Oklahoma Statutes
Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 1 (2026)
County commissioners - Inspection of jails
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County commissioners shall inspect the jails in their respective counties at least once each year, and shall fully examine the health, cleanliness and discipline conditions of the jail. The person responsible for the administration of such jail shall provide the county commissioner with the name, age and basis for incarceration of each prisoner and if it appears to the commissioners that any provisions of law have been violated or neglected they shall give notice to the district attorney of the county. This inspection shall be in addition to that performed by the State Department of Health. R.L. 1910, § 4603. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 13, eff. July 1, 1978.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Kenneth Ray Meade v. Grubbs, Badge No. 128, Individually & as a Deputy Sheriff of the Cnty. of Oklahoma, 841 F.2d 1512 (10th Cir. 1988).
Kenneth Ray Meade v. Grubbs, Badge No. 128, Individually & as a Deputy Sheriff of the Cnty. of Oklahoma, 841 F.2d 1512 (10th Cir. 1988). “The Sheriff is responsible for making medical care available when necessary to pretrial detainees. Okla.Stat. Ann. tit. 57, § 52 (1987 cum.”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “57 O.S.2021, §§ 1, 51; 68 O.S.2021, § 3002.”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “57 O.S.2021, §§ 1, 51; 68 O.S.2021, § 3002.”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “57 O.S.2021, §§ 1, 51; 68 O.S.2021, § 3002.”
Question Submitted by: The Honorable Dana Prieto, Oklahoma State Senate, Dist. 34, 2024 OK AG 6 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “57 O.S.2021, §§ 1, 51; 68 O.S.2021, § 3002.”
Marlatt v. Murray Cnty. Jail (E.D. Okla. 2024). “Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 1 . Nevertheless, in Oklahoma the sheriff is ultimately responsible for the proper management of the jail in his county and the conduct of his deputies.”
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