On October 31, 2026, the roster counted 137 people. A five-step routine gets you through it:

1. Pull up the Current Inmates roster on any phone or laptop.
2. Key in a surname, or only its opening letters.
3. Nothing? Swap to the booking date, the charge or the home town.
4. Study the row: photo, booking stamp, the "From" town and each count. Long charge lists stop short with "AND MORE."
5. Copy the spelling just as shown. Then ring booking at 918-287-4295 to get the SO#, which is the number the jail files that person under.

• Still being processed. Fingerprints, photos and forms eat up time after arrival.
• Out already. A bond, a judge's order or a short sentence served can each clear someone off the list.
• Sent elsewhere. A neighboring county, DOC, the Marshals or immigration agents may now have them.
• Typos. Enter three or four letters only. Try a maiden name or a nickname too.
• Too young. A minor goes to youth detention and never shows on this roster.

Booking answers fastest at 918-287-4295. The main Sheriff's office takes records requests at 918-287-3535. After hours, the non-emergency dispatch desk picks up at 918-287-3131.

Most grown-up arrestees from these parts sleep in Pawhuska. Even so, a stop near a county line, or in a city that straddles two counties, can end in a different lockup. These five ring the Osage:

• Washington County Jail, 611 SW Adams Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74003, 918-332-4011. Look here first after a Bartlesville arrest.
• Tulsa County Jail, 300 N. Denver Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74103, 918-596-8900. Worth a call after trouble in Tulsa, Sand Springs, Skiatook or Sperry.
• Pawnee County Jail, 500 Harrison Street, Pawnee, OK 74058, 918-762-2565.
• Noble County Jail, 721 Cedar Street, Perry, OK 73077, 580-336-3517.
• Kay County Detention Center, 1101 W Dry Road, Newkirk, OK 74647, 580-362-3393. Ponca City belongs to Kay County, so its arrests are booked there.

Kansas borders the county on the north. If the arrest happened over that line, phone the sheriff of the Kansas county involved.

They are. On the Sheriff's Current Inmates page, a photo sits beside each name, its booking time and its charges.

The Oklahoma Open Records Act makes the jail register public, along with a physical description of whoever was booked and why (51 O.S. § 24A.8). Want an older photo or a printed copy? The Sheriff's records staff handle that at 918-287-3535.

• Photos taken by ICE are sought through ICE's FOIA portal.
• Federal booking photos are seldom released. Marshals sometimes publish one to help catch a fugitive.

OK VINE does this at no cost, and the roster page links straight to it.

• Enroll through VINELink or by phone at 877-654-8463. Alerts arrive by voice, text or email, your pick.
• VINE pings you about a transfer, escape, recapture, release or death.
• DOC assigns its own number after a prison transfer. Enroll a second time with it.
• Protective-order hearings can be followed too, with the date, hour and courtroom.

Waiting on an alert that hasn't come? Booking can confirm at 918-287-4295.

Most accused Oklahomans may ask to be let out on bail. Setting the sum is a District Court judge's job. Bond papers run through the Court Clerk, 600 Grandview Ave., Room 304, Pawhuska, OK 74056, 918-287-4104.

• Four kinds exist: full cash, a licensed bondsman's surety, real estate pledged as security, or a signed promise to appear.
• Denial of bail outright fits only a short list of grave charges, and the judge must find solid proof plus a real threat.
• A repeat DUI arrest, since November 2025, needs a judge's written sign-off before bail (HB 1222).
• When some other Oklahoma town or county has a hold on the person, paying its bond as well can lift it (HB 1991).

Booking quotes the figure at 918-287-4295. Our bail guide takes it from there.

The roster puts each charge in everyday words. After the District Attorney files, the formal counts show in the court file. Look the name up on OSCN or ODCR; the Court Clerk points to both.

Filing choices belong to the prosecutor, the District 10 District Attorney, 601 Grandview Ave., Suite 110, Pawhuska, OK 74056, 918-287-1510.

Felonies from 2026 on get a letter class, such as C1 or D2. Its judgment spells out a minimum stay too (HB 2105). Is the accused a tribal citizen? Did it happen in Indian country? Then the case could shift to a tribal or federal judge under McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020).

Short on money? Ask a detention officer for the pauper's affidavit, the court's form for appointed counsel. A judge reviews it once the Court Clerk files it.

