

subdivision of the state shall have the first right of subrogation

to any such award or settlement for costs of services incurred by

the state, state agency, or political subdivision in relation to

such claim, for service provided to the inmate at the request of the

inmate, and for all costs of incarceration, before any part of the

award is placed in the trust account of the inmate.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-216 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-216
Definitions
Status: in_force

In this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Director" shall mean the Director of the Department of

Corrections.

2. "Public works project" means a project that has been

determined by the State Board of Corrections to be of necessity for

the public well-being conducive to rehabilitation and the reduction

of recidivism among participating inmates by the written request of

a majority of the board of county commissioners, the governing body

of any municipality or any agency of the State of Oklahoma or of the

United States or any subdivision thereof.

3. "Prisoner" shall mean any person who is under the custody

and control of the Department of Corrections. No prisoner shall be

assigned to any public works project if the inmate:

a. is deemed by the Director to be a threat to public

safety,

b. has escaped or attempted to escape from a correctional

institution within the last ten (10) years, or

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c. has been convicted, whether upon a verdict or plea of

guilty or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or received

a suspended sentence or any probationary term for a

crime or an attempt to commit a crime provided for in

Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes if

the offense involved sexual abuse or sexual

exploitation as those terms are defined in Section 1-

1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes or Section

741, 843.1, if the offense included sexual abuse or

sexual exploitation, 865 through 869, 885, 886, 888,

891, 1021, 1021.2, 1021.3, 1040.13a, 1040.51, 1087,

1088, 1111.1, 1114 or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.20 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.20
Two-stage parole consideration process - Tracking
Status: in_force

effects - Data collection.

The Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Pardon

and Parole Board, shall implement a method for tracking the success

and recidivism of persons who are required to have a two-stage

parole consideration process pursuant to subsection C of Section

332.7 of this title for the first three (3) years following their

individual release from incarceration or release to parole.

Included in the annual and cumulative data to be collected for this

category of offenders shall be offender demographics and statistics

including:

1. Offense type;

2. Sentence length;

3. Release information, indicating parole including the offense

to which parole applied and whether multiple offenses or concurrent

offenses were reviewed for purposes of parole or timed-out sentence

and the percent of sentence served;

4. Number of persons by offense type eligible for parole

consideration in the first and second stages of parole consideration

in the calendar year;

5. Number of persons by offense type actually recommended for

parole in the calendar year;

6. Number of persons by offense type granted parole by the

Governor in the calendar year;

7. Rearrest data in the calendar year and cumulatively over the

offender’s three-year data collection period;

8. Reincarceration data in the calendar year and cumulatively

over the offender’s three-year data collection period;

9. Employment data for the calendar year cumulatively over the

offender’s three-year data collection period; and

10. Other information deemed beneficial to analyzing the

success and recidivism of this category of offenders annually and

cumulatively over the offender’s three-year data collection period.

The information collected shall be made available to the members

of the Legislature, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, and

the Governor, by the Department of Corrections or the Pardon and

Parole Board annually upon request, but not later than March 1

following the first data collection period.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-513.3v1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-513.3v1
Assistance to inmates for obtaining state-issued
Status: in_force

identification cards and employment-related documents.

A. When any inmate shall be discharged from an institution of

the Department of Corrections and the intended residence designated

by the inmate is within this state, the Department of Corrections

shall provide the inmate with relevant documentation to assist the

inmate in obtaining post-release employment and shall coordinate

with Service Oklahoma to provide a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver

License or a REAL ID Noncompliant Identification Card if the inmate

does not have a current state-issued identification card or driver

license. The Department of Corrections shall first assist the

inmate in obtaining a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver License. If

efforts to assist the inmate in obtaining a REAL ID Noncompliant

Driver License fail, the Department of Corrections shall assist the

inmate in obtaining a REAL ID Noncompliant Identification Card.

B. 1. Within nine (9) months prior to the release of an inmate

from custody, the Department of Corrections shall identify whether

the inmate has a current form of state identification and begin the

process of gathering the documentation required for the issuance of

a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver License or, if the inmate is unable to

obtain a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver License, a REAL ID Noncompliant

Identification Card pursuant to Section 6-105.3 of Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. If an inmate has any valid form of a state-

issued identification card or driver license, the inmate may avail

himself or herself of the provisions of this section.

2. The Department of Corrections may utilize any funds

available to cover the costs associated with the implementation and

administration of this section and the purchase of REAL ID

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Noncompliant Driver Licenses or REAL ID Noncompliant Identification

Cards, including, but not limited to, inmate trust funds, existing

funds of the Department of Corrections and donations.

