The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byChoctaw County Sheriff's Office
- Published facility nameNONE - the county/Sheriff publish no proper name; the site refers only to 'Jail' and 'the jail'
- Operating address305 E Jefferson St., Hugo, OK 74743
- Inmates in custody (as published 8/21/2055
- Rated capacityNot found
- Jail administratorNot found
- Name used by the state inspectorOSDH files its inspection report simply as 'choctaw'
- State inspectionOklahoma inspects this jail. Read the state report →
Source: Choctaw County — official source · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✓How to post bond
- ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Terry Park
- NoteNAME SPELLED INCONSISTENTLY ACROSS OFFICIAL SOURCES: the Sheriff's Office website writes 'Sheriff Terry Park', while the Oklahoma State Election Board 2024 Roster of State and County Officers writes 'Sheriff - Terry E. Park, R, Hugo'.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Choctaw County Sheriff's Office · checked August 21, 2026
The Judges
Oklahoma elects its district judges in nonpartisan elections. District and associate district judges set bond and decide who waits in this jail.
District Court, Judicial District 17
- Bill Baze - Associate District Judge (Choctaw County)
- Emily Maxwell - District Judge (McCurtain County), the District Judge for District 17
Choctaw County Courthouse, 300 East Duke, Hugo, OK 74743
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked August 21, 2026
Notes on the record
- MISSING COUNTY WEBSITE: Choctaw County has no county government website. County office information is carried third-hand on the City of Hugo's site, which the Sheriff's site links to as 'Choctaw County, OK'.
- UNNAMED JAIL: the Sheriff's Office runs a jail with 55 people in it on the day checked but publishes no official facility name - so there is no county-published name to hold accountable.
- SHERIFF NAME VARIES: 'Terry Park' (Sheriff's Office) vs 'Terry E. Park' (State Election Board roster).
- Only two of ten disclosure items are met (live roster and registered bondsmen list). No PREA policy, capacity, budget, deaths, contracts, inspections or fee schedule is published.
- OSDH inspected the jail 10/27/2025 and again on 03/12/2025 - two inspections in one calendar year, which in Oklahoma usually signals a follow-up re-inspection after deficiencies. No 2026 report had been posted as of 8/21/2026.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Choctaw County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for it.
- Find your polling place — OK Voter Portal →
- Your county election board →
- Register to vote in Oklahoma →
The county election board runs the polling place in Choctaw County and prints the ballot the sheriff’s name is on. Links from the Oklahoma State Election Board and vote.gov.
Names verified August 21, 2026 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered