The Detention Center
Okmulgee County Jail
- Operated byOkmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority (OCCJA), a public trust created in 2002 under Title 60 of the Oklahoma statutes to administer the county's jail facilities. Not operated by the Sheriff, though the Sheriff holds a statutory trustee seat.
- Name as the authority writes itOkmulgee County Jail — 'Our main detention facility provides secure housing and comprehensive services for state, federal, and municipal inmates, as well as our tribal partners.'
- Name as the State Department of Health wOKMULGEE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (OSDH provider ID DET-091)
- OperatorOkmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority (OCCJA), created in 2002 under Title 60
- Okmulgee County Jail address315 W 8th St, Okmulgee, OK 74447 (the OSDH form writes it as '315 SW 8TH')
- Second facilityMoore Detention Center, 111 S Alabama, Okmulgee, OK 74447 — established 2016, 'significantly increased our capacity to serve federal and state contracts'
- Third facilityOCCJA Maintenance Shop, 515 W 7th St, Okmulgee, OK 74447 — established 2026; shipping and receiving centre and maintenance division
- State inspectionOklahoma inspects this jail. Read the state report →
Source: Okmulgee County — official source · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✗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 built2002 — 'the Okmulgee County Jail, opened in 2002'
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds'The total detainee capacity between both detention facilities exceeds 500' (OCCJA, About page). No per-facility bed count is published.
Since then
- Moore Detention Center opened 2016 at 111 S Alabama, Okmulgee — described as an expansion that 'significantly increased our capacity to serve federal and state contracts'
- OCCJA Maintenance Shop established 2026 at 515 W 7th St, Okmulgee — shipping and receiving centre plus the Maintenance Division
The Sheriff
Sheriff Eddy Rice
- NoteNamed on the jail authority's own board-of-trustees roster, where the Sheriff holds a statutory seat. Cross-checked against the Oklahoma State Election Board 2024 Roster: 'Sheriff - Eddy Rice, R, Beggs'.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Okmulgee 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 24
- Hon. Pandee Ramirez — District Judge, 24th Judicial District (chambers: Okmulgee County)
- Hon. Cindy Pickering — Associate District Judge, Okmulgee County
- Hon. Deborah Reheard — Special Judge, Okmulgee County
- Hon. Lawrence Parish — District Judge, 24th Judicial District (chambers: Okfuskee County, Okemah)
- Hon. Robert Getchell — District Judge, 24th Judicial District (chambers: Creek County)
- Hon. Kelly Hake — District Judge, 24th Judicial District (chambers: Creek County)
Okmulgee County Courthouse, 314 W. 7th Street, Okmulgee, OK 74447. Court Clerk Charly Criner, 314 W. 7th Street, Suite 305, Okmulgee, OK 74447, (918) 756-3042.
- 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
- JAIL RUN BY A PUBLIC TRUST: the Okmulgee County Criminal Justice Authority (OCCJA), created in 2002 under Title 60, operates the county's jail facilities. The Sheriff holds only a statutory trustee seat. Note the acronym collision — Oklahoma County's jail trust uses the same initials.
- MISSING COUNTY WEBSITE: Okmulgee County itself has no government website, so there are no commissioner agendas, minutes, budget or contract documents online. The jail authority's site is more informative than anything the county publishes.
- The authority openly states it holds 'state, federal, and municipal inmates, as well as our tribal partners' and that the Moore Detention Center was built to 'serve federal and state contracts' — but it publishes no contracts or per-diem rates.
- Facility naming is inconsistent: the authority writes 'Okmulgee County Jail', the state licenses 'OKMULGEE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY', and the street address is written '315 W 8th St' by the county and '315 SW 8TH' by the state.
- The Sheriff's Office website (okmulgeesheriff.com) is a minimal builder-template page that never names the sheriff, and its inmate link points to the jail authority's roster.
- The 04/23/2026 state inspection recorded a census of 474 — approaching the authority's stated 500-plus combined capacity — and found the facility not in substantial compliance across four standards.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee 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