§ 10A-2-7-611 — Secure facilities - Certification - Violations.

Oklahoma § 10A-2-7-611

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 10A: Children And Juvenile Code

Text

A. For purposes of this section, “electronic communication” means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic, or photo-optical system, and includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of that communication through the Internet. B. 1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall certify all secure facilities, including secure facilities collocated with adult facilities or juvenile detention facilities. Such collocated facilities shall meet applicable criteria of the federal Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act for collocation. To be certified, a secure facility shall be required to meet standards for certification promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs. 2. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified juvenile detention facility any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous instrument, any controlled dangerous substance as defined by Section 2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any intoxicating beverage or low-point beer as defined by Sections 163.1 and 163.2 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any cellular phone or electronic device capable of sending or receiving any electronic communication, money, or financial documents for a person other than the juvenile or youthful offender or relative of the juvenile or youthful offender, shall be guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year or more than five (5) years, or a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. C. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified juvenile detention facility any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2009, c. 167, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 365, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 2011. NOTE: Editorially renumbered from Title 10, §7302-6.11, to provide consistency in numbering.