On the Sheriff's home page, the roster link reads "O.C.C.J.A. Jail Inmates." Here is a simple routine for using it:

1. Open the current OCCJA roster.
2. Hunt for the surname. A shorter spelling is worth a try too, since names get typed wrong at booking.
3. Write down what the entry gives you, such as a booking number, a charge or a bond figure.
4. Before you drive over or hand money to anyone, call the jail through the Sheriff's line, 918-756-4311, and confirm.

Tulsa's city jail ships some overflow prisoners and longer city sentences to this facility. So a name can appear here even when the arrest took place in Tulsa, not in this county.

A blank search has several ordinary explanations:

• Booking still underway. Fingerprints, photos and forms come first. The roster updates after.
• Released. A relative or bondsman could have covered the bond already, or a judge signed off on letting the person leave.
• Held by a town for now. Henryetta police run a five-bed holding area for short stays before a transfer or release. Their office is at 115 S 4th Street, Henryetta, OK 74437, 918-652-3348. State rules cap time in a holding facility at 12 hours (OAC 310:670-1-2).
• Taken somewhere else. A neighboring county, a federal hold or ICE could have the person. See the questions below.
• Under 18. Youths are sent to a juvenile center and stay off this roster.

Still stuck? The Sheriff's Office answers at 918-756-4311. Have the legal name spelled out, along with the birth date.

Arrests just over a line, and holds for another county's warrant, can put a person in a jail next door. Six counties touch this one:

• Creek County Jail, 301 East Lee Ave, Sapulpa, OK 74066, 918-224-4964 (Sheriff, 24 hours)
• David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center (Tulsa County), 300 N Denver Ave, Tulsa, OK 74103, 918-596-8900
• Wagoner County Jail, 307 E. Cherokee St., Wagoner, OK 74467, 918-485-7730
• Muskogee County Jail, 122 S 3rd Street, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-682-7851
• McIntosh County Jail, 1425 Industrial Dr, Eufaula, OK 74432, 918-689-2526
• Okfuskee County Jail, 1700 John Fullbright Loop, Okemah, OK 74859, 918-623-1122 (Sheriff's Office)

Each jail can say whether it has the person and whether a hold from here is waiting.

Ask the jail staff at 918-756-4311 whether a photo comes with each roster entry. Oklahoma's Open Records Act opens several police records to the public, among them a description of the arrested person, jail booking data and why the arrest was made (51 O.S. § 24A.8). In 2025, though, the state Supreme Court ruled in Lawson (2025 OK 87) that jail trusts fall outside the Act's meaning of a "law enforcement agency." OCCJA is a trust, so a records request may be handled another way. News media may send their requests to the Sheriff's Office.

• Want a picture ICE took? Ask for it on the ICE records request page.
• U.S. agencies seldom release booking photos, although the Marshals Service will put out a fugitive's picture when it needs the public's help.

OK VINE, run through the state Attorney General's office, is a free tracking tool. A quick name search reveals both custody status and location. It can also send word when the person moves, escapes, walks out free or dies.

1. Type the name into VINELink for Oklahoma.
2. Sign up for notices by text, email, phone call or the app. Registering by phone works too, at 877-654-8463.
3. Once DOC takes over, set up the alert again. Prison intake gives the person a fresh number.

VINE leaves out parole. If no match comes up, the jail can tell you how its records reach VINE.

Most people arrested in Oklahoma can be bailed out, a right written into the state constitution (Okla. Const. art. II § 8). Bail can be refused only on a short list of charges, such as capital or violent crimes, and only when proof is plain and no release terms could protect others. Bail may not be excessive either (art. II § 9).

• Cash. Every dollar is due up front. It gets handed back once the court is finished with the charge, or after a surrender (59 O.S. § 1328).
• Surety. You pay a bondsman a fee you won't see again, and the company posts the full bond. Every bondsman needs an Oklahoma Insurance Department license.
• Property. Land or a home stands in for the cash.
• Second DUI. Since November 2025, only a judge may set bond on a second DUI arrest (HB 1222).

Ask at 918-756-4311 when and where bond can be posted. Our full bail and release page covers fees, refunds and holds.

The roster entry or the jail desk gives the booking charge. The formal charge comes later, when the District Attorney files a case. The DA for District 25 has an office in the courthouse at 314 W 7th, Suite 206, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-756-0794.

