Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-56: Penalty for breaking jail
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- OK Code
- Title 57
If any person imprisoned pursuant to a sentence of imprisonment
in a county or city jail, or any person committed to a county or
city jail for the purpose of detaining him for trial, for any
misdemeanor or traffic offense, escapes therefrom, either while
actually confined therein or while permitted to be at large as a
trusty, he shall be punished by confinement in the county jail not
exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 4594. Amended by Laws 1951, p. 160, § 1; Laws 1983, c.
47, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1983.
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