Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-530.3
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Aliens in custody of Department of Corrections -
Official statutory text
Identification - Assistance to the United States Department of
Justice.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of
Corrections vigorously provide assistance to the United States
Department of Justice:
1. For the identification of foreign-born nationals who are in
the custody of the Department of Corrections;
2. In conducting interviews of and processing foreign-born
nationals or suspected foreign-born nationals who are in the custody
of the Department of Corrections; and
3. In conducting and completing the deportation process of
inmates whom the United States Department of Justice determines to
be aliens deportable from the United States. The Department of
Corrections shall assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service
in obtaining court certified copies of any records requested for use
in official criminal or administrative proceedings.
The Department of Corrections shall implement rules for the
determination of the place of birth of all inmates in the custody of
the Department. This determination shall be completed by January 1,
1997. Upon completion of this determination, the Department of
Corrections shall report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives how
many inmates in the custody of the Department are not citizens of
the United States. The Department of Corrections shall submit
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 162
updated reports to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on a
quarterly basis.
The Department of Corrections shall also implement rules for the
notification of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the
identity of all inmates in the custody of the Department of
Corrections who are foreign-born nationals or that the Department of
Corrections suspects are foreign-born nationals. The Department of
Corrections shall convene a working group and include the
Immigration and Naturalization Service in the formulation of rules
for implementation of this section.
Justice.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of
Corrections vigorously provide assistance to the United States
Department of Justice:
1. For the identification of foreign-born nationals who are in
the custody of the Department of Corrections;
2. In conducting interviews of and processing foreign-born
nationals or suspected foreign-born nationals who are in the custody
of the Department of Corrections; and
3. In conducting and completing the deportation process of
inmates whom the United States Department of Justice determines to
be aliens deportable from the United States. The Department of
Corrections shall assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service
in obtaining court certified copies of any records requested for use
in official criminal or administrative proceedings.
The Department of Corrections shall implement rules for the
determination of the place of birth of all inmates in the custody of
the Department. This determination shall be completed by January 1,
1997. Upon completion of this determination, the Department of
Corrections shall report to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives how
many inmates in the custody of the Department are not citizens of
the United States. The Department of Corrections shall submit
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 162
updated reports to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on a
quarterly basis.
The Department of Corrections shall also implement rules for the
notification of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the
identity of all inmates in the custody of the Department of
Corrections who are foreign-born nationals or that the Department of
Corrections suspects are foreign-born nationals. The Department of
Corrections shall convene a working group and include the
Immigration and Naturalization Service in the formulation of rules
for implementation of this section.
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