Jefferson County Jail Overview
Jefferson County Jail is operated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in Waurika. The jail is a county facility, not a state prison. It is the local intake and custody point for arrests made by the sheriff, municipal police, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and other agencies when the person is held locally. The researched population held includes pretrial detainees, people waiting for first appearance, sentenced misdemeanants or other local commitments, and people held for pickup or transfer by another agency.
The research did not locate a current official Jefferson County jail website with a public roster, a visitor schedule, a mail policy, a commissary vendor, a phone vendor, a housing-unit list, or a current sheriff dashboard. That matters because the page cannot promise online profile fields or a posted visitation table. The practical path is direct confirmation with the sheriff/jail and, when needed, a written public-records request under Oklahoma law.
The Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police directory listing is the clearest high-authority source for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office address and phone.
Use that local contact point for live custody, bond, jail-register, and booking-record questions before relying on broader state or federal systems.
Jefferson County Jail Population Data
Jefferson County does not publish a current sheriff-run jail population dashboard in the sources reviewed. Vera Institute Incarceration Trends provides the usable local time series. Vera reports a Jefferson County jail population of 24 in 2023, 27 in 2021, 23 in 2019, 28 in 2017, 70 in 2016, 114 in 2015, and 103 in 2013. Vera also reports 30 rated beds from 2016 through 2019, but 126 rated beds in 2013 and 2015.
That capacity break should be described with care. It is a data or facility reporting discontinuity, not a reason to invent a current capacity. A person looking for someone in Jefferson County Jail needs the live custody channel first. The trend numbers help explain the facility's place in the Jefferson County inmate population, but they do not show who is booked today.
| Year | Population | Source Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 114 | Vera reported 126 rated capacity. |
| 2016 | 70 | Vera reported 30 rated capacity. |
| 2019 | 23 | Vera reported 30 rated capacity and 136.25 admissions. |
| 2021 | 27 | Vera population row, with limited accompanying fields. |
| 2023 | 24 | Vera county CSV, Jefferson County FIPS 40067. |
Find Someone at Jefferson County Jail
No verified official online Jefferson County Jail roster was located. A Jefferson County Jail custody search is therefore a fallback chain. Call the jail first, ask whether the person is in custody, and provide enough details to reduce false matches. If the person is not held locally, move to court, state prison, federal, or immigration tools based on the person's case stage.
- Call Jefferson County Jail at (580) 228-2375 with the person's full legal name and any known date of birth or age.
- Ask whether staff can confirm current custody, booking date, bond status, court date, release, or transfer.
- Visit 218 N Main St in Waurika if a records counter, identity check, or written request is needed.
- Request jail-register or booking information under the Oklahoma Open Records Act if the information is not available informally.
- Search VINELink, OSCN, ODOC, BOP, USMS, or ICE when staff indicate the person is not in Jefferson County Jail.
The county jail record and the court case are separate. A jail booking can exist before the prosecutor files a formal case, and the filed court charges can differ from the booking charges. Formal Jefferson County District Court cases are searched through OSCN after filing.
Jefferson County Jail Address and Contact
The jail and sheriff's office contact point is listed in Waurika, the Jefferson County seat. The same Main Street civic area also includes courthouse functions, so visitors should identify whether they need the jail/sheriff, the court clerk, or the District Attorney before traveling. For custody, bond, booking, jail records, or local warrant holds, start with the sheriff/jail contact.
Jefferson County Jail
218 N Main St
Waurika, OK 73573
(580) 228-2375
Call for custody, bond, visitation, mail, money, and records request routing.
Visiting Jefferson County Jail
No official Jefferson County Jail visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, dress code, visitor list rule, child visitor rule, attorney visit policy, or holiday/lockdown rule was found in the reviewed sources. Do not assume another Oklahoma county's schedule applies. Call the jail before travel and ask whether the person is eligible for visits, what ID is required, whether visits are on site or remote video, and whether visits are suspended.
