The Detention Center
Craig County Jail
- Operated byCraig County Sheriff's Office
- Facility name as the county writes itCraig County Jail (page heading: 'Inmate Search - Craig County Jail')
- Address210 W. Delaware Ste. 101, Vinita, OK 74301
- Phone(918) 256-6466
- Patrol area761 square miles
- Rated capacityNot found
- Jail administratorNot found
- State inspectionOklahoma inspects this jail. Read the state report →
Source: Craig County — official source · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓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 Heath Winfrey
- NoteThe Sheriff's Office site writes 'Sheriff Heath Winfrey' and states he began his first term in 2017. Confirmed by the 2024 State Election Board roster ('Sheriff - Heath Winfrey, R, Bluejacket').
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Craig 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 12
- Joseph Gardner - Associate District Judge (Craig County)
- District 12 District Judges seated in other counties of the district: Stephen Pazzo and Lara Russell (Rogers County), Shawn Taylor (Mayes County)
Craig County Courthouse, 210 W. Delaware, Vinita, OK 74301
- 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: Craig County government has no site; the Sheriff's Office is the county's only official web presence.
- The Sheriff's site advertises a Jail FAQ section but it is EMPTY - /jail-faqs returns 'Oops! No Matching Answers Found', so the one page meant to explain jail procedure to families contains nothing.
- Three of ten disclosure checks met (facility named, live roster, registered bondsmen list) - the standard set produced by the SheriffWebsites.com vendor template, also used by Choctaw, Cimarron and Creek counties in this group.
- Craig County's judicial district (12) and associate district judge are independently confirmed by two separate state sources - the Supreme Court's 2026 Judicial Directory and OCCY's judicial-district record - which agree.
- No PREA policy, no capacity, no budget, no death reporting, no contracts and no fee schedule are published.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Craig 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 Craig 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