Oklahoma § 57-224 - Service or maintenance work for other state, county,
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§ 57-224. Service or maintenance work for other state, county,
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.
Added by Laws 1980, c. 62, § 1, eff. April 7, 1980. Amended by Laws
1981, c. 56, § 1; Laws 1988, c. 122, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1988; Laws
1991, c. 145, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories
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Section 57-224 ("Service or maintenance work for other state, county,") 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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