Ottawa County Jail Overview
Ottawa County Jail is operated by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. It is the confirmed local county detention facility for Ottawa County in the official research set. The jail handles adults booked into county custody after arrests by the sheriff, Miami police, other city agencies, tribal or state officers when transferred to county custody, warrant officers, and some outside agencies. The county sheriff page states that the sheriff has authority to operate the county jail, secure persons charged with felonies or breach of peace, serve warrants, and process district-court papers.
The jail roster is a county custody tool. It is not the Oklahoma Department of Corrections locator, a federal prison locator, or the ICE detainee locator. People sentenced to state prison after an Ottawa County case may move out of the county jail and into ODOC custody. Federal prisoners are searched through BOP, and immigration detainees are searched through ICE ODLS. The county roster may still show a local booking or hold while someone is physically in the Ottawa County Jail.
Ottawa County Jail Population
Current rated bed capacity was not located in official sheriff, county, or state public pages reviewed for Ottawa County Jail. The research does provide two useful population points, but each has a narrow meaning. The sheriff roster API returned a current in-custody count on the inspection date. A Prison Policy Initiative correctional population table, using Bureau of Justice Statistics Census of Jail Facilities data, listed an older local jail population figure for Ottawa County Jail.
The 92-record count is a live roster snapshot, not average daily population or annual bookings. Bookings and releases can change as the sheriff updates the roster. The 135 figure is older statistical context and should not be used as a current capacity statement. No official Ottawa County page located a housing-unit map, pod count, female-unit description, medical unit, or current overcrowding statement.
Look Up Ottawa County Jail Inmates
The correct lookup tool for Ottawa County Jail is the official sheriff inmate-search page. It is free, does not require a login, and is described in the research as an hourly updated roster. It shows in-custody inmates, booking dates, charges, and additional information. Roster cards can include a photo, the person's name, and booked date, then open a full booking profile.
- Open the Ottawa County Jail inmate-search page on the sheriff website.
- Use the single "Search by Name..." field for a specific person, or browse booking cards by date.
- Use pagination when browsing. The inspected API used 25 results per page.
- Open the booking profile and confirm name, age, sex, race, residing city, inmate ID, booking date, classification, and charges.
- Use the VINE notification link or Oklahoma VINE when the person may have been released, transferred, or moved to another custody system.
The Ottawa County Jail roster source page shows the search-by-name field, booking cards, VINE notice, mugshots, booking dates, and pagination.
The roster works best for current county jail custody. If a search fails, check VINE, call the jail, or use a records request rather than assuming the person was never booked.
Ottawa County Jail Contact
Custody questions, visitor-entry questions, property questions, and records questions should be routed to the jail or sheriff records channels. The sheriff contact page lists the jail and sheriff's office at the same Miami address, gives a main line, gives a non-emergency central dispatch line, and notes that dispatch is available all day.
Ottawa County Jail
28 B St SE
Miami, OK 74354
(918) 542-2806
Administration: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Friday 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Non-emergency / central dispatch: (918) 542-5585, 24/7 dispatch.
The sheriff contact page includes the office address, phone numbers, administration hours, dispatch note, and a map for Ottawa County Jail.
Before traveling, confirm visitor entry, parking, and any same-day facility restriction with the jail.
Visit Ottawa County Jail
Ottawa County Jail visitation is handled through Prodigy Solutions video visitation. The sheriff visitation page states that inmates may have one 15-minute visit per week and that in-house, on-site video visits are free. Online and on-site visits must be scheduled 24 hours in advance. No contact visitation schedule was located in the official research.
| Channel | Schedule or Limit | Provider | Key Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote video visit | Scheduled 24 hours in advance; one 15-minute visit per week | Prodigy Solutions | Video only; visits may be recorded and restricted for misconduct or security. |
| On-site lobby kiosk | Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; limit two visitors per machine | Prodigy Solutions | In-house visit is free; visitors need valid ID and a headshot photo. |
| Attorney or legal visit | Not published in official online pages | Confirm with jail | Call the facility for legal visit procedures. |
Visitors may be searched. The official rules bar cell phones and cameras in the visitation area, along with electronic or Bluetooth devices, laptops, chargers, weapons, firearms, ammunition, tobacco products, lighters, and e-cigarettes. Clothing must be appropriate. A former detainee cannot visit for 90 days after release, and an intoxicated visitor may be denied entry or arrested.
