{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-16","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-16","heading":"Jails of state to receive federal prisoners","body":"When a prisoner shall be delivered to a sheriff or keeper of any\n\njail by the authority of the United States, the sheriff or keeper\n\nshall receive the prisoner, and commit him accordingly; and every\n\nsheriff or keeper of the jail refusing or neglecting to take\n\npossession of a prisoner delivered to him by the authority\n\naforesaid, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as for\n\nneglect or refusal to commit any prisoner delivered to him under the\n\nauthority of the state. And any sheriff or keeper of any jail who\n\nshall suffer to escape any prisoner committed to his custody by the\n\nauthority of the United States, shall be subject to the same pains\n\nand penalties as for suffering to escape any prisoner committed to\n\nhis custody under the authority of the state, and the allowance for\n\nthe maintenance of any prisoner committed as aforesaid shall be no\n\ngreater than that made for prisoners committed under the authority\n\nof the state.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"f2989de86d9b225d14afd9a752556491c4247b0481df86134abf67a64289bec1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-15","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-16a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}