Oklahoma § 57-513 Discharged prisoners - Clothing, transportation and funds.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 57-513 — Discharged prisoners - Clothing, transportation and funds.

Oklahoma § 57-513

Title 57Prisons And Reformatories

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-513 (2026).

Text

A.When any prisoner shall be discharged from the institution, the warden or superintendent shall furnish the prisoner with proper and necessary clothing and a railroad or bus ticket to the home community of the prisoner within the State of Oklahoma, if it is not in the county in which the institution is located; and if the home community of the prisoner is outside the State of Oklahoma, the warden or superintendent may furnish the necessary tickets to the home community of the prisoner or the county in which the sentence was imposed; and if the inmate trust account of the prisoner does not have at least a credit balance of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), the warden, superintendent or Chief Financial Officer may furnish such additional sum from the petty cash fund as will afford the prisoner Fifty

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A. When any prisoner shall be discharged from the institution, the warden or superintendent shall furnish the prisoner with proper and necessary clothing and a railroad or bus ticket to the home community of the prisoner within the State of Oklahoma, if it is not in the county in which the institution is located; and if the home community of the prisoner is outside the State of Oklahoma, the warden or superintendent may furnish the necessary tickets to the home community of the prisoner or the county in which the sentence was imposed; and if the inmate trust account of the prisoner does not have at least a credit balance of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), the warden, superintendent or Chief Financial Officer may furnish such additional sum from the petty cash fund as will afford the prisoner Fifty Dollars ($50.00). B. Funds necessary to provide said clothing, transportation and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) allowed in subsection A of this section shall be drawn from a petty cash fund established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 513.1 of this title.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1967, c. 261, § 13, operative July 1, 1967. Amended by Laws 1974, c. 285, § 16, emerg. eff. May 29, 1974; Laws 2008, c. 171, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.