The Detention Center
Washington County Jail
- Operated byWashington County Sheriff's Office
- Name as the county writes itThe Sheriff's Office commissary page writes 'an inmate at Washington County Jail'; the Sheriff's biography page calls it the 'Detention Center'; the county government website's footer labels the same address the 'correctional facility'.
- Address611 SW Adams Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74003; jail phone (918) 332-4011, dispatch (918) 338-4001, office (918) 332-4000
- Other county facilitiesJudicial Center, 420 S. Johnstone Ave., Bartlesville; Courthouse Administration Building, 400 S. Johnstone Ave., Bartlesville (county website footer)
- Name and address used by the state licenWASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, 611 SW ADAMS BLVD, BARTLESVILLE, OK 74003; provider ID DET-124 (OSDH, survey completed 02/17/2026)
- Census at most recent state inspection131 (OSDH unannounced annual inspection and investigation C-2025-096, February 17, 2026)
- Most recent state inspection result'No deficient practice was cited. The facility is deemed to be in substantial compliance' (OSDH, February 17, 2026)
- State inspectionOklahoma inspects this jail. Read the state report →
Source: Washington County — official source · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
4/10Partial- ✓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 — 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
The Sheriff
Sheriff Scott Owen
- Note'Sheriff Scott Owen took office as the 22nd Sheriff of Washington County in 2019.' The county's own website links to washingtoncosheriff.com as the County Sheriff's site.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Washington 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
- District Judge Linda Thomas - Washington County, 420 South Johnstone Avenue, Bartlesville, OK 74003
- Associate District Judge Russell Vaclaw - Washington County Courthouse, 420 S. Johnstone Avenue, Bartlesville, OK 74003, (918) 337-2885
- Special Judge Kyra Franks - Washington County
- Special Judge Jared Sigler - Washington County
Washington County Judicial Center, 420 S. Johnstone Ave., Bartlesville, OK 74003. Court Clerk Jean Davis, 420 S.
- 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
- PUBLIC TRUST / AUTHORITY: Washington County maintains a 'Correctional Facilities Authority' as a distinct public body whose agendas and minutes the county publishes (categories on Day-to-day jail operation is the Sheriff's.
- INCONSISTENT NAMING: the county calls the building the 'correctional facility'; the Sheriff calls it both the 'Detention Center' and the 'Washington County Jail'; OSDH licenses and inspects it as 'WASHINGTON COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY'.
- CONTRACTS: The commissioners' agenda of August 3, 2026 lists Detention Services Agreements with CommunityWorks, LLC (Cleveland Regional Juvenile Detention Center and Pottawatomie County Juvenile Detention Center), the Oklahoma Juvenile Justice office, and the Woodward County Juvenile Detention Cente…
- The county's Budget Board page describes the board's composition and cites Resolution No.
- No county-published capacity figure, PREA policy or report, deaths-in-custody data, inmate fee schedule, or copy of the state jail inspection reports.
- Board of County Commissioners: District 1 Mitch Antle (term 2023-2026), District 2 Corey Shivel (2024-2028), District 3 Mike Dunlap (2023-2026), Washington County Admin Building, 400 S. Johnstone, Room 201, Bartlesville.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Washington 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 Washington 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