# Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-2: Prohibition against intoxicating beverages in jails

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## Section

- **Citation:** Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-2
- **Heading:** Prohibition against intoxicating beverages in jails
- **Jurisdiction:** Oklahoma
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OK Code / Title 57 / Section 57-2

## Text

No sheriff, jailer or keeper of any jail shall, under any

pretense, give, sell or deliver to any person committed to any jail

for any cause whatever, any spirituous liquor, or any mixed liquor,

part of which is spirituous, or any wine, cider or strong beer,

under the penalties prescribed by the prohibition law of this state,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 11

unless a physician shall certify in writing that the health of such

prisoner requires it, in which case he may be allowed the quantity

prescribed and no more.

R.L. 1910, § 4604. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 14, eff. July 1,

1978.

## Nearby sections

- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-1 County commissioners - Inspection of jails](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-1.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-2 Prohibition against intoxicating beverages in jails](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-2.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-4 Jails to be kept clean - Care of prisoners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-4.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-4.1 Administering medications](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-4.1.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-4.2 Restraints on pregnant inmates – Access to certain persons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-4.2.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-5 Bible furnished for each prisoner - Ministers to have](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-5.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-6 Courts may sentence to hard labor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-6.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-7 Marshal shall superintend labor in towns](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-7.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-9 Penalty for cruelty to prisoners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-9.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-10 Protection from annoyance - Penalty for annoying prisoners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-10.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-13 Escape when committed for capital offenses a felony](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-13.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-14 Removal of prisoners in case of fire](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-14.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-15 When a poor convict is held for fine and costs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-15.md)
- [Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-16 Jails of state to receive federal prisoners](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OK_T57_S57-16.md)

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