The Sheriff's lookup covers people inside the jail today. Follow these steps:

1. Pull up the jail lookup in any web browser.
2. Enter a last name. Adding a first name narrows the results.
3. Scan the matches. They are sorted by booking date, latest on top.
4. Tap the person's entry. It shows when they were booked, what they are charged with and more.
5. Jot those down, then phone the jail at 580-931-0673 about bond and court.

The Sheriff says the service exists so crime victims can learn an offender's custody status. Anyone can use it to check on a loved one, too.

No match does not always mean bad news. Common causes:

• Booking isn't done. Intake steps such as a health screening come first, and the list updates about once an hour.
• They got out. Bond may already be paid, or a judge freed them.
• They were transferred. A different county, state corrections or a federal agency may hold them.
• A typo or a different name. Try other spellings, or search by a maiden name or middle name.
• They are under 18. Youth are not listed with adults.
• The arrest was in Texas. Someone stopped across the Red River goes to that Texas county's jail.

Jail staff answer at 580-931-0673. After hours, the Sheriff's dispatch line at 580-924-3737 runs around the clock.

Adults arrested here normally stay at the jail in Durant. For an arrest near a neighboring county, check these Oklahoma jails:

• Atoka County Jail, 201 East Court Street, Atoka, OK 74525, 580-889-2221
• Choctaw County Jail, through the Sheriff's Office at 305 E Jefferson St., Hugo, OK 74743, 580-326-2000
• Marshall County Jail, 207 N. 4th Street, Madill, OK 73446, 580-795-2221
• Johnston County Jail, 110 North Capital Ave, Tishomingo, OK 73460, 580-371-2691

A person on a federal charge may pass through the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075.

Each entry has a space for a photo. Some read that no image is available. Mugshot copies are a records matter for the Sheriff's Office, 580-924-3000. Ask how its records process works.

• Under Oklahoma's Open Records Act, a law enforcement agency must let the public see basic arrest records it keeps. These include the person's description, the cause of the arrest and jail booking details (51 O.S. § 24A.8).
• For an ICE photo, use the ICE FOIA request form.
• Federal booking photos stay private. Marshals release one only now and then, such as when hunting a fugitive.

Yes. Oklahoma's VINE service sends free alerts by text, email or phone call. It is run by the Attorney General's victim services unit, and the Sheriff's search page points to it.

• Register on VINELink, or call 877-654-8463.
• Alerts cover a transfer, a release, an escape, a capture or a death.
• You must sign up. Nothing is sent until you do.
• Prison intake assigns a DOC number. Sign up again with that number once it is issued.

The quickest way to learn of a release today is still to call the jail at 580-931-0673.

Most people charged in Oklahoma have a constitutional right to bail. Only a short list of serious charges can be held without it, and the judge must first find strong proof plus no safe way to release the person (Okla. Const. art. II § 8).

• Bond can be cash paid in full, a surety bond through a licensed bondsman, or a property bond.
• A repeat DUI arrest, second or later, needs a judge to set the bond (HB 1222).
• A bond posted with mistakes on the form can be turned down, so check the paperwork.
• A hold from another case or another county can keep the person in after bond is paid.

Ask the jail at 580-931-0673 for the bond amount. Our bail and release page covers payment, bondsmen and refunds in detail.

Booked charges appear next to each name in the Sheriff's lookup. Those are arrest charges only. The District Attorney decides what is formally filed, and that can differ.

• Once a case is filed, look it up on OSCN or ODCR, Oklahoma's two public court record sites.
• The Court Clerk can read you the filed charges at 580-924-1446.
• The District Attorney's local office is in the courthouse in Durant, 580-924-4032.

Some cases leave state court. That can happen when a tribal citizen is arrested on a reservation. Then the case may shift to tribal court or to federal court.

Anyone who could be jailed if convicted may have a lawyer, and the state pays for one when the person can't. Here, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS) sends those cases to private lawyers it contracts with.

1. The person asks a jailer for the application for appointed counsel.
2. The form lists income, debts and property. A judge decides who qualifies.
3. Filing happens at the Court Clerk's office, 580-924-1446. A $40 Court Fund fee applies, and a judge may let you pay it later.

For general questions, OIDS's trial office is at 111 N. Peters Ave, Suite 500, Norman, OK 73069, 405-801-2655. Paying a private attorney is another choice.

Visits here happen on screens only, with no contact. Pick one of two ways:

• At the jail. Schedule the visit ahead of time. Each person gets one free visit every 30 days, and extra visits cost $10 each.
• From home. Remote video visits run from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. You set them up through the online video service linked on the Sheriff's visitation page.

Misbehavior by either side, or a security concern, can cut visits short. Kids get in only beside a parent or legal guardian who visits too, per state jail rules (OAC 310:670-5-9). To book a visit at the jail or ask about ID, call 580-931-0673. Our visiting guide has more tips.

The account covers store items such as snacks and soap. The Sheriff's commissary page gives two ways to deposit:

• Online with a credit or debit card, from anywhere.
• The lobby kiosk at the jail, with cash or a debit or credit card.

Money orders are not accepted, and you should never mail cash. Families can also order store items for the person online through the same page. Orders close each Tuesday, so call the jail at 580-931-0673 for the exact cutoff time.

When the person leaves, any balance is handed only to them. See our guide to deposits and our commissary guide for more.

Oklahoma's jail standards give each new inmate two or more calls, local or collect, right after booking (OAC 310:670-5-1). Later calls are paid through a phone account.