The Ottawa County Jail visitation page provides the Prodigy video-visitation rules, scheduling requirement, on-site kiosk hours, and visitor restrictions.
Because all visits are scheduled, a roster result alone is not enough to arrive for a visit without setting the appointment first.
Mail and Commissary
Ottawa County Jail mail and money services use Prodigy-related channels in the official jail pages. Inmate mail goes through a Prodigy Solutions mailing address in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Commissary and deposits use Prodigy Commissary, online deposits, online commissary orders, and the lobby kiosk. The sheriff page says money orders are not accepted.
| Service | Provider or Address | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Prodigy Solutions, Inmate's Name, PO Box 1498, Chickasha, OK 73018 | Include first and last name and full address for both sender and recipient. |
| Photos | Mail to Prodigy Solutions | Accepted only on photo paper, no larger than 4x6, and not graphic, suggestive, or inappropriate. |
| Web deposit | Prodigy Commissary | Funds can be placed on the inmate trust fund online. |
| Order commissary | Prodigy Commissary | Orders must be completed by Tuesday before 10:00 a.m.; late orders process the following week. |
| Lobby kiosk | Prodigy kiosk at the jail | Cash or debit/credit card can be used at the kiosk. |
| Money orders | Not accepted | Use the approved deposit channels instead. |
The inmate mail policy lists the Prodigy mailing address and restrictions on stickers, metallic fixtures, scents, social-media printouts, newspaper clippings, comic strips, and unauthorized inmate-to-inmate correspondence.
Mail that omits required names and addresses, or includes barred material, can be rejected before it reaches the inmate.
Ottawa County Jail Booking
Official Ottawa County pages do not publish a full booking manual, but the roster and 72-hour booking report show the data collected and displayed after intake. A practical jail pathway is arrest or warrant service, transport to Ottawa County Jail, intake, booking number and inmate ID assignment, booking photo entry, demographic entry, charge or hold entry, classification, and placement in county custody.
Visible roster profile fields include mugshot when available, name, sex, race, age, residing city, inmate ID, booking number, booking date and time, release date if any, classification, and charge text. The profile also includes action buttons for web deposit, commissary, VINE inmate notifications, and all bookings. The researched sample did not show a public court date, judge, bond amount, bond type, housing unit, warrant number, or statute breakdown.
Ottawa County Jail Records
The sheriff records division maintains sheriff's office records and handles open-record requests. In-person open-record requests are listed for Monday through Thursday during administration hours and Friday on the shorter office schedule. The records page includes a web form for requester identity, contact information, request type, record description, fee acknowledgment, and a matching signature name.
Use a records request when the public roster does not show enough detail, when a booking is historical, when an incident report is needed, or when a body-worn-camera copy is requested. The records page lists some fees, including incident report copies and BWC video copies, but no separate mugshot fee was located. The form tells requesters not to send money before the office gives exact applicable fees.
County Jail vs Other Custody
Ottawa County Jail holds county jail detainees. Sentenced state prisoners are searched through ODOC Offender Lookup, not the county roster, once they leave local jail custody. Federal inmates are searched through the BOP inmate locator. Immigration detainees are searched through ICE Online Detainee Locator System. VINE is useful for custody notifications when the sheriff roster no longer shows the person.
- Detainer
- A request from another agency to keep or notify about a person in custody.
- Hold
- A custody reason that may stop release even if a local bond exists.
- Classification
- The jail's security or housing assessment. Ottawa profiles observed "Medium Security."
- Transferred
- Moved from Ottawa County Jail to another agency, jail, prison, or custody system.
About Ottawa County Jail Operations
The jail is part of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff David Dean. The sheriff's public website groups jail services under inmate search, commissary, visitation and phones, inmate mail, and registered bondsmen. It also provides records requests, most wanted, crime tips, and offender registry links. Local custody questions often converge on the jail roster, the main sheriff line, central dispatch, VINE, and the records division.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation status, and entry rules with Ottawa County Jail before travel because roster and schedule details can change.