3. The provisions of this section shall apply only to inmates

who may receive a state-issued identification card pursuant to

Section 1550.42 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

C. For purposes of assisting an inmate in obtaining post-

release employment, the Department of Corrections shall provide the

inmate with the following documentation:

1. A copy of the vocational training record of the inmate, if

applicable;

2. A copy of the work record of the inmate, if applicable;

3. A certified copy of the birth certificate of the inmate, if

obtainable;

4. A Social Security card or a replacement Social Security card

of the inmate, if obtainable;

5. A resume that includes any trade learned by the inmate and

the proficiency at that trade by the inmate; and

6. Documentation that the inmate has completed a practice job

interview.

In addition, the Department shall notify the inmate if he or she

is eligible to apply for a license from a state entity charged with

oversight of an occupational license or certification.

D. The following categories of inmates are not required to

complete resumes or practice job interviews prior to their release

from incarceration:

1. Inmates sixty-five (65) years of age or older;

2. Inmates releasing to medical parole or discharging from a

prison infirmary setting;

3. Inmates releasing from a Department of Corrections Mental

Health Unit;

4. Inmates releasing to the custody of another jurisdiction on

a warrant or detainer;

5. Inmates returning to community supervision from an

intermediate revocation facility; and

6. Inmates that the Department determines would be physically

or mentally unable to return to the workforce upon release from

incarceration.

E. The Department of Corrections is authorized to promulgate

rules and procedures to implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-60 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-60
Sheriff to be paid for keeping prisoners
Status: in_force

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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-987.24 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-987.24
Renumbered as § 557.1 of this title by Laws 1997, c
Status: in_force

333, § 26, emerg. eff. June 9, 1997.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-138 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-138
See the following versions:
Status: in_force

OS 57-138v1 (HB 3936, Laws 2024, c. 59, § 38)

OS 57-138v2 (SB 690, Laws 2025, c. 132, § 1)
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-214 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-214
Immunity from civil suits
Status: in_force

The Director of Corrections and responsible officials at a state

institution shall be considered individually and collectively to

enjoy the sovereign immunity of the state, as provided in The

Governmental Tort Claims Act, for civil suits which might arise from

their administration of Sections 211 through 214 of this title when

acting in their regular course of duty, and in good faith under the

provisions of Sections 211 through 214 of this title.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.8 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.8
Conditions for parole - Employment and residence
Status: in_force

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 jury, or the judge in the event a jury was waived, at the time

of sentencing and, in every appropriate case, as a condition of

parole, monetary restitution of economic loss as defined by Section

991f of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, incurred by a victim of

the crime for which the inmate was imprisoned. In every case, the

Pardon and Parole Board shall first consider the number of previous

felony convictions and the type of criminal violations leading to

any such felony convictions, then shall consider either suitable

employment or a suitable residence, and finally shall mandate

participation in education programs to achieve the proficiency level

established in Section 510.7 of this title or, at the discretion of

the Board require the attainment of a general education diploma, as

a condition for release on parole. The Board shall consider the

availability of programs and the waiting period for such programs in

setting conditions of parole release. The Board may require any

program to be completed after the inmate is released on parole as a

condition of parole. A facsimile signature of the inmate on parole

papers that is transmitted to the Board shall be an accepted means

of acknowledgement of parole conditions. The probation and parole

officer shall render reasonable assistance to any person making

application for parole, in helping to obtain suitable employment or

enrollment in an education program or a suitable residence. Any

inmate who fails to satisfactorily attend and make satisfactory

progress in the educational program in which the inmate has been

required to participate as a condition of parole, may have his or

her parole revoked. If an inmate's parole is revoked, such inmate

shall be returned to confinement in the custody of the Department of

Corrections.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-551 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-551
Transfer of personnel spaces and funds
Status: in_force

The State Employment Review Board, by majority vote, is

authorized to determine and approve the transfer of personnel spaces

and associated salary limits, and the transfer of funds necessary to

support such transferred personnel spaces, within the Department of

Corrections and its various institutions as may be deemed essential

to the proper functioning and management of these agencies. The

transfer of funds accomplished by the Board shall be exempt from the

provisions of Section 41.12 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-629 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-629
Sex offender stand-alone long-term care facility
Status: in_force

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 either terminally ill or progressively debilitated

as defined by the medical profession.

