Oklahoma § 44-811 - Place of confinement, reports and receiving of prisoners
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 44-811 — Place of confinement, reports and receiving of prisoners, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 44-811. Place of confinement, reports and receiving of prisoners
ARTICLE 11. Place of confinement, reports and receiving of
prisoners.
A. Persons confined before or during trial by court-martial
shall be confined in any place of confinement under the control of
any of the armed forces, in any county jail or in any penal or
correctional facility under the control of the Oklahoma Department
of Corrections.
B. No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms,
warden, keeper, or officer of a place of confinement designated in
subsection A of this section shall refuse to receive or keep any
prisoner committed to his or her charge, when the committing person
furnishes a statement, signed by him or her, of the offense charged
against the prisoner.
C. Every commander of a guard, master at arms, warden, keeper,
or officer of a place of confinement designated in subsection A of
this section, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within
twenty-four (24) hours after that commitment or as soon as he or she
is relieved from guard, report to the commanding officer of the
prisoner the name of the prisoner, the offense charged against him
or her, and the name of the person who ordered or authorized the
commitment.
Added by Laws 2019, c. 408, § 17, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 44-811 ("Place of confinement, reports and receiving of prisoners") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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