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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-22: Receiving compensation for providing goods or services for

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  2. Title 57

benefit of inmate – Penalties.

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any detention

officer, deputy sheriff, or other person employed as jail operations

staff by a county, city, or other entity that operates a jail who

receives compensation from any person other than the sheriff or jail

administrator for providing goods, tobacco products, or services for

the benefit of an inmate, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor if the compensation is an amount of less than Five

Hundred Dollars ($500.00), punishable by up to six (6) months in the

county jail, or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars

($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment and shall be

guilty of a Class D1 felony offense if the compensation is an amount

of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, punishable by

imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section

20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a fine of not more than

Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person

operating, or employed by, a vendor facility licensed by the State

Department of Rehabilitation Services pursuant to Sections 71

through 78 of Title 7 of the Oklahoma Statutes for purposes of

carrying out the provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20

U.S.C.A., Section 107 et seq., or any other duly authorized vendor.

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