• Set up a prepaid account with a live operator at 866-797-5578. Operators work 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
• Each deposit by phone carries a $5.95 fee. You can also add phone money at the lobby kiosk.
• Prepaid funds expire 6 months after last use, and you can ask for a refund. Money on the person's PIN debit account is theirs and can't be refunded.

Ask the jail about messages or tablets. Treat each call as recorded. Case details belong in talks with the attorney. Read more in our phone calls page and our messages page.

Write the address exactly like this:

Bryan County Jail
Inmate's first and last name
402 Evergreen Street
Durant, OK 74701

• Put your full name and full return address on the envelope.
• Never send nude or sexual pictures, anything showing crimes, weapons, drugs, escape or lock-picking tips, self-defense moves, or threats.
• Letters are not limited in number under state rules, though staff may open and inspect them (OAC 310:670-5-9).
• Mail from the person's lawyer or a court is opened only while the inmate watches.

Questions go to the jail at 580-931-0673. Our mail guide has more tips.

Jail staff log and store anything taken from the person at booking. When they leave, staff check who they are, return each item on the log, and collect a signature (OAC 310:670-5-1).

Before collecting items for someone, call the jail at 580-931-0673 before you go. Ask whether the person must give written OK, which ID to carry and what time to come. Sheriff's office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays at 402 Evergreen Street, Durant, OK 74701.

The jail must give adequate medical care for injuries and illnesses that happen from arrest on (74 O.S. § 192). Under state rules:

• Every new inmate is screened for health problems right at intake.
• Inmates must be told how to ask for care.
• Once a valid written request is in, licensed medical staff see the person within two days, sooner in urgent cases (OAC 310:670-5-8).

If medicine is needed or a health problem worries you, phone the jail at 580-931-0673 and share the drug name, its dose and the doctor who ordered it. In an emergency, dial 911. You can raise concerns with the state Department of Health's jail program, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Suite 1702, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-426-8170.

Sheriff's deputies handle warrants in the county. Call 580-924-3000, or dispatch at 580-924-3737 at any hour. Look at the Sheriff's Most Wanted list, the City of Durant's warrant list, the state's 10 Most Wanted from the Attorney General, Corrections' Orange Alert page and the Marshals' 15 Most Wanted. For filed cases, search ODCR. To settle a warrant, bring a lawyer and turn in to the issuing court, or ask the Court Clerk what bond or new date the judge set. The clerk sits in the courthouse in Durant, 580-924-1446.

District Court dates come from the Court Clerk, 580-924-1446, open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ask for the case number, the judge and the courtroom. Online, try OSCN and ODCR.

City tickets in Durant go through City Hall, 300 W Evergreen, Durant, OK 74701, 580-931-6600. Our criminal court guide explains each hearing.

Federal arrests here belong to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Its clerk is at 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920.

1. Early in the case, a federal judge decides on release at a detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Until the case ends, custody stays with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes at a county jail and sometimes at the Federal Transfer Center. To ask where, call the Marshals at 539-239-5500.
3. The Marshals' office is at 101 North 5th Street, Suite 136, Muskogee, OK 74401.
4. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator shows the person after sentencing, by name or register number.

An immigration hold often starts at the county jail. Here is the usual path:

1. A Form I-247A detainer from ICE is placed with jail staff.
2. Staff may then hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE officers arrive to take custody. ICE's Oklahoma City office is at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. Detainees may go to Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023. Its detainee line is 918-225-3336, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
5. Look the person up on the ICE Online Detainee Locator. You will need the person's A-number, or else the name together with the birth country.

Oklahoma's state immigration crime law, HB 4156, is on hold by order of a federal court while the appeal continues.

Most people sentenced to prison spend a stretch in the county jail first. DOC puts the usual wait at 6 to 9 months. After that comes an assessment and reception center, then a prison picked to fit their security level.

• Find the person by name on the DOC Offender Lookup.
• Our Oklahoma state prison listings give visiting and mail details by facility.
• Each state prisoner has a DOC case manager, and questions about them go there. If the case manager's name is unknown, call that prison and request the records officer.

A youth can spend no more than six hours at an adult jail, during processing or before a move, and must be held where adult inmates cannot see or hear the teen (OAC 310:670-5-5). After that, the teen is moved to a juvenile detention center in another county.

For help finding out where a youth went, phone Youth Services of Bryan County at 580-924-6263, or the Office of Juvenile Affairs at 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800. A held youth gets a court hearing fast, most often by the following court day.

The Census Bureau estimated 51,367 residents here for July 1, 2025. Any of these agencies could have made the arrest:

• Bryan County Sheriff's Office, 402 Evergreen Street, Durant, OK 74701, 580-924-3000. Deputies patrol about 944 square miles.
• Durant Police Department, non-emergency 580-924-3737. City Hall is at 300 W Evergreen, Durant, OK 74701.
• Southeastern Oklahoma State University Police, 425 W. University Boulevard, Durant, OK 74701, 580-745-2727.
• Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Troop E, based in the city, 580-916-4810. Dial *55 from a cell phone on the road.
• Choctaw Nation Lighthorse Police, 1802 Chukka Hina, Durant, OK 74701, non-emergency dispatch 580-920-1517.
• Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police, WinStar precinct, 11051 Vegas Road, Thackerville, OK 73459, 580-436-1166.

Arrested in Calera, Colbert, Caddo, Bokchito, Achille, Silo, Bennington, Mead, Kenefic, Kemp, Armstrong or Hendrix? Call the Sheriff's Office first. Deputies there can say which agency made the booking.