• Approved defendants are assigned contract counsel for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System (OIDS), P.O. Box 2566, Bartlesville, OK 74003, 918-205-0006.
• A $40 application fee applies, though a defendant may ask to defer it to the end.
• The judge weighs bond money, though the ability to post bond alone won't disqualify anyone.
• Hiring a private attorney stays an option at every stage.

There are no glass-and-phone or table visits. Every visit runs on video, either from a kiosk at the jail or from your own device.

• Kiosk visits: book them in advance. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with weekends and holidays dark.
• Limits: one on-site visit each 7 days, and one free 25-minute session each 7 days.
• Home visits: $0.30 a minute, drawn from the inmate's phone and video account.
• Visitors: 18 or older with a state photo ID. Those 17 and under come with an adult who has ID. Staff screen each visitor for records and open warrants.
• Banned items: phones and cameras, which can get you arrested, plus food, drinks, tobacco and personal items beyond the lobby. Impaired visitors are sent away, and anyone may be searched.
• Dress: skip revealing outfits, gang or vulgar slogans, camo and anything resembling staff uniforms.

Mealtimes and lockdowns can delay things. Booking schedules slots at 918-287-4295, and our visiting guide adds pointers.

The jail takes commissary deposits online through its contracted provider. Funds post once the payment clears. Relatives can also buy commissary items online for the next delivery day.

• Calls, video sessions and messages draw on a separate account with that same provider, whose help desk works all year.
• Keep the full name and SO# handy at checkout.
• Booking at 918-287-4295 can say whether other deposit routes exist.
• Cash in an envelope is never allowed.

For deposit basics, read our money guide. Snack and hygiene shopping is in the commissary guide.

Under OAC 310:670-5-1, each person booked in gets a couple of free-to-place local or collect calls. Past that, the jail's phone system takes over:

• Every housing unit has wall phones.
• Rates are per minute with no hookup charge: $0.16 inside the U.S., $0.25 to Canada or Mexico, $0.35 anywhere else.
• Outside callers can't ring in, though approved inmates may get voicemail.
• Three-way calling breaks jail rules.
• A text costs $0.25; a photo or video message, $0.35. Tablet access varies.

Save case details for the defense attorney, since calls are recorded. Rates and tips live in our phone guide; texting is in our messaging guide.

Personal letters skip Pawhuska entirely. They are opened at a Texas scanning hub, and the scan is read on a kiosk inside. Use this address:

Inmate's full name
SO#
Osage County Jail
PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606

• Every envelope needs the inmate's name, the SO# and your return address.
• Pages max out at 8.5 by 11 inches, five sheets, one side only.
• Only one photo fits per letter. A second one sends the whole letter back.
• Rule-breaking mail can be destroyed, and no refund follows.
• Books, magazines and newspapers can't use the PO Box. They go to the facility under its own rules.
• Legal and medical mail is sent to the jail itself, 900 Saint Paul Ave, Pawhuska, OK 74056. State rules say an attorney's envelope gets opened in front of its addressee.

Our mail guide offers more letter-writing advice.

Whatever a person has on them at booking is listed and locked away. On release day, staff check identity, hand back each logged item, and the person initials the inventory sheet (OAC 310:670-5-1).

Collecting things for someone still held? Phone booking at 918-287-4295 first, to learn whether a signed note authorizing you is needed. Bring a photo ID when you go to 900 Saint Paul Ave, Pawhuska, OK 74056.

OAC 310:670-5-8 sets the medical rules. Intake includes a health check. Staff must explain sick call, and a written request should bring a licensed nurse or doctor in two days at most, sooner when urgent. Another statute makes jails responsible for treating illness and injury starting at arrest (74 O.S. § 192).

Aware of a condition or a prescription? Phone booking at 918-287-4295 and give the medicine, how much is taken and the doctor's phone. In a true emergency, dial 911.

Sheriff's deputies serve District Court warrants countywide, while town officers handle city ones. Type three or more letters of the surname into the Sheriff's warrant list, or phone 918-287-3535. Fugitive pages worth scanning include DOC's Orange Alert, the Sheriff's own Most Wanted, the Marshals' national fifteen and the Attorney General's statewide ten. Settling one starts with a lawyer. Then walk in at 900 Saint Paul Ave, Pawhuska, OK 74056, day or night, or reach the Court Clerk, 600 Grandview Ave., Room 304, Pawhuska, OK 74056, 918-287-4104.