• Search filed cases by name on the OSCN docket search, or try Oklahoma District Court Records.
• Booking charges and filed charges can differ, so check again after the first hearing.
• A town ticket, such as a city ordinance case, goes to that town's court instead.

The Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS) handles cases for people who cannot pay a lawyer. Its local office serves this county and Okfuskee: 205 S Grand Ave, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-752-0447.

1. The person in custody requests the OIDS form from jail staff. A family member can instead get a copy at the Court Clerk's counter in the courthouse.
2. Once filled out, the form goes back to the Court Clerk's office.
3. Based on income, the judge rules on whether the person qualifies.
4. The application costs $40, paid into the Court Fund, though a judge may let the person delay paying until the case closes.

Families may also retain a private attorney whenever they like.

Visit times, sign-up steps and ID rules come from the jail, so call 918-756-4311 first. Ask whether visits happen face to face, by video in the lobby or by video from home, and whether you must register ahead.

• Limits on head count and visit length are allowed only for security, under OAC 310:670-5-9.
• A visitor under 18 comes only with a parent or legal guardian.
• Carry a photo ID. Ask staff ahead of time what you may bring inside.

For more on how visits tend to work, read our jail visiting page.

Money on the account buys canteen items and call time. To learn the payment options, ask the jail at 918-756-4311. Good questions are:

• Which deposit methods work, and what fee each one adds.
• The payee line to write on a money order.
• Whether there is a daily or weekly cap.

Use only the method the jail names, and be wary of strangers who call asking for money for an inmate. Read our guide to sending money and our page on commissary as well.

Right after booking, each newcomer is owed at least two calls (OAC 310:670-5-1), which may be local or collect. Expect the first call within a few hours, and it may come collect.

Later calls go through a phone vendor the jail chose. You will likely need a prepaid account to take them. Messaging, email or tablets may be offered as well. Call the Sheriff's line, 918-756-4311, to learn which company to use. Keep in mind that jail calls are usually recorded, so the case should never come up on the phone. Our pages on jail calls and electronic messages say more.

The jail's street address is 315 W 8th St, Okmulgee, OK 74447. Put the person's full legal name above it. Before you mail anything, call 918-756-4311 to ask three things: whether to add a booking number, whether letters should say OCCJA, and whether only postcards are taken.

• However many letters arrive or go out, state standards set no cap (OAC 310:670-5-9).
• Staff may open mail to search for contraband.
• Letters from a court or the person's lawyer are opened only with the inmate watching, and outgoing legal mail stays sealed.

Tips on what to send are on our jail mail page.

Staff take and list the person's things at booking. At release, OAC 310:670-5-1 says the items come back matched against that list, and the person signs a receipt.

• Still in custody? Ask whether the inmate can sign a form so you can collect keys, a wallet or a phone.
• Picking up. Bring a photo ID, and ask about pickup hours first.
• Car towed? Ask the agency that arrested them where the vehicle went.

Any of these questions can go to the Sheriff's line, 918-756-4311.

State law (74 O.S. § 192) makes each jail responsible for proper treatment of any illness or injury that begins at or after arrest. Three more duties come from OAC 310:670-5-8:

• Every person gets screened for health problems right at intake.
• Each inmate learns how sick call works.
• Put a request in writing, and a visit with a licensed medical worker must follow within 48 hours. Urgent needs come first.

Worried about a health problem? Call 918-756-4311 and ask for the medical unit. Have the person's name, date of birth, medications with doses and the doctor's number ready. A defense lawyer can raise serious concerns with the judge.

The Sheriff's deputies serve county warrants, so warrant questions go to 918-756-4311. Cases with active warrants can appear on the OSCN court docket. Official wanted lists include DOC Orange Alerts, the the Oklahoma Attorney General list, plus the federal Marshals top 15. Missing a city court date or fine leads to a bench warrant, so call the city court at 111 E 4th Street, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-758-1185. For a District Court warrant, call a defense lawyer first. Next, surrender together, or let the lawyer request a new date. The court sits at 314 W 7th Street, Okmulgee, OK 74447.

State cases are heard at the courthouse, 314 W 7th Street, Okmulgee, OK 74447. Visitors use the north door, pass the security desk and sign in and out. Search the person's name on the OSCN dockets for hearing dates.