B. For the purpose of this section:

1. Terminally ill means having a condition that reasonably may

be expected to result in death within twenty-four (24) months; and

2. Long-term care facility means a health care facility, other

than a general acute or specialty hospital, constructed, licensed,

and operated to provide patient living accommodations, twenty-four-

hour staff availability, and at least two of the following patient

services:

a. a selection of patient care services, under the

direction and supervision of a registered nurse,

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ranging from continuous medical, skilled nursing,

psychological, or other professional therapies to

intermittent health-related or paraprofessional care

services, and

b. a structured supportive living environment that

provides support or assistance with individual

activities of daily living.

C. The Department of Corrections will create a list of

offenders eligible for parole to the private, stand-alone, long-term

care facility to be provided to the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board

for consideration.

D. Eligible offenders shall not include offenders who are

sentenced as follows:

1. Death row inmates;

2. Life without possibility of parole; or

3. Sentenced for a violent offense as listed in Section 571 of

Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-14 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-14
Removal of prisoners in case of fire
Status: in_force

If any prison, or any building thereof, shall be on fire, and

the prisoners shall be exposed to danger by such fire, the keeper

may remove such prisoners to a place of safety, and there confine

them, so long as may be necessary to avoid such danger, and such

removal and confinement shall not be deemed an escape of such

prisoners.

R.L. 1910, § 4617.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-58.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-58.2
Order of jail administrator for prisoner labor - Supply
Status: in_force

of guards.

The jail administrator, upon the request of the county

commissioners or the sheriff, shall issue an order requiring the

prisoners to perform such duties under the direction of the

maintenance superintendent or janitor of the county courthouse, upon

the request of the maintenance superintendent or janitor, and shall

supply such guards as may be necessary to prevent an escape by the

prisoners.

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.18 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.18
Placement on Board docket for medical reason
Status: in_force

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A. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall have the

authority to request the Executive Director of the Pardon and Parole

Board to place an inmate on the Pardon and Parole Board docket for a

medical reason, out of the normal processing procedures.

Documentation of the medical condition of such inmate shall be

certified by the medical director of the Department of Corrections.

The Pardon and Parole Board shall have the authority to bring any

such inmate before the Board at any time, except as otherwise

provided in subsection B of this section.

B. When a request is made for a medical parole review of an

inmate who is dying or is near death or is medically frail or is

medically vulnerable as defined in subsection F of this section as

certified by the medical director of the Department of Corrections

or whose medical condition has rendered the inmate no longer an

unreasonable threat to public safety, the Executive Director shall

place such inmate on the first available parole review docket for a

compassionate parole consideration. Inmates who meet the criteria

set out in this section are not subject to the two-stage hearing

process in subsection D of Section 332.7 of this title.

C. No person shall be eligible for consideration for medical

parole without the concurrence of at least three members of the

Pardon and Parole Board. The vote on whether or not to consider

such person for parole and the names of the concurring Board members

shall be set forth in the written minutes of the meeting of the

Board at which the issue is considered.

D. In the event that it is determined that the continuation of

the medical parole presents an increased risk to the public, the

parolee shall be subject to parole revocation. In such case, the

Department of Corrections shall follow the revocation procedure for

violators of parole set forth in Section 516 of this title.

E. The provisions of this section shall not apply to inmates

serving a sentence of life without possibility of parole.

F. As used in this section:

1. "Medically frail" means an individual with a medical

condition which precludes the individual from performing two or more

activities of daily living on their own;

2. "Medically vulnerable" means an individual with one or more

medical conditions which makes the individual more likely to

contract an illness or disease while incarcerated that could lead to

death or cause an individual to become medically frail. The

provisions of this subsection shall only apply during a catastrophic

health emergency as declared by the Governor of this state pursuant

to the provisions of Section 6403 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

3. "Medical condition" includes, but is not limited to,

debilitating health conditions occurring as a result of the

following:

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a. disabling mental disorders including dementia,

Alzheimer's disease or similar degenerative brain

disorders,

b. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune

Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS),

c. cancer,

d. cardiovascular disease,

e. chronic lung disease or asthma,

f. diabetes,

g. hepatitis C,

h. seizure disorders,

i. inmates receiving life sustaining care such as feeding

tubes or colostomy bags,

j. disabling neurological disorders such as multiple

sclerosis (MS) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),

or

k. any other condition related to a weakened immune

system or condition that requires or is expected to

require specialty care or recurrent hospitalizations;

4. "Activities of daily living" means basic personal care and

everyday activities including tasks such as eating, toileting,

grooming, dressing, bathing and transferring from one physical

position to another including moving from a reclining position to a

sitting or standing position, that a person cannot perform on his or

her own; and

5. "Dying" or "near death" means an individual with a medical

condition and who has an estimated life expectancy of six (6) months

or less.

