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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-530.3: Aliens in custody of Department of Corrections -

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 57

Identification - Assistance to the United States Department of

Justice.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of

Corrections vigorously provide assistance to the United States

Department of Justice:

1. For the identification of foreign-born nationals who are in

the custody of the Department of Corrections;

2. In conducting interviews of and processing foreign-born

nationals or suspected foreign-born nationals who are in the custody

of the Department of Corrections; and

3. In conducting and completing the deportation process of

inmates whom the United States Department of Justice determines to

be aliens deportable from the United States. The Department of

Corrections shall assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service

in obtaining court certified copies of any records requested for use

in official criminal or administrative proceedings.

The Department of Corrections shall implement rules for the

determination of the place of birth of all inmates in the custody of

the Department. This determination shall be completed by January 1,

1997. Upon completion of this determination, the Department of

Corrections shall report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore

of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives how

many inmates in the custody of the Department are not citizens of

the United States. The Department of Corrections shall submit

updated reports to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the

Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on a

quarterly basis.

The Department of Corrections shall also implement rules for the

notification of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the

identity of all inmates in the custody of the Department of

Corrections who are foreign-born nationals or that the Department of

Corrections suspects are foreign-born nationals. The Department of

Corrections shall convene a working group and include the

Immigration and Naturalization Service in the formulation of rules

for implementation of this section.

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