1. Open the Current Inmates list on a phone or a computer.
2. Search by last name, or browse if no search box appears.
3. Nothing found? Spell it another way, or try a nickname or a former last name.
4. Copy down any booking or ID number. Money deposits ask for the inmate's name or ID number, and staff move faster with it.
5. Confirm by phone before you drive over or pay anything.

The list covers adults held at 315 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501. Youths are housed at a separate juvenile center. Whenever the roster leaves a question, call the jail at 580-250-1902.

Most gaps have an everyday reason:

• Booking isn't finished. Fingerprints, photos and paperwork take time to enter.
• Already released. The person may have bonded out or been let go by a judge.
• Picked up on post. For an arrest on Fort Sill, call the post's Directorate of Emergency Services, 2025 Adams Road, Fort Sill, OK 73503, 580-442-2103, staffed around the clock.
• A city charge. Lawton police hold city-charge arrests, and people serving city jail time, in the Lawton Municipal Jail inside their building at 100 S Railroad Street, Lawton, OK 73501. Call the jail at 580-581-3275 or the department at 580-581-3270.
• Moved. They may be in a nearby county's jail, federal custody or ICE custody.
• Under 18. Youths go to the juvenile center at 701 SW 17th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-357-2250.

Then try the jail at 580-250-1902. The Sheriff's Office says inmate calls belong there, since the jail is separate from it.

Adults from this county are held at the Detention Center, 315 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-250-1902. Youths go to the Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 701 SW 17th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-357-2250. After an arrest close to the county line, try these nearby county jails:

• Caddo County Jail, 201 West Oklahoma Avenue, Anadarko, OK 73005, 405-247-6666
• Grady County Jail, 215 N. 3rd Street, Chickasha, OK 73018, 405-222-1000
• Stephens County Jail, 245 South 10th, Duncan, OK 73533, 580-255-3131
• Cotton County Jail, 301 North Broadway Street, Walters, OK 73572, 580-875-3383
• Tillman County Jail, 1200 South Main Street, Frederick, OK 73542, 580-335-3013
• Kiowa County Jail, 301 S. Jefferson, Hobart, OK 73651, 580-726-2381

Start by asking the jail at 580-250-1902 whether a booking photo can be released and how to put in a request. The jail belongs to a public trust, the county Facilities Authority. In a 2026 open records case (2026 OK 12), the Oklahoma Supreme Court said that authority is not charged with enforcing criminal laws, so its records may be handled differently from a Sheriff's. Reporters can also try the Sheriff's Office, 315 SW 5th Street, Room 102, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-353-4280.

• Requests for ICE photos are filed through the agency's records request page.
• Federal agencies tend not to share booking photos. One exception: the Marshals Service may put out a photo, say while hunting a fugitive.

OK VINE is the state's free tracking and notice service. It covers custody changes such as a transfer, escape, release or death. Search for the person on VINELink, and if they turn up, register for notices. Phone registration runs through 877-654-8463.

• A transfer to DOC brings a fresh inmate number. Register again under that number to keep alerts coming.
• VINE goes quiet during any stay at a state mental health hospital, then resumes once the person is back in DOC custody.

For a release expected today, the jail at 580-250-1902 is the fastest source.

Oklahoma's constitution guarantees bail in most cases. The exceptions cover a short list, such as violent crimes, crimes punishable by life, some repeat felonies and big drug cases (Okla. Const. art. II § 8). A district judge sets felony bonds and many others at the courthouse, 315 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501. On nights and weekends, when the courthouse is shut, the jail can release people held on listed misdemeanors once the posted bond is paid (cash, money order or cashier's check only).

• Posted figures include $1,000 for DUI, $500 for petit larceny and $200 for public drunk.
• Violence, weapons, domestic abuse or protective order charges must go before a judge first.
• Bondsmen hold licenses from the Oklahoma Insurance Department.

Our bail and bond page goes through every step, from paying at the jail to refunds.

Ask the jail at 580-250-1902 which charges the person was booked on. Those can shift once the District Attorney reviews the case and files formal charges in District Court.