G. Victim notification shall be provided as provided in Section

332.2 of this title and as required by Article 2, Section 34 of the

Oklahoma Constitution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.6a — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-510.6a
Correctional teachers or vocational instructors -
Status: in_force

Salary and fringe benefits - Nonteaching administrators - Pay

raises.

A. Persons certified to teach in this state and meeting all

minimum qualifications set by the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services, who are hired or employed as correctional

teachers or vocational instructors by the Department of Corrections

educational program, shall receive in salary the minimum amounts

specified in Section 1 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1119 of the 1st

Session of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature multiplied by a factor of

1.20. Correctional teachers serving as lead workers with

supervisory responsibilities shall receive the minimum amounts

specified above multiplied by a factor of 1.25. Correctional

teachers who have a special education certificate shall receive

salary of an additional five percent (5%). Correctional teachers

shall receive the benefits set forth in Sections 1370 and 1707 of

Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes; provided, however, correctional

teachers shall not be eligible for longevity payments pursuant to

Section 840-2.18 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Eligible

persons employed as correctional teachers or vocational instructors

by the Department of Corrections shall be entitled to paid maternity

leave as provided for in Section 1 of this act.

B. Persons employed by the Department of Corrections school

system as nonteaching administrators shall be in the unclassified

service and shall not be placed under the classified service;

however, any classified employee occupying an administrative

position prior to July 1, 2000, shall retain the right to remain in

the classified service. At such time as such position becomes

vacant, it shall be placed in the unclassified service.

C. Except as provided by this section of law, the employment of

persons by the Department of Corrections educational program as

teachers or administrators shall be entirely governed by the

provisions of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and any other laws

or rules regarding state employees and their employment; however, no

Department of Corrections correctional teacher or vocational

instructor, whose salary is calculated in accordance with the

provisions of this section, shall be entitled to receive any pay

increases for state employees authorized elsewhere in statute, rule,

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or law. Correctional teachers or vocational instructors shall

receive any legislated pay increases granted in addition to the

Title 70 minimum salary schedule; provided, such increases are given

to all common education/vocational technical teachers.

D. The salaries for all correctional teachers and vocational

instructors shall be adjusted annually on July 1 unless legislation

authorizes a pay raise for educators with an implementation date

other than July 1, in which case the annual adjustment shall occur

on the date of the pay raise implementation.

E. The monthly salaries of correctional teachers and vocational

instructors employed by the Department of Corrections on the

effective date of this act will be adjusted according to the

procedures authorized in subsection A of this section on the first

day of the month following the effective date of this act.

Longevity payments will be eliminated in the month following the

effective date of this act for correctional teachers and vocational

instructors whose salaries are calculated according to the

provisions of this section. The salaries of the employees governed

by this section who are employed on the effective date of this act

will be recalculated. The recalculation will be based on the

provisions of subsection A of this section for actual time employed

as a Department of Corrections correctional teacher or vocational

instructor between July 1, 2004, and the last day of the month in

which this act becomes effective. Authorized employees will receive

a one-time payment equal to the difference between the recalculated

salary amount and the compensation received.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-623 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-623
On-site primary medical treatment programs
Status: in_force

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 the Oklahoma Statutes, who is

employed under such medical treatment programs may administer

nonprescription drugs, as defined in Section 353.1 of Title 59 of

the Oklahoma Statutes, to inmates without specific physician

authorization.

C. Any certified medication aide, as provided for in subsection

E of Section 1-1950.3 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, may be

employed by the Department of Corrections or a contractor of the

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Department of Corrections and work in the manner as set forth in

that section during the term of said employment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-566 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-566
Dismissal of inmate's action - Definitions - Sanctions for
Status: in_force

frivolous or malicious claims - Judgment - Liability for costs and

fees.

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A. Any action by an inmate initiated against any person, party

or entity, the state, the Department of Corrections, an entity

contracting with the Department of Corrections to provide

correctional services, another state agency, or political

subdivision, or an original action in an appellate court, or an

appeal of an action whether or not the plaintiff was represented in

the district court, may be:

1. Dismissed with or without prejudice, by the court on its own

motion or on a motion of the defendant, if all administrative and

statutory remedies available to the inmate have not been exhausted

in a timely manner; or

2. Dismissed with prejudice, by the court on a motion of the

defendant, if the court is satisfied that the action is frivolous or

malicious.

