The Detention Center
Woods County Jail
- Operated byWoods County Sheriff
- Name'Woods County Jail' - the name used in the Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector's FY2023 county audit ('The disbursements are for maintaining and operating the Woods County Jail'). Woods County itself publishes nothing.
- Address407 GOVERNMENT, ALVA, OK 73717 (OSDH). This is the Woods County Courthouse address; the Court Clerk is at 407 Government St., Ste. 30, Alva.
- Census at most recent state inspection7 (OSDH unannounced annual inspection, July 15, 2026)
- Rated capacity19, 'the rated capacity determined by the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal' (OSDH, July 15, 2026)
- Most recent state inspection result'No deficient practice was cited. The facility is deemed to be in substantial compliance.' (OSDH, July 15, 2026)
- County 'Jail' cash fund, FY2023Beginning balance $560,937; receipts $12,327; transfers in $250; ending balance $573,514. The fund 'accounts for the collection of money supplied to the Sheriff's office for the housing of prisoners for towns, tribes, and other counties.
- State inspectionOklahoma inspects this jail. Read the state report →
Source: Woods 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
- Beds19 rated capacity as determined by the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal (OSDH inspection, July 15, 2026).
The Sheriff
Sheriff Randy McCullough
- NoteWoods County publishes no government website, so no county-run page names the sheriff. The Oklahoma State Election Board Roster of State and County Officers lists 'Sheriff - Randy McCullough, R, Alva'.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Woods 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 4
- District Judge Paul Woodward - Garfield County Courthouse, 114 West Broadway, Enid, OK 73701; serves the 4th District
- District Judge Jason Seigars - Garfield County, Enid; serves the 4th District
- District Judge Justin Eilers - Woodward County Courthouse, 1600 Main Street, Woodward, OK 73801, (580) 256-6716; serves the 4th District
- No judge resident in Woods County appears in the Supreme Court's 2026 Judicial Directory (generated 8/21/2026). The Oklahoma State Election Board 2024 roster lists 'Woods County - Mickey J.
Woods County Courthouse, 407 Government St., Ste. 30, Alva, OK 73717. Court Clerk Staci Davey, 407 Government St. Ste. 30, Alva, OK 73717, (580) 327-3119.
- 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
- DEAD/MISSING COUNTY WEBSITE: Woods County appears to have no functioning government website. woodscountyok.gov is a parked placeholder hosted by StolzTele.com; woodscountyok.com belongs to Woods County Economic Development, not the county.
- INCONSISTENT NAME SPELLING: the Oklahoma State Election Board roster writes 'Randy McCullough'; the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association writes 'Randal McCullough'. No county source exists to reconcile the two.
- INCONSISTENT JAIL NAME: the state auditor writes 'Woods County Jail'; the Oklahoma State Department of Health licenses and inspects it as 'WOODS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY'. The county writes nothing.
- MISSING JUDGE: the Supreme Court's 2026 Judicial Directory (generated 8/21/2026) lists no judge resident in Woods County, while every other county in this group has at least one. The 2024 state officer roster listed Mickey J. Hadwiger of Alva as the Woods County Associate District Judge.
- Woods County houses prisoners for towns, tribes and other counties (per the state audit's description of the Jail fund) but publishes no contract, rate, roster or capacity figure.
- Every general web result for 'Woods County jail' is an inmate-search aggregator; none were used.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Woods 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 Woods 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