• City of Okmulgee court meets Monday afternoons at City Hall, 111 E 4th Street, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-758-1185.
• Henryetta holds court on Mondays at 4 p.m. at City Hall, 115 S 4th Street, Henryetta, OK 74437, 918-652-3348.
• Tribal court files can be searched on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation court records site.

Our criminal court page walks through each hearing.

A federal charge from here is heard by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Its clerk works at 101 North 5th Street, Room 208, Muskogee, OK 74401, 918-684-7920.

1. At an early detention hearing, a federal judge decides on release or custody until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Custody during the case belongs to the U.S. Marshals Service, at 101 North 5th Street, Suite 136, Muskogee, OK 74401, 539-239-5500.
3. OCCJA has had an agreement to hold Marshals prisoners, so the person may stay on the roster here. Others pass through the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075.
4. Once sentenced, the person is listed on the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

A person may be held for ICE after the state case allows release. The usual order is:

1. OCCJA gets an ICE detainer request (Form I-247A).
2. That lets the jail hold on to the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Officers from the ICE Dallas Field Office, which covers Oklahoma, pick the person up: 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200. ICE also has a check-in office at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. Detainees in Oklahoma can be sent to the Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023. Its detainee line, 918-225-3336, is answered 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Callers should give the name, date of birth, birth country and A-number.
5. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator, which takes a name with a country of birth, or an A-number.

Oklahoma's state crime of unlawful presence, HB 4156 (21 O.S. § 1795), is on hold: a federal judge has stopped enforcement while Oklahoma appeals.

Sentenced people don't leave for prison the same week. By DOC's count, the county jail wait often runs 6 to 9 months. When DOC does pick them up, a reception center tests and scores each person, and that score picks the prison.

• Find the current prison on the DOC Offender Lookup.
• Our list of Oklahoma state prisons has a page for each prison.
• Reach DOC at 4345 N. Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-425-2500.

A child under 18 belongs in juvenile detention, not the adult jail. Police or deputies may keep a youth up to six hours while processing, and adult prisoners must be kept from seeing or hearing the youth, per OAC 310:670-5-5. Next, a detention hearing must follow on the next court day, with a one-day extension allowed for good reason.

Youth cases here fall under the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA). The District 5 office is at 1304 R.D. Miller Drive, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-756-6324, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Staff there can say which detention center holds the youth. The OJA main office is at 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800.

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation's government complex and its Lighthorse police headquarters are both in Okmulgee. In McGirt v. Oklahoma (July 9, 2020), the U.S. Supreme Court said the Creek reservation is still Indian country. A tribal citizen charged over events on the reservation will usually face tribal or federal court instead. Castro-Huerta (2022) left room for state prosecutors in one situation: a defendant who is not Indian and a victim who is.

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation District Court takes mail at P.O. Box 652, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-758-1400, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. These rules keep changing, so ask a defense lawyer which court has the case.

The agency that made the arrest has the report and often the first details. Here is each one that works in the county:

• Sheriff's Office: 315 W 8th St, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-756-4311. Deputies patrol rural areas and towns without their own force.
• City of Okmulgee: the city has a police department. For its number, ask the Sheriff's line.
• Henryetta Police Department: 115 S 4th Street, Henryetta, OK 74437, 918-652-3106. Officers patrol around the clock.
• Beggs Police Department: 108 N. Broadway, Beggs, OK 74421, 918-267-4936, open 24 hours.
• Morris Police Department: 918-733-2220. Morris City Hall answers at 918-733-4222.
• Mounds Police Department (most of the town lies in Creek County): Town Hall, 1319 Commercial Ave., Mounds, OK 74047, 918-827-6160.
• Dewar, Grayson, Hoffman, Liberty, Schulter and Winchester: call the Sheriff's Office to learn who patrols each town.
• Muscogee (Creek) Nation Lighthorse Police: 1000 OK-56, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-732-7800.
• Campus Police (OSU Institute of Technology area): Public Safety, 1801 East 4th Street, Okmulgee, OK 74447, 918-293-5000.
• Oklahoma Highway Patrol: the closest troops are Troop B in Tulsa, 918-627-3881, and Troop C in Muskogee, 918-683-3256.