Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-545
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Employment of inmates - Claims against inmates
Official statutory text
A. Any inmate employed by any prison industry shall be subject
to all rules established for his employment by the State Board of
Corrections and to all statutes governing the operation of state
prison industries as well as by all laws generally governing
employment, wages and working conditions except as provided for
herein.
B. Inmates employed by prison industries are not state
employees, and they are specifically forbidden from organizing into
unions or other associations in connection with their employment or
from engaging in any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or collective
bargaining process. This prohibition applies to any inmates forming
a union local or similar organization at any prison industry but it
shall not prohibit any inmate from otherwise achieving or retaining
status as a union member.
C. The claims of the state against an inmate to cover the costs
of incarceration of an inmate shall be prior to the unsecured claims
of any creditor.
D. The employment of any inmate by any prison industry is a
privilege granted by the state which may be revoked by the Director
of the Department of Corrections.
E. As used in subsection C of this section, "costs of
incarceration" shall include all costs associated with maintaining
an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections and shall
include costs paid by the state for medical care for the inmate.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 171
to all rules established for his employment by the State Board of
Corrections and to all statutes governing the operation of state
prison industries as well as by all laws generally governing
employment, wages and working conditions except as provided for
herein.
B. Inmates employed by prison industries are not state
employees, and they are specifically forbidden from organizing into
unions or other associations in connection with their employment or
from engaging in any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or collective
bargaining process. This prohibition applies to any inmates forming
a union local or similar organization at any prison industry but it
shall not prohibit any inmate from otherwise achieving or retaining
status as a union member.
C. The claims of the state against an inmate to cover the costs
of incarceration of an inmate shall be prior to the unsecured claims
of any creditor.
D. The employment of any inmate by any prison industry is a
privilege granted by the state which may be revoked by the Director
of the Department of Corrections.
E. As used in subsection C of this section, "costs of
incarceration" shall include all costs associated with maintaining
an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections and shall
include costs paid by the state for medical care for the inmate.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 171
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