The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byNot found
- County publishes a jail nameNo — the county publishes nothing at all online
- Name as the State Department of Health wNOWATA COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (OSDH provider ID DET-087)
- Jail address (per the state inspection r229 North Maple St., Nowata, OK 74048 — the same building as the Court Clerk's office
- Population at last state inspection6 (census on 01/21/2026)
- Rated capacityNot found
- Last state inspection resultNo deficient practice cited; facility deemed to be in substantial compliance
- State inspectionOklahoma inspects this jail. Read the state report →
Source: Nowata County — official source · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
0/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✗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 — not published
- ✗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 Jason A. McClain
- NoteListed in the Oklahoma State Election Board 2024 Roster of State and County Officers as 'Sheriff - Jason A. McClain, R, South Coffeyville'.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Nowata 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 11
- Hon. Linda Thomas — District Judge, 11th Judicial District (chambers: Washington County Courthouse, Bartlesville)
- Hon. Carl Gibson — Associate District Judge, Nowata County
- Hon. Russell Vaclaw — Associate District Judge, Washington County
- Hon. Kyra Franks — Special Judge, Washington County
- Hon. Jared Sigler — Special Judge, Washington County
Nowata County Courthouse, 229 N. Maple Street, Nowata, OK 74048. Court Clerk April Frauenberger, 229 N. Maple Street, Nowata, OK 74048, (918) 273-0127.
- 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: Nowata County has no county government site and no sheriff's office site. Every one of the ten transparency checks fails because the county publishes nothing online.
- The only official record of the jail found anywhere is the Oklahoma State Department of Health inspection report.
- Do not confuse nowataok.gov (City of Nowata) with the county — the city site's 'City Commissioners' are municipal officials.
- Very small facility — census of 6 at the 01/21/2026 state inspection, which found no deficiencies.
- Every name for this county comes from the Oklahoma State Election Board's 2024 officer roster because no county-published source exists to cross-check spellings.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Nowata 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 Nowata 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