Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 58.3 (2026)

Sentence and fine or cost credits for prisoner labor

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Prisoners employed as provided herein shall be given a credit of two (2) days on a jail sentence for each day worked, and a credit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per day upon the payment of a fine or court cost, if sentenced for nonpayment of a fine or court cost. The sheriff shall be authorized to order the credit be given to the prisoner on the records of the court where the conviction of the prisoner is filed. Added by Laws 1955, p. 299, § 3. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 367, § 7, emerg. eff. June 9, 1994; Laws 2008, c. 413, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1990–1990 · leading case: Hallmark v. State, 795 P.2d 113 (Okla. Crim. App. 1990).
Hallmark v. State, 795 P.2d 113 (Okla. Crim. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “ORDER DENYING HABEAS CORPUS Petitioner, Jimmy Dale Hallmark, has filed a request for habeas corpus relief with this Court asserting that his confinement in the Tulsa County Jail is illegal because his sentence has not been reduced by crediting him with additional days pursuant…”
Sissney v. State, 792 P.2d 1181 (Okla. Crim. App. 1990). “oners, shall be entitled to an additional credit of one day for every five (5) days of work, the guard or a custodian of such prison to determine at the end of each five days of such imprisonment whether or not such prisoner is entitled to such credit, and to make record of such…”
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