B. As used in this title:

1. “Frivolous” means having no reasonable basis in law or fact,

or lacking any good faith legal argument for the extension,

modification, or reversal of existing law, or being maintained

solely or primarily for delay or to harass the party filed against;

2. “Inmate” or “inmate in a penal institution” includes, but is

not limited to, a person presently or formerly in the custody or

under the supervision of the Department of Corrections or the

Federal Bureau of Prisons, a person who has been convicted of a

crime and is incarcerated for that crime in a county jail, a person

who is being held in custody for trial or sentencing, or a person on

probation or parole; and

3. “Malicious” means filing numerous actions, or actions

brought in bad faith on de minimus issues.

C. If the court determines from the pleadings or the evidence

that one or more of the causes of action are frivolous or malicious,

any one or more of the following sanctions may be imposed, after

notice to the inmate and an opportunity for the inmate to respond,

without the need for an additional hearing:

1. Award attorney fees and actual costs incurred by the state,

the Department of Corrections, another state agency, a political

subdivision, the Attorney General's Office, or the defendant, not to

exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per frivolous

cause of action;

2. Court costs not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per

cause of action;

3. Order the Department of Corrections to revoke up to seven

hundred twenty (720) earned credits accrued by the inmate. In any

case in which the prisoner submits a frivolous or malicious claim,

or one that is intended solely or primarily for delay or to harass

the party filed against, or testifies falsely or otherwise presents

false evidence or information to the court in depositions or in a

notarized statement to the court or commits a fraud upon the court,

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the prisoner shall suffer a loss of earned credits. The earned

credits shall be deducted upon a finding of fact and an order of the

court. In the absence of such a finding by the court and upon

review and recommendation by the Office of the Attorney General, a

prison disciplinary hearing may be held to determine whether the

prisoner has filed such a claim or evidence. Upon such a finding,

the earned credits of the prisoner shall be revoked by the

Department or political subdivision;

4. Order the Department or political subdivision to revoke

permission to have nonessential personal property of the inmate,

including, but not limited to, televisions, radios, stereos, or tape

recorders. If permission is revoked, the Department shall take

appropriate precautions to protect the property during the period of

the revocation;

5. Impose a civil sanction in an amount not to exceed One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); or

6. Impose a monetary judgment against the inmate, not to exceed

Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to be paid to each named defendant.

D. Any award of attorney fees, or costs, or the imposition of a

sanction shall serve as a judgment against the inmate and the

Department or political subdivision is authorized to take up to

eighty percent (80%) of the inmate's nonmandatory savings trust

funds per month until paid. The judgment shall be subject to

execution without further order of any court for a period of seven

(7) years from the date of an award or imposition of a sanction.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-550 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-550
Designation of persons to act on behalf of Board of
Status: in_force

Corrections.

In exercising the powers and duties granted to the Board of

Corrections under this act, the Board is hereby authorized to

designate such person or persons as it may deem necessary to perform

those functions on its behalf.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-353.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-353.1
Minimum and maximum terms of confinement – Assessment of
Status: in_force

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 for conviction of the offense. The minimum term may be less

than, but shall not be more than, one-third (1/3) of the maximum

sentence imposed by the court. Provided, however, that the terms of

this section shall not limit or alter the right in trials in which a

jury is used for the jury to assess the penalty of confinement and

fix a minimum and maximum term of confinement, so long as the

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maximum confinement be not in excess of the maximum term of

confinement provided by law for conviction of the offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.8a — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-510.8a
Pilot programs on phonetics and reading
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish

a pilot program at the Charles E. “Bill” Johnson Correctional

Center, Alva, Oklahoma, and one or more pilot programs in other

correctional facilities in this state on phonetics and reading using

pre- and post-testing evaluations, subject to availability of funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-215 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-215
Short title
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the Prisoners Public Works Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.5 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-510.5
Oklahoma Inmate Literacy Act - Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the "Oklahoma Inmate Literacy Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-501 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-501
Citation
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the Oklahoma

Corrections Act of 1967.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-591 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-591
Short title
Status: in_force

Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall be known and may be cited

as the "Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act".
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-586 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-586
False or misleading registration information
Status: in_force

