{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-21","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-21","heading":"Contraband in jails or penal institutions - Penalties","body":"A. Any person who, without authority, brings into or has in his\n\nor her possession in any jail or state penal institution or other\n\nplace where prisoners are located, any gun, knife, bomb or other\n\ndangerous instrument, any controlled dangerous substance as defined\n\nby the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, any alcoholic\n\nbeverage as defined by Section 1-103 of Title 37A of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, money or financial documents for a person other than the\n\ninmate or a spouse of the inmate, including but not limited to tax\n\nreturns, shall be guilty of a Class B3 felony offense and, upon\n\nconviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections for a term of not less than one (1) year\n\nnor more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not less than One\n\nHundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars\n\n($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, the\n\nprovisions of this subsection shall not prohibit any Department of\n\nCorrections employee who has a valid handgun license pursuant to the\n\nOklahoma Self-Defense Act to keep a firearm in a vehicle on any\n\nproperty set aside for the parking of any vehicle, whether occupied\n\nor unoccupied, at any state-owned prison facility, provided the\n\nemployee has provided annual notification to the Department of\n\nCorrections of the brand name, model, serial number, and owner\n\nidentification information of the firearm, and the firearm is\n\nsecured and stored in a locked metal storage container located in a\n\nlocked vehicle. The storage container will be secured in the\n\nvehicle by a lockable chain or cable or by utilizing hardware\n\nprovided by the manufacturer.\n\nB. If an inmate is found to be in possession of any item\n\nprohibited by this section, upon conviction, such inmate shall be\n\nguilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by\n\nimprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section\n\n20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nC. If the person found to be in possession of any item\n\nprohibited by this section has committed, prior to the commission of\n\nan offense in violation of this section, two or more felony\n\noffenses, and the possession of contraband in violation of this\n\nsection is within ten (10) years of the completion of the execution\n\nof the sentence for any prior offense, such person, upon conviction,\n\nshall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in\n\nthe custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less\n\nthan twenty (20) years. Felony offenses relied upon shall not have\n\narisen out of the same transaction or occurrence or series of events\n\nclosely related in time and location.\n\nD. Any person who, without authority, brings into or has in his\n\nor her possession in any jail or state penal institution or other\n\nplace where prisoners are located, cigarettes, cigars, snuff,\n\nchewing tobacco or any other form of tobacco product shall, upon\n\nconviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in\n\nthe county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not\n\nexceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and\n\nimprisonment.\n\nE. Any person who knowingly, willfully and without authority\n\nbrings into or has in his or her possession in any secure area of a\n\njail or state penal institution or other secure place where\n\nprisoners are located any cellular phone or electronic device\n\ncapable of sending or receiving any electronic communication shall,\n\nupon conviction, be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable\n\nby imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of\n\nSection 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine not\n\nexceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by both\n\nsuch fine and imprisonment.\n\nF. Any contraband item prohibited by the provisions of this\n\nsection that is seized as a result of a violation of this section\nlty of a Class D1 felony offense punishable\n\nby imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of\n\nSection 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by a fine not\n\nexceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by both\n\nsuch fine and imprisonment.\n\nF. Any contraband item prohibited by the provisions of this\n\nsection that is seized as a result of a violation of this section\n\nmay be forfeited by the agency that seized the contraband item\n\nfollowing the procedures outlined in Section 2-506 of Title 63 of\n\nthe Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nG. \"Electronic communication\" means any transfer of signs,\n\nsignals, writings, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any\n\nnature transmitted in whole or part by a wire, radio,\n\nelectromagnetic, photo-electronic or photo-optical system, and\n\nincludes, but is not limited to, the transfer of that communication\n\nthrough the Internet.","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":"17009062d6fdaea62ec263baf33d02542310fa50bb8b87e1668773249be48bd1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-20","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-211"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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