The Detention Center
Pittsburg County Jail
- Operated byPittsburg County Sheriff's Office
- Name as the county writes it'Pittsburg County Jail' — the county's own bid notices use this name (e.g. 'Bid No. 6, Purchase and Installation of HVAC units at the Pittsburg County Jail'). The sheriff's site heads its roster page simply 'Jail Roster'.
- Name the state usesPITTSBURG COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY — differs from the county's usage
- State facility IDDET096
- Address1210 N West St, McAlester, OK 74501 (same address as the Sheriff's Office)
- Operator basisCounty sheriff page recites that the sheriff 'Has power and authority to operate the County Jail'
- Jail AdministratorJeff Daniels (listed on the Sheriff's Office 'About' page)
- State inspectionOklahoma inspects this jail. Read the state report →
Source: Pittsburg County — official source · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
5/10Partial- ✓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
- ✓How to post bond
- ✓Phone, video and commissary rates
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 Frankie McClendon
- NoteConfirmed by three independent official sources with identical spelling: the county's own sheriff page, the Oklahoma State Election Board 2024 Roster of State and County Officers, and the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association directory.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Pittsburg 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 18
- Hon. Mike Hogan — District Judge, 18th Judicial District (chambers: Pittsburg County Courthouse, (918) 423-6866)
- Hon. Tim Mills — Associate District Judge, Pittsburg County ((918) 423-6479)
- Hon. Mindy Beare — Special Judge, Pittsburg County ((918) 423-6651)
- Hon. Brian McLaughlin — Special Judge, Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County Courthouse, 115 E. Carl Albert Parkway, McAlester, OK 74501 — Court Clerk Pam Smith, (918) 423-4859
- 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
The County Commissioners
They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.
- What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
- The boardBoard of County Commissioners →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- The county and the state use different names for the same facility: county bid notices say 'Pittsburg County Jail'; the Oklahoma State Department of Health inspection report is headed 'PITTSBURG COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY'.
- Dead official domain: pittsburgcountyok.gov is registered to Pittsburg County in the federal .gov registry (CISA dotgov-data, MCALESTER, OK) but does not resolve. The county's live site is the KellPro-hosted pittsburg.okcounties.org.
- The `fees` check is marked yes for a County Sheriff fee schedule (concealed-carry processing, civil/process service in-state $50 and out-of-state $60, report and radio-log copies, notary, fingerprinting) at The county publishes no jail booking, daily-housing, commissary or phone fee schedule.
- The `contracts` check is marked yes because the county's bid page publishes jail-specific procurements with award documents, including 'Bid No. 6, Purchase and Installation of HVAC units at the Pittsburg County Jail' and 'BID NO. 19, ADDENDUM NO.
- No county-published capacity, budget, in-custody death record, PREA material, or inspection report was found.
- The `inspections` check counts only county-published inspection reports. No county in this group republishes its Oklahoma State Department of Health jail inspection; all ten are available only from the OSDH statewide Box folder at
- Commissioners (2024 Election Board roster): District 1 Charles 'Charlie' Rogers, District 2 Mike Haynes, District 3 Ross Selman.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg 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