For filed charges, search the OSCN docket by name, or call the Court Clerk's criminal office at 580-355-4017, 315 SW 5th Street, Suite 504, Lawton, OK 73501. The DA's office, which chooses the final charges, is at 315 SW 5th Street, Room 502, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-585-4444.

Some local charges with posted jail bonds are marijuana possession ($1,000), bogus check ($1,000) and reckless driving ($750).

Jail staff hand out the form for a court-appointed lawyer. File it with the Court Clerk at 315 SW 5th Street, Suite 504, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-355-4017. Some judges give it out around the first court date. Whether the person can afford a lawyer is up to the judge, who appoints the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System if they can't.

• OIDS regional office: 1318 SW Lee Blvd, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-595-7990
• Applying costs $40, paid to the Court Fund. The judge can let that wait until the case ends.
• Phoning the OIDS office does not get someone a lawyer; only the judge can appoint one.

Families may hire a private lawyer instead. A good one can explain the charges, push for a lower bond and speak up at hearings.

Visits here run on a video system, and the same provider also carries messages and phone calls. Getting started takes three steps:

1. Create an account on the jail's video visit sign-up page.
2. Wait for approval, then add funds. Visits open up once the account is approved and paid.
3. For tech trouble, call the provider's help line at 866-700-4545.

The jail sets schedules, ID rules and any in-person visits, so call 580-250-1902 before planning a trip. State jail rules cap the number and length of visits only for security, and a minor needs a parent or guardian at their side to visit (OAC 310:670-5-9). See our jail visiting page for more tips.

Deposits are made online, straight into the person's commissary account, through the county's linked deposit site. Have the inmate's name or ID number handy. The county shows a rates flyer on its Inmate Money page, so check the fee before you send.

To ask about other ways to add money, call the Detention Center at 580-250-1902. Never tuck cash inside a letter. Read our page on deposits for the usual methods. Our commissary page covers the store items the money pays for.

Right after booking, the jail must allow at least two phone calls, either local or collect, under OAC 310:670-5-1. Later calls, messages and video visits share one account with the jail's video provider, opened on its account page.

• Load funds before you expect a call.
• Treat calls and messages as possibly recorded, and leave case talk for meetings with the lawyer.
• Ask the jail at 580-250-1902 about prices and any tablet program.

Read more on our page about jail calls and in our messaging guide.

Don't address personal letters to the jail building. The county requires all inmate mail to go to its mail processor:

Inmate's full name
Prodigy Solutions – Comanche County
PO Box 1498, Chickasha, OK 73018

Legal mail from a lawyer or court still goes to the jail itself at 315 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501. Under state rules, staff open legal mail only while the inmate looks on, and no cap may be set on letters an inmate writes or receives (OAC 310:670-5-9).

Before you mail, check with the jail at 580-250-1902 about writing a booking or ID number under the name, and which photos or books are allowed. General tips are on our mail page.

Belongings that aren't allowed in a cell get stored under lock in a secure part of the jail. They stay there until the person is released. At that point, staff check identity, compare the items with the booking inventory and get a signature.

Hoping to collect something while the person is still inside? Ring 580-250-1902 first. Staff can say whether the person has to sign off, which hours work and which ID to bring to 315 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501.

Staff check each person's health during booking. The jail must explain the sick-call process, and once they put a request in writing, a licensed clinician must see them within 48 hours. A true emergency calls for quicker care than that (OAC 310:670-5-8). Oklahoma law adds a duty of adequate care for sickness or injuries that began at arrest or during the stay (74 O.S. § 192).

• Call the jail at 580-250-1902 with medicine names, doses and the doctor's number.
• Urge your person to put each request in writing.
• For a mental health crisis, dial 988.
• To report jail conditions, contact the state jail inspection program at 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Suite 1702, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-426-8170.

For a county warrant, the Sheriff's Office is the serving agency: 315 SW 5th Street, Room 102, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-353-4280. Lawton city warrants are paid at the Municipal Court, or after hours handled by turning in to Lawton police, 100 S Railroad Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-581-3270. Browse the Sheriff's Most Wanted list, DOC's Orange Alert page, the Attorney General's 10 Most Wanted and the Marshals' 15 Most Wanted. Filed cases appear in the OSCN dockets. A lawyer should come first. Then surrender to the court that signed the warrant, or phone that court about posting a bond or setting a later date. The Court Clerk works from 315 SW 5th Street, Suite 504, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-355-4017.

