Each entry on the Sheriff's list gives the booking date, the charges and a few more details. Here's how:

1. Bring up the jail roster on any phone or laptop.
2. Enter a surname. Add a first name if many people share it.
3. Scan from the top, since the newest bookings come first.
4. Click the entry, then note the exact spelling of the name and each charge.
5. For an arrest from the last hour or so, check back later. The list refreshes hourly.

Mail and deposits at this jail go by the person's name, so copy it exactly. Still stuck? Jail staff can look it up at 580-323-1616.

Most empty results come down to one of these:

• Intake is not finished. Prints, photos and forms all happen before the name shows.
• They are already out. Someone may have posted bond, or a judge may have ordered them freed.
• Moved elsewhere. Another county may have picked them up on its own warrant, or federal or immigration officers took custody.
• A different spelling. Search a second first name, both halves of a hyphenated name, or a name used before marriage.
• They are under 18. Youth go to juvenile detention, not this roster.

Phone the jail at 580-323-1616 and ask. As a backup, the statewide VINELink search shows custody status and location for many Oklahoma jails.

Arrests near the county line, or warrants from next door, can put a person in a neighboring jail. These border counties have their own:

• Blaine County Jail, 220 N. Burford, Watonga, OK 73772, 580-623-9965
• Caddo County Jail, 201 West Oklahoma, Anadarko, OK 73005, 405-247-6666
• Washita County Jail, through the Sheriff's Office, 400 N McClary St, New Cordell, OK 73632, 580-832-2370
• Beckham County Jail, 108 S. 3rd, Sayre, OK 73662, 580-928-2121

Dewey and Roger Mills counties also touch this one. If none of these jails has the person, ask the Custer jail staff at 580-323-1616 where a transfer went.

The roster centers on names, booking dates and charges. For a booking photo, ring the Sheriff's Office at 580-323-1616 on a weekday and ask how a request is made.

The state Open Records Act opens some arrest records to anyone. That includes a physical description of the arrested person, the reason for the arrest and the jail's booking log (51 O.S. § 24A.8). Photos are not named in that law, so the office decides how it handles them.

• ICE photos are requested through its records request page.
• Federal mugshots are mostly withheld, though the Marshals Service may publish pictures of wanted fugitives.

Yes, through OK VINE, a free service the Attorney General's office runs for Oklahoma. It sends word when a person's custody status changes, for example a release, a move to another facility, an escape and capture, or a death. Choose a phone call, text, email or the app.

• Sign up on VINELink or at 877-654-8463. The Sheriff's search page sends families there for release and transfer checks.
• Nobody is enrolled by default. Each person who wants notices signs up for themselves.
• A move into state prison brings a fresh DOC number, so sign up again after the transfer.

For same-day answers, the jail line at 580-323-1616 is quickest.

Oklahoma's Constitution makes bail available to most defendants, with denial allowed only for a short list of grave charges (Okla. Const. art. II § 8). District Court judges set bail at the courthouse, 675 West B Street, Arapaho, OK 73620.

• Ask jail staff whether to pay at the jail lobby or the Court Clerk's office, 580-323-3233.
• A cash bond is the full amount. Or a licensed bondsman, for a fee, guarantees it.
• Second DUI arrests now wait for a judge to set bail (HB 1222, effective November 1, 2025).
• Paying one bond may not end custody if another court, ICE or a federal agency also has a hold.

Our bail page lays out bond types, payment places and refunds.

Charges on the roster are the ones written at booking. The final list may differ, since the District Attorney chooses what to file. Its local office uses PO Box 36, Arapaho, OK 73620, 580-323-3232.

After the DA files, the court record lists each formal count, the case number and later changes. Search Oklahoma District Court Records by name, or ask the Court Clerk at 580-323-3233. Arrest facts and jail booking details are generally open to the public under 51 O.S. § 24A.8.

A person who can't afford counsel asks jail staff for the court-appointed lawyer application. They fill it out and file it with the Court Clerk. A judge then decides if they qualify (22 O.S. § 1355A).