No person subject to the provisions of the Sex Offenders

Registration Act, Section 581 et seq. of this title, shall furnish

any false or misleading information in the registration required by

said act. Any person violating the provisions of this section

shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class B5 felony offense.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-38.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-38.2
Reimbursement for incarceration ordered as an
Status: in_force

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 subsection B

of Section 991b and subsection H of Section 991c of Title 22 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-513 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-513
Discharged prisoners - Clothing, transportation and funds
Status: in_force

A. When any prisoner shall be discharged from the institution,

the warden or superintendent shall furnish the prisoner with proper

and necessary clothing and a railroad or bus ticket to the home

community of the prisoner within the State of Oklahoma, if it is not

in the county in which the institution is located; and if the home

community of the prisoner is outside the State of Oklahoma, the

warden or superintendent may furnish the necessary tickets to the

home community of the prisoner or the county in which the sentence

was imposed; and if the inmate trust account of the prisoner does

not have at least a credit balance of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), the

warden, superintendent or Chief Financial Officer may furnish such

additional sum from the petty cash fund as will afford the prisoner

Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

B. Funds necessary to provide said clothing, transportation and

Fifty Dollars ($50.00) allowed in subsection A of this section shall

be drawn from a petty cash fund established by the Department of

Corrections pursuant to Section 513.1 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-633 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-633
Renumbered as § 2-312.3 of Title 43A by Laws 2023, c. 201,
Status: in_force

§ 7, eff. July 1, 2023.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-525 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-525
Offices and residences for wardens
Status: in_force

On and after October 1, 1982, the Board of Corrections shall

provide offices and residences for the wardens at the Oklahoma State

Penitentiary and the Oklahoma State Reformatory and shall furnish

and maintain them but shall not provide allowance for actual

subsistence expenses for their families and guests therein, out of

appropriated funds.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-509.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-509.1
Oklahoma Children's Center at Taft - Transfer to
Status: in_force

Department of Corrections.

A. It is the finding of the Legislature that certain property

currently under the control of the Department of Human Services

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could be better utilized if transferred to the Department of

Corrections.

B. The Oklahoma Children's Center and the property related

thereto, located at Taft, Oklahoma, is hereby transferred from the

Department of Human Services to the Department of Corrections.

C. All official records maintained by the Oklahoma Children's

Center while said institution was under the supervision, management,

operation, and control of the Department of Human Services shall be

transferred to the Department of Human Services.

D. The Department of Corrections shall establish a women's

correctional institution on the property transferred pursuant to

subsection B of this section.

E. The Department of Corrections and the Oklahoma Department of

Career and Technology Education shall establish inmate training

programs for women on the property transferred pursuant to

subsection B of this section.

F. The Department of Corrections and Oklahoma Department of

Career and Technology Education shall give first priority on

employment at the Jess Dunn Correctional Center to those present

employees of the Department of Human Services now working at the

Oklahoma Children's Center. Written justification for hiring any

employees necessary to staff positions needed for this transition,

other than present employees of the Department of Human Services,

must be filed with the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State

Senate for a period of one (1) year.

G. All agreements involving the town of Taft entered into by

the Department of Human Services relative to water or sewer

facilities or otherwise shall be assumed by the Department of

Corrections.

H. The George Nigh Training Center (the Oklahoma Children's

Center) physical facility shall not be altered until after March 15,

1989.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.19 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.19
Action by Governor on application for pardon
Status: in_force

Within thirty (30) days after approval of an application for

pardon, the Pardon and Parole Board shall forward all relevant

documentation to the Governor. Upon receipt, the Governor shall

have ninety (90) days to grant or deny the application for pardon.

If an application for pardon is not approved by the Pardon and

Parole Board, the application for pardon shall be deemed denied. If

no action is taken by the Governor, the application shall be deemed

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denied. The Pardon and Parole Board shall notify the person making

application for pardon of all actions taken by the Pardon and Parole

Board or the Governor regarding the application for pardon.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-510.10 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-510.10
Electronic monitoring of inmates
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Corrections and the Pardon and Parole

Board are hereby authorized to use electronic monitoring devices for

any inmate sentenced for a crime, any person granted parole, or as

disciplinary sanction as authorized by law.

B. The electronic monitoring of an inmate pursuant to this

section shall be in addition to active supervision required by law.

An inmate assigned to electronic monitoring shall be required to pay

the Department of Corrections or the Pardon and Parole Board for all

or part of any monitoring equipment or fee, supervision cost, or

other costs while assigned to electronic monitoring. The Department

of Corrections or the Pardon and Parole Board shall determine

whether the person has the ability to pay all or part of such costs

or fee.

