Oklahoma § 57-48 Jail register.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 57-48 — Jail register.

Oklahoma § 57-48

Title 57Prisons And Reformatories

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Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-48 (2026).

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The sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff of each county in this state shall procure at the expense of the county a suitable book, or computer record that shall be considered the original for all purposes, to be called the jail register, in which the said sheriff, by himself or his jailer, shall enter: 1. The name of each prisoner with the date and cause of his commitment, and the authority committing him; and, if committed for a criminal offense, a description of his person; 2. The date or manner of his discharge or escape, as the case may be; 3. What sickness, if any, has prevailed in the jail during the year, and if known what were the causes of such disease; 4. The habits of the prisoners as to personal cleanliness, diet and order; 5. The means furnished prisoners

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The sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff of each county in this state shall procure at the expense of the county a suitable book, or computer record that shall be considered the original for all purposes, to be called the jail register, in which the said sheriff, by himself or his jailer, shall enter: 1. The name of each prisoner with the date and cause of his commitment, and the authority committing him; and, if committed for a criminal offense, a description of his person; 2. The date or manner of his discharge or escape, as the case may be; 3. What sickness, if any, has prevailed in the jail during the year, and if known what were the causes of such disease; 4. The habits of the prisoners as to personal cleanliness, diet and order; 5. The means furnished prisoners of literary, moral and religious instruction, and of labor; and 6. All other matters required by said rules, or in the discretion of such sheriff deemed proper; and the said sheriff, or other officers performing the duties of sheriff, shall carefully keep and preserve the said jail register or computer record in the office of the jailer of his county, and at the expiration of such office shall deliver the same to his successor in office.