Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (1998)
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided June 19, 1998Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Senator Gustafson,
¶ 0 This office has received your letter requesting an official Opinion addressing, in effect, the following question:
What are the standards for a "temporary tent jail" as referredto in 74 O.S. Supp. 1997, § 192(A)(5)?
¶ 1 Counties are permitted to build and utilize tent jails for the temporary housing of minimum security jail inmates. The statute states:
The temporary tent jails shall not be required to meet the minimum requirements set forth in this section or any other provision of law. The State Board of Health shall promulgate minimum standards for the temporary tent…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cox v. DawsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- Duncan v. City of Nichols HillsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
- Trust Co. of Okl. v. State Ex Rel. DdhsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995