C. From and after the effective date of this act, any person in

the custody of the Department of Corrections who is assigned to a

community corrections center, community work center, or halfway

house, and who has any current or previous convictions for a crime

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which would require the person to register as a sex offender

pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act, shall be

assigned to a global position monitoring system for the duration of

the registration period. Any offender paroled who is subject to the

provisions of the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act shall be

assigned to global position monitoring.

D. As used in this section, "electronic monitoring" means

monitoring of an inmate within a specified location or locations by

means of a global positioning device approved by the Department of

Corrections or the Pardon and Parole Board with active supervision

by correctional officers, employees of the Department of

Corrections, or probation and parole officers of the Pardon and

Parole Board. A global position monitoring system must utilize a

backup data storage collection system.

E. The Department of Corrections and the Pardon and Parole

Board shall promulgate and adopt rules and procedures necessary to

implement the provisions of this section.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-51 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-51
Duty of county board - Medical officer - Reports
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners, at the expense

of their county, to provide suitable means for warming the county

jail and its cells or apartments, beds and bedding, and such other

permanent fixtures and to make such repairs as may be prescribed by

the district judge or the State Department of Health. The

commissioners shall also have power to appoint a medical officer to

the jail and pay him such salary as they may think reasonable and

proper, which shall be drawn out of the county treasury, and said

medical officer or any physician or surgeon who may be employed in

the jail shall make a report in writing whenever required by said

commissioners, district judge or grand jury.

R.L. 1910, § 4589. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 20, eff. July 1,

1978.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-535 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-535
Filling of a designated grade in next lower grade
Status: in_force

Where there is more than one grade within a specific

occupational class, as authorized in Section 11 of this act, the

Director of the Department of Corrections, each warden or each

superintendent is authorized to fill a designated grade in the next

lower authorized grade, provided the total number of employees in

the specific occupational class does not exceed the total number of

employees authorized for all grades of that specific occupational

class.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-20 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-20
Credit on fine and costs - Credit for efficient work and
Status: in_force

good behavior.

Every county, city or town convict in this state, whether

required to work upon the public highways of the county, city or

town, in accordance with the laws of this state, or merely confined

in the county, city or town prison, shall receive credit upon his or

her fine and costs of One Dollar ($1.00) for each day confined in

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prison, or worked upon the public highways, rock pile, or rock

crusher, or public work; provided that those prisoners or convicts

doing and performing the most efficient work and making the best

prisoners, shall be entitled to an additional credit of one (1) day

for every five (5) days of work, the custodian of the prison to

determine at the end of each five (5) days of imprisonment whether

or not the prisoner is entitled to such credit, and to make a record

of the decision and notify the prisoner of the same.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.4 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-332.4
Selection of Chairman - Compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

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 preparation for said

meeting; and

2. One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($1,667.00) for

the regular monthly Board meeting.

B. The members of the Board shall receive Twenty-two Thousand

Eight Hundred Dollars ($22,800.00) per annum, payable monthly in the

following allotment:

1. Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for preparation for said

meeting; and

2. One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for the

regular monthly Board meeting.

C. 1. Failure of any member to attend one Board meeting in any

calendar year, except for justifiable excuse as determined by the

Chair pursuant to written policy established by the Board, shall

preclude the right of the member to receive his or her monthly

compensation established by subsection A or B of this section.

2. In addition, any member who fails to attend two or more

Board meetings in any calendar year except for extraordinary

circumstances as determined by the Chair pursuant to written policy

established by the Board shall be deemed to have committed official

misconduct as such term is defined by Section 93 of Title 51 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. To initiate a removal from office pursuant to

this paragraph, the Board shall pass a resolution by a majority of

the members of the Board detailing the alleged misconduct. Such

removal shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 3 of Title 51

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

3. Failure to attend meetings of the Board, pursuant to the

policy established by the Board, shall constitute cause for removal

pursuant to Section 10 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-521.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-521.1
Transformational Justice Act - Reentry Policy Council -
Status: in_force

Travel expenses.