• The court fund collects a $40 application fee. It can be deferred until the case ends, on request.
• If approved, the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System handles the case through its office at 823 Frisco Ave, Clinton, OK 73601, 580-323-2951.
• The family may also pay a private attorney of their choosing.

In 2025 the Court of Criminal Appeals said appointed counsel is owed in every criminal case, big or small, where jail is a possible sentence.

All visits here happen by video, and every one is recorded. A person in custody gets one visit a week, lasting 15 minutes, and visiting from the jail's own kiosks costs nothing. The Sheriff's rules:

• On-site hours: Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Schedule every visit, online or on-site, at least 24 hours ahead on the visitation provider's website linked from the Sheriff's page.
• Up to two visitors may share a machine.
• Bring a valid ID and upload a headshot photo when you sign up.
• Dress in regular, modest clothes. Anyone who seems impaired is sent away.
• Leave phones, cameras, laptops, chargers, Bluetooth devices, knives, guns, ammunition, tobacco, lighters and vapes outside.
• Anyone released from this jail must wait six months before visiting someone there.

Misbehavior can cost a person their visits. Our visitation guide has more tips.

The Sheriff's Office takes deposits in three ways:

1. Lobby kiosk. It works 24 hours a day in the Sheriff's Office lobby, 300 North 7th Ave., Arapaho, OK 73620. Before 8 a.m., after 4 p.m. or on weekends, press the door button to be let in.
2. Online. Pay by credit card through the deposit company the Sheriff links on its commissary page.
3. By mail. Make out a money order showing the person's name. Mail it to PO Box 40, Arapaho, OK 73620, addressed to the person in custody rather than the Sheriff's Office. The front desk accepts no mail or money orders in person.

People inside can't release or transfer their funds. Friends can also order commissary or a gift pack online. For deposit questions, call 580-323-1616, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Yes. Oklahoma jail standards (OAC 310:670-5-1) entitle every new arrival to place no fewer than two calls, local or collect, once intake permits.

For regular calls, prices and any messaging or tablet service, ask the jail at 580-323-1616. Save case details for the lawyer's ears, and assume others may hear what is said on a jail call. For how phones and messages usually work, read our phone page and email and text page.

Write the address in this order:

Custer County Jail
Inmate's first and last name
300 North 7th Ave., Arapaho, OK 73620

The jail goes by name, not a number. Both the sender's and the person's full names and addresses must be on the envelope. Mail missing them gets a rejection notice. Other rules:

• Envelopes no bigger than #10, with $0.50 postage or less.
• Photos up to 4x6, and no instant-camera prints. Pictures may not show nudity, weapons, drinking, tobacco or illegal acts.
• No greeting cards, stickers, drawings, perfume, lipstick or any scent.
• No staples, paper clips, lamination or metal parts, and no painted paper or photo collages.
• No blank paper, envelopes or stamps. People buy those through commissary.
• No printed social media posts, newspaper clippings or comics.

Rejected mail goes back to the sender. Letters from a lawyer or court are opened only with the person present (OAC 310:670-5-9). Our mail guide has more.

Release has a set routine under state rules (OAC 310:670-5-1). Staff verify who the person is. They also check the release order. Then the person gets back their property from the booking list and signs for it.

To collect items for someone still inside, call 580-323-1616 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on a weekday. Check if a note signed by the person, naming you, is needed, and which ID to bring. Pickups happen at the Sheriff's Office, 300 North 7th Ave., Arapaho, OK 73620.

State law says each jail owes its prisoners adequate medical care (74 O.S. § 192). Jail standards spell out what that means (OAC 310:670-5-8):

• Health screening on arrival, before the person is housed.
• Clear instructions on how to request care.
• An appointment with licensed medical staff no more than 48 hours after a written request, or faster in urgent cases.

Call the jail at 580-323-1616 if your person needs medicine or has a health problem. Share the drug name, the dose and the prescriber. In an emergency, dial 911. Worries about conditions inside may be reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health jail inspection office, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Suite 1702, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-426-8170.

