§ 57-22 — Receiving compensation for providing goods or services for

benefit of inmate – Penalties. A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any detention officer, deputy sheriff, or other person employed as jail operations staff by a county, city, or other entity that operates a jail who receives compensation from any person other than the sheriff or jail administrator for providing goods, tobacco products, or services for the benefit of an inmate, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if the compensation is an amount of less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), punishable by up to six (6) months in the county jail, or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment and shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense if the compensation is an amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more, punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person operating, or employed by, a vendor facility licensed by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services pursuant to Sections 71 through 78 of Title 7 of the Oklahoma Statutes for purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard Act, 20 U.S.C.A., Section 107 et seq., or any other duly authorized vendor.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2002, c. 231, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 366, § 6, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 527, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.