A. The Reentry Policy Council shall be re-created, and shall

continue until July 1, 2023, pursuant to the provisions of the

Oklahoma Sunset Law, for the purpose of providing oversight of the

reentry policies and programs operated by the Department of

Corrections. The Council shall consist of eleven (11) members and

shall be appointed as follows:

1. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:

a. one member shall be a law enforcement officer,

b. one member shall be a corrections official, and

c. one member shall be a crime victim;

2. Four members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

Oklahoma House of Representatives as follows:

a. one member shall be a member of the Oklahoma House of

Representatives,

b. one member shall be a representative of a faith-based

organization involved with the reintegration of

inmates,

c. one member shall be a person who has been previously

convicted of a criminal offense in Oklahoma, and

d. one member shall be a mental health and substance

abuse official; and

3. Four members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore

of the Oklahoma State Senate as follows:

a. one member shall be a member of the Oklahoma State

Senate,

b. one member shall be a representative from a for-profit

halfway house who specializes in reintegration of

inmates,

c. one member shall be a representative from a nonprofit

entity involved with the reintegration of inmates, and

d. one member shall be a district attorney, or his or her

designee.

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B. The Council shall:

1. Review corrections policies, programs and procedures to

ensure that the primary purpose of each is public safety during

imprisonment and after release;

2. Identify gaps in reentry programs and services as well as

overlapping efforts, and recommend changes to address those issues;

3. Review policies to ensure that corrections facilities

recruit and welcome volunteers;

4. Review the licensing procedures within this state to

eliminate barriers to employment that are unrelated to the conduct

underlying the conviction; and

5. Report annually to the Legislature and the Governor on the

progress of the reentry initiative, including the impact on

recidivism, effectiveness of agency coordination and communications,

and the implementation of reentry plans and use of funding.

C. 1. Legislative members of the Council shall be reimbursed

for their necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of

their duties in accordance with Section 456 of Title 74 of the

Oklahoma Statutes from the legislative body in which they serve.

2. State agency employees who are members of the Council shall

be reimbursed for their travel expenses incurred in the performance

of their duties by their respective agencies in accordance with the

State Travel Reimbursement Act.

3. All other Council members shall be reimbursed by the Office

of Management and Enterprise Services for travel expenses incurred

in the performance of their duties on the Council in accordance with

the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-581 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-581
Short title - Legislative findings
Status: in_force

A. Sections 581 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be

cited as the "Sex Offenders Registration Act".

B. The Legislature finds that sex offenders who commit other

predatory acts against children and persons who prey on others as a

result of mental illness pose a high risk of re-offending after

release from custody. The Legislature further finds that the

privacy interest of persons adjudicated guilty of these crimes is

less important than the state's interest in public safety. The

Legislature additionally finds that a system of registration will

permit law enforcement officials to identify and alert the public

when necessary for protecting the public safety.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-49 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-49
Sheriff shall furnish court with copy of register or
Status: in_force

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.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-557.2 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-557.2
Oklahoma Community Sentencing Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund

for the Community Sentencing Division within the Department of

Corrections to be designated the "Oklahoma Community Sentencing

Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject

to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all funds

appropriated to it by the Legislature, grants, gifts, bequests and

any other lawful money received for the benefit of the statewide

community sentencing system. All funds received shall be deposited

to the fund. All monies accruing to the credit of said fund are

hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Division

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for state funding to approved community sentencing systems

established pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Community

Sentencing Act. Expenditures from said fund shall be made upon

warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as

prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and

Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-224 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-224
Service or maintenance work for other state, county,
Status: in_force

municipality or federal agency.

A. An inmate of a state correctional institution may be

assigned to a state agency other than the Department of Corrections,

to a county or municipal jail, or to a federal agency, for service

and maintenance work for the federal agency, the state, county or

municipality. Such transfer shall be subject to the approval of the

chief administrative officer of the federal or state agency, sheriff

of the county or the chief of police of a municipality, which will

employ the inmate. Preference shall be given to inmates who, while

incarcerated in a state correctional institution, have attained a

high school diploma or equivalent general education diploma or

completed a literacy program approved by the Department of

Corrections. Such federal or state agency, county or municipality,

shall be responsible for the security, lodging, food costs, and

personal expense money of each inmate under the care of the chief

administrative officer of the federal or state agency, county

sheriff or the chief of police of such municipality. Any expense

monies shall be approved by the chief administrative officer,

sheriff or the chief of police.

B. The Department of Corrections shall reimburse the state,

county or municipality for the actual costs paid for any emergency

medical care for physical injury or illness of the inmate retained

under this act. The Director may transfer any inmate required to

have extended medical care back into the custody of the Department.
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-360.1 — OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-360.1
Notice to victim notification service provider of
Status: in_force

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 release of

the inmate.