Visitors should also confirm the entrance, allowed property, parking, and accessibility before leaving home. Jail lobbies often restrict phones, bags, recording devices, tobacco, vape items, and weapons, but Jefferson County did not publish its local entry list online in the sources reviewed.
| Visitation Item | Researched Jefferson County Result |
|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not located in official sources. Call the jail. |
| Video visitation vendor | Not located in official sources. Call before creating any account. |
| Visitor ID rule | No posted rule located. Bring government photo ID and verify by phone. |
| Dress code | Not located in official sources. |
| Holiday or lockdown changes | Not located. Confirm visit status before travel. |
Mail and Money at Jefferson County Jail
Jefferson County did not publish an official jail mail page, inmate phone vendor, scanned-mail policy, commissary vendor, kiosk instruction, money order rule, online deposit link, fee schedule, or spending limit in the sources reviewed. Those gaps should stay visible in the build because sending money or mail through the wrong vendor can delay or lose funds and correspondence.
Call the jail before mailing anything or depositing money. Ask for the exact inmate name format, whether a booking number is needed, whether photos or books are allowed, how legal mail is handled, what items are banned, and which vendor or payment method the jail currently accepts. Do not apply ODOC JPay or Securus Digital Mail Center rules to Jefferson County Jail unless the sheriff confirms the same process.
| Service | Jefferson County Result |
|---|---|
| Mail Address Format | Not located. Call before mailing. |
| Phone or Video Provider | Not located in official sources. |
| Commissary Vendor | Not located in official sources. |
| Money Deposit Fees | Not located. Do not infer from ODOC prison fees. |
Booking at Jefferson County Jail
Jefferson County-specific booking manual details were not published, but the research supports the ordinary Oklahoma county-jail path. A person may be arrested by the sheriff's office, municipal police, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, or another agency, then taken to Jefferson County Jail if held locally. Intake records identity, arresting agency, date and time, charge or warrant basis, and property. Fingerprints and a booking photo are common booking steps, but Jefferson County does not publish an official mugshot gallery.
After booking, the person may wait for first appearance, bond, release, a local sentence, another agency pickup, or transfer after state sentencing. ODOC says county-jail wait after state sentencing before transport into ODOC custody is normally six to nine months, with some priority exceptions. That wait period can keep a sentenced person in the county jail even after the court case has moved past conviction.
- Booking charge
- The charge or hold entered at jail intake. It may differ from what prosecutors later file.
- Bond
- A release condition set by court or warrant authority. A no-bond hold prevents release until changed.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that may keep a person in custody after the local case is resolved.
Jefferson County Jail Records
Oklahoma's Open Records Act supports public access to certain jail and law-enforcement records if kept. For Jefferson County Jail, a request may seek a jail register, booking record, arrest information, warrant disposition, or booking photo. Good requests name the person, provide a date range or booking date, describe the records sought, and include requester contact information.
Records can still be redacted or withheld for juvenile confidentiality, medical information, victim or witness privacy, sealed or expunged matters, court orders, active investigative needs, and security-sensitive details. If the person has a filed criminal case, use OSCN or the Jefferson County Court Clerk for the court record. If the person is sentenced to state prison, use ODOC. If the person is federal or in immigration detention, use BOP, USMS, or ICE.
Jefferson County Jail Context
Jefferson County's jail, sheriff, court clerk, and District Attorney contacts cluster near Main Street in Waurika. That compact geography can help visitors, but it also creates confusion because each office controls different records. The sheriff/jail handles custody, booking, bond, and jail records. The court clerk and OSCN handle filed court cases. The District 6 District Attorney handles charging decisions after arrest review.
Historical records also mention a Waurika Community Work Center, but current ODOC facility pages reviewed did not list it as active. ODOC materials state work centers closed in 2016. Do not treat that historical work center as a current Jefferson County Jail annex, state prison, or active facility page without new ODOC confirmation.
Note: Confirm custody and visitation with Jefferson County Jail before driving to Waurika or sending money.
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