Type the person's name into the OSCN docket search, which the Court Clerk links for county cases. Or call the clerk's criminal office at 580-355-4017 on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 315 SW 5th Street, Suite 504, Lawton, OK 73501.

• Lawton city tickets: Municipal Court, 100 S Railroad Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-581-3265.
• Cache tickets: Cache Municipal Court, 404 West C Street, Cache, OK 73527, 580-429-3354.
• Federal cases: the federal clerk at 410 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-355-6340.

For the steps a case takes, see our criminal court page.

1. Federal charges from this area go to federal court in Lawton, part of the Western District of Oklahoma. Its clerk is at 410 SW 5th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-355-6340.
2. At a detention hearing, a federal judge picks between home and custody until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
3. Pretrial custody sits with the U.S. Marshals Service. The Detention Center houses people for federal agencies, and others pass through the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075. Ask the Marshals at 200 Northwest 4th Street, Room 2022, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-231-4206.
4. After a sentence is handed down, the Bureau of Prisons takes over. Look them up on the BOP's online locator; a register number helps if you have one.

1. ICE may place a detainer, Form I-247A, on someone held in the jail.
2. The jail can then keep them for a limited window, up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE then takes custody. Oklahoma is part of the Dallas Field Office area, 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200.
4. Detainees may be held at Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023. Its detainee information line, 918-225-3336, answers 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Callers should give the full name, any aliases, the birth date, the birth country and the A-number.
5. Search ICE's Online Detainee Locator.

The ICE office at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199, covers the whole state. For now, Oklahoma cannot enforce its own immigration crime, HB 4156 (21 O.S. § 1795): enforcement is paused by a federal court order until the appeal ends.

People sentenced to prison usually sit in the county jail for months first. DOC puts the normal wait at 6 to 9 months. From there they go to a DOC reception center. Testing there decides a custody level, which points to the right prison.

• The DOC Offender Lookup shows which prison holds them; search by name.
• Our Oklahoma prison directory covers each facility.
• Letters to DOC inmates must include the name and ODOC number. DOC's main line is 405-425-2500, at 4345 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105.

Youths stay out of the adult jail. A detained youth goes to the county's Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 701 SW 17th Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-357-2250, only on a court order. It has 25 secure beds for ages 12 to 18, with single rooms and no double bunking.

• Visits are for parents and legal guardians on the approved list, two per youth. No siblings, friends or babies.
• Youths may call only approved parents or guardians, and collect calls are blocked.
• Letters, pictures and stamps can come by U.S. mail. Money isn't needed there.
• The Juvenile Bureau, 315 SW 5th Street, Room 200, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-357-4881, knows the youth's placement and hearing date.

Census estimates for July 1, 2025 count close to 122,158 county residents. Officers from any of these agencies may have made the arrest:

• Sheriff's Office, 315 SW 5th Street, Room 102, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-353-4280. Covers rural areas and calls outside city limits. For Fletcher, Chattanooga, Indiahoma or Meers, start here.
• Lawton Police Department, 100 S Railroad Street, Lawton, OK 73501, 580-581-3270. The city's 911 center takes non-emergency calls at 580-581-3272.
• Cache Police Department, 302 South 5th Street, Cache, OK 73527, 580-429-3381.
• Elgin Police Department, non-emergency 580-492-4141. City Hall is at 8183 State Highway 17, Elgin, OK 73538.
• Geronimo: call 580-353-5511.
• Medicine Park: Town Hall, 154 East Lake Drive, Medicine Park, OK 73557, 580-529-2825.
• Fort Sill Directorate of Emergency Services (military police), 2025 Adams Road, Fort Sill, OK 73503, 580-442-2103, open 24 hours.
• Comanche Nation Law Enforcement, 8527 NW Madische Rd, Lawton, OK 73507, 580-492-3789, always open.
• Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop G, based in the county seat, 580-353-0784.