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Oklahoma · Snapshot open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14

Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-16: Jails of state to receive federal prisoners

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 57

When a prisoner shall be delivered to a sheriff or keeper of any

jail by the authority of the United States, the sheriff or keeper

shall receive the prisoner, and commit him accordingly; and every

sheriff or keeper of the jail refusing or neglecting to take

possession of a prisoner delivered to him by the authority

aforesaid, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as for

neglect or refusal to commit any prisoner delivered to him under the

authority of the state. And any sheriff or keeper of any jail who

shall suffer to escape any prisoner committed to his custody by the

authority of the United States, shall be subject to the same pains

and penalties as for suffering to escape any prisoner committed to

his custody under the authority of the state, and the allowance for

the maintenance of any prisoner committed as aforesaid shall be no

greater than that made for prisoners committed under the authority

of the state.

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