Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-611
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Secure facilities - Certification - Violations
Official statutory text
A. For purposes of this section, “electronic communication”
means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds,
data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or part by
a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic, or photo-optical
system, and includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of that
communication through the Internet.
B. 1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall certify all secure
facilities, including secure facilities collocated with adult
facilities or juvenile detention facilities. Such collocated
facilities shall meet applicable criteria of the federal Juvenile
Justice Delinquency Prevention Act for collocation. To be
certified, a secure facility shall be required to meet standards for
certification promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs.
2. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who
knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his
or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified
juvenile detention facility any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous
instrument, any controlled dangerous substance as defined by Section
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 440
2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any intoxicating
beverage or low-point beer as defined by Sections 163.1 and 163.2 of
Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any cellular phone or electronic
device capable of sending or receiving any electronic communication,
money, or financial documents for a person other than the juvenile
or youthful offender or relative of the juvenile or youthful
offender, shall be guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment
in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than
one (1) year or more than five (5) years, or a fine of not less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who
knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his
or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified
juvenile detention facility any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing
tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in
the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
means any transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds,
data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or part by
a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic, or photo-optical
system, and includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of that
communication through the Internet.
B. 1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall certify all secure
facilities, including secure facilities collocated with adult
facilities or juvenile detention facilities. Such collocated
facilities shall meet applicable criteria of the federal Juvenile
Justice Delinquency Prevention Act for collocation. To be
certified, a secure facility shall be required to meet standards for
certification promulgated by the Board of Juvenile Affairs.
2. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who
knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his
or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified
juvenile detention facility any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous
instrument, any controlled dangerous substance as defined by Section
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 440
2-101 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any intoxicating
beverage or low-point beer as defined by Sections 163.1 and 163.2 of
Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes, any cellular phone or electronic
device capable of sending or receiving any electronic communication,
money, or financial documents for a person other than the juvenile
or youthful offender or relative of the juvenile or youthful
offender, shall be guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment
in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than
one (1) year or more than five (5) years, or a fine of not less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Any person, including a resident of the facility, who
knowingly, willfully and without authority brings into or has in his
or her possession in any certified secure facility or certified
juvenile detention facility any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing
tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in
the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by a fine not
exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
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