Deputies serve the warrants and papers the District Court orders. Ask the Sheriff's Office at 580-323-1616 whether a warrant is open. District Court cases show on Oklahoma District Court Records. Official wanted lists: the Oklahoma 10 Most Wanted, DOC escape alerts and the U.S. Marshals' top 15 fugitives. A missed Clinton city court date brings a city warrant and a $25 fee. For a county warrant, talk it over with a lawyer before anything else. After that, the choices are turning yourself in at the jail or phoning the issuing court's clerk for a new hearing date. District Court Clerk: 675 West B Street, Arapaho, OK 73620, 580-323-3233.

Hearing dates come from the court with the case:

• District Court, Court Clerk, 675 West B Street, Arapaho, OK 73620, 580-323-3233. Weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Clinton Municipal Court, 415 Gary Blvd, Clinton, OK 73601, 580-323-7244. Court meets Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m.
• Weatherford Municipal Court, 522 W. Rainey Ave., Weatherford, OK 73096, clerk 580-772-1206.

State cases can also be searched on Oklahoma District Court Records. For a walk through each stage, our court page helps.

Federal arrests from here go to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, 200 NW 4th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-609-5000.

1. At a detention hearing, the court picks between release and jail for the time before trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Held defendants stay in U.S. Marshals custody. Call the Marshals' Oklahoma City office, 200 Northwest 4th Street, Room 2022, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, 405-231-4206, to learn the location.
3. Many pass through the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075.
4. Follow the case on PACER. After sentencing, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator finds them by name or register number.

Here is the usual sequence:

1. Immigration officers file a detainer, Form I-247A, at the Arapaho jail.
2. The form asks for custody up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE takes the person. Oklahoma cases run through the Dallas Field Office, 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200. The Oklahoma City office is at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. Detainees from this region often land at Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023. When you call its detainee line, 918-225-3336, have ready any aliases, the birth date and country, and the A-number.
5. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator using the A-number. Without one, type the full name and choose the country of birth.

HB 4156, Oklahoma's state-level unlawful presence crime (21 O.S. § 1795), can't be enforced now: a federal court halted it and the appeal is pending.

A prison sentence usually means more months in the county jail first, often 6 to 9 by the Department of Corrections' count. Intake then happens at an assessment and reception center that assigns a custody level. The final stop is a prison suited to that level.

• Find the person by name in the DOC Offender Lookup.
• Letters into a DOC prison need both the name and the ODOC number assigned to that person.
• Our Oklahoma state prisons guide covers mail, visits and deposits prison by prison.
• Each prisoner has a case manager who fields family questions. DOC's main line: 4345 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500.

Anyone under 18 goes to a juvenile detention center rather than this jail. A jail may hold a youth no longer than six hours while it processes or transfers them (OAC 310:670-5-5), and the youth must be kept separate from adult prisoners. Youth services here run through the Office of Juvenile Affairs, 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800. Juvenile cases go through the District Court's juvenile division. Parents trying to locate a child can ask the Sheriff's Office at 580-323-1616.

The Oklahoma Historical Society puts the 2020 census count at 28,521 residents. Law enforcement here includes:

• Custer County Sheriff's Office, 300 North 7th Ave., Arapaho, OK 73620, 580-323-1616, dispatch 24/7. Call it for Arapaho (660 people in 2025), Butler (207) and Custer City (371), and for any rural area.
• Weatherford Police Department, 615 E. Franklin Ave, Weatherford, OK 73096, 580-772-7791. The city of 12,005 runs a 24-hour communications center.
• Clinton Police Department, 580-323-2323. Clinton City Hall is at 415 Gary Blvd, Clinton, OK 73601, 580-323-0217. Clinton has 8,302 people, partly in Washita County.
• Thomas Police Department, 580-661-4444. Thomas has 1,129 people.
• Hammon Police Department. Most of Hammon lies in Roger Mills County. For the Custer side, call the Sheriff's Office.
• Southwestern Oklahoma State University Campus Police, Weatherford, 580-774-3111.
• Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Troop H, Clinton, 580-323-2424, which patrols state highways.