Each court keeps its own calendar. District Court dates are given by the Court Clerk at 918-287-4104, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed noon to 1:00 p.m. The dockets are also searchable on OSCN and ODCR.

• Pawhuska Municipal Court, 118 W. Main, Pawhuska, OK 74056, 918-287-3040
• Barnsdall Municipal Court, 409 W Main St, Barnsdall, OK 74002, 918-847-2980
• Hominy City Hall, for its municipal court, 219 West 1st, Hominy, OK 74035, 918-885-2164

Our court guide follows a case from arraignment to sentencing.

A federal arrest here leads to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Page Belcher Federal Building, 333 W. 4th Street, Room 411, Tulsa, OK 74103, 918-699-4700.

1. Soon after arrest, a magistrate weighs pretrial custody against release (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Through trial, the Marshals keep custody. Their Tulsa office, 333 West 4th Street, Suite 2050, Tulsa, OK 74103, 918-200-0600, can say which jail has the person.
3. Prisoners in transit sometimes stop at the Federal Transfer Center, 7410 S. MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73169, 405-682-4075.
4. Once sentenced, the person appears in the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, searchable by name or register number.

1. The paperwork ICE files with the jail is called a detainer (Form I-247A).
2. That lets staff keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents then collect them. Oklahoma answers to the Dallas Field Office, 8101 N. Stemmons Frwy, Dallas, TX 75247, 972-367-2200, which keeps a branch at 1220 Sovereign Row, Oklahoma City, OK 73108, 405-219-3199.
4. One likely stop is Cimarron Correctional Facility, 3200 S. Kings Hwy., Cushing, OK 74023. Its detainee desk at 918-225-3336 answers 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Before calling, gather the A-number, birthplace, birthday and every name the person has used.
5. Then check the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

HB 4156 (21 O.S. § 1795) sought to punish undocumented presence under state law. A federal judge froze it, and that fight is still on appeal.

A prison term usually means a long stretch in the county lockup until DOC sends a van. DOC's typical estimate is 6 to 9 months.

• Search a name on the DOC Offender Lookup.
• First comes an assessment stop, where DOC sets a security level. A matching prison follows.
• Our Oklahoma state prison guide profiles each one.
• Mail to a DOC prison must show the name and the ODOC number.

A minor can be kept at the adult jail for six hours, no more, and only for processing or a handoff. Adult prisoners must neither see nor hear them in that time (OAC 310:670-5-5). Should release still be off the table, the youth is moved to a detention center licensed by the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA).

The Sheriff's main office at 918-287-3535 can say where a child went. OJA headquarters sits at 2501 N. Lincoln Blvd, Suite 500, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, 405-530-2800. Youth cases stay off the public court sites.

The roster's "From" line names a home town, not the arresting agency. Booking can tell you which officers brought the person in. Agencies working the county:

• Sheriff's Office, 900 Saint Paul Ave, Pawhuska, OK 74056, 918-287-3535; non-emergency dispatch 918-287-3131. Countywide 911 is handled by the Sheriff.
• Osage Nation Police Department, 1071 Grandview Lane, Pawhuska, OK 74056, 918-287-5510, staffed 24/7.

City and town departments:

• Pawhuska Police Department, 128 W. Main, Pawhuska, OK 74056, 918-287-4545, on duty around the clock.
• Hominy Police Department, 201 N. Regan, Hominy, OK 74035, 918-885-4545.
• Barnsdall Police Department, 409 W Main St, Barnsdall, OK 74002, 918-847-2285.
• Skiatook Police Department, 220 S Broadway St, Skiatook, OK 74070, 918-396-2424.
• Sperry Police Department, 115 N. Cincinnati, Sperry, OK 74073, 918-288-7333.
• Tulsa Police Department, covering the slice of Tulsa inside this county, 600 Civic Center, Tulsa, OK 74103, 918-596-9222.

Arrests in Shidler, Fairfax, Burbank, Prue, Wynona, Webb City, Avant, Grainola, Foraker or the town of Osage, or on the Bartlesville and Sand Springs fringes, are best traced through the Sheriff's dispatch line above.