Coal County Inmate Population Overview
The Coal County inmate population is local and small compared with large Oklahoma jail systems. The facility map found one local detention facility for this project: Coal County Jail, operated by the Coal County Sheriff's Office. No ODOC prison, federal Bureau of Prisons facility, ICE detention center, regional jail, or city jail page was found inside Coal County official sources. The City of Coalgate describes a public safety building for police, 911, and emergency operations, but the research did not locate an official city lockup page that should be treated as a separate jail.
The county jail population includes people arrested in Coal County, pretrial detainees, local sentenced misdemeanants if they are held locally, warrant arrests, and people waiting for court, bond, or transfer. Exact categories are not published by the county. The official sheriff page says the sheriff has authority to operate the county jail and to apprehend and secure people charged with felonies or breaches of the peace. That makes the sheriff the first local contact for current custody and jail-register questions.
Coal County's official current jail count was not published online in the sources reviewed. The best dated local correctional figure found is an older BJS-derived table listing Coal County Jail with a local jail count or average-daily-population style figure of 15 on 12/31/2013. That figure is useful context, but it is not current capacity and should not be read as a live roster count.
Coal County Inmate Population Statistics
Coal County does not publish a current jail dashboard, bed-capacity page, monthly detention report, annual bookings report, or demographic breakout in the official sources reviewed. For that reason, the statistics below separate sourced figures from research gaps. The home page should not imply that a live Coal County inmate population number is available online when the county has not published one.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Coal County Jail local jail population or ADP-style count | 15 | Prisoners of the Census Oklahoma correctional population table, BJS-derived, 12/31/2013 |
| Current Coal County Jail daily population | Not published online | No official county roster or jail dashboard found |
| Current rated jail capacity | Not published online | Coal County sheriff and county pages did not list bed count |
| Annual bookings | Not published online | No sheriff annual report or booking report found |
| Mapped Coal County detention facilities | 1 | Facility map from official county and state source review |
| Oklahoma incarceration context | 905 per 100,000 people | Prison Policy Initiative statewide Oklahoma profile |
Because the only Coal County jail population figure is dated, current custody must be verified through the sheriff's office. A live number would need to come from jail staff, a current official roster, or a newer official report. None of those were located during the research sweep.
Coal County Jail Population Trends
Trend data is thin for the Coal County inmate population. BJS Census of Jails collections provide a national local-jail data source, but accessible research did not locate a current Coal County row for each recent year. The result is a gap, not a reason to estimate. Coal County's official site gives useful courthouse and sheriff context, but it does not publish a multi-year jail-population chart.
| Year | Coal County Jail Count / ADP | Research Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 15 | BJS-derived correctional population table lists Coal County Jail as local on 12/31/2013. |
| 2019 | Not located | BJS 2019 Census of Jails exists, but a Coal County accessible row was not located in the reviewed material. |
| 2020-2024 | Not located | No official Coal County jail dashboard or annual report found. |
| 2025 | Not located | Research noted BJS/RTI collection topics, but no Coal County result was found. |
That missing trend line should be read plainly. The county jail may still hold new arrests every day, but the public web sources reviewed do not show a daily count. The practical Coal County inmate population check is a direct call to the sheriff or an in-person request at the courthouse suite.
Coal County Jail Records Law
Oklahoma law gives the public a path to jail registers and booking information even when a county does not publish a web roster. The Oklahoma Open Records Act states the policy of public access to government records unless a specific exception applies. For jail records, the key law-enforcement provision is 51 O.S. Section 24A.8, which covers jail registers, jail blotters, and booking information recorded at incarceration.
Key public-record rules:
51 O.S. Sections 24A.1-24A.2 state Oklahoma's policy favoring public access to government records.
51 O.S. Section 24A.8 covers law-enforcement records, including jail registers and booking information.
74 O.S. Sections 192-194 support statewide jail standards, annual inspections, and deficiency processes through OSDH.
The jail-register category can include the name of each prisoner, date and cause of commitment, committing authority, whether the person was committed for a criminal offense, description of the prisoner, and date or manner of discharge or escape. Oklahoma public materials also treat adult booking photographs as arrestee descriptions, subject to exceptions. For a Coal County jail record, a written request should identify the person, the approximate booking date, and the exact record sought.
Coal County and ODOC Custody
Coal County Jail is not the same system as the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. A person newly arrested in Coal County is a county-jail custody question until the court process changes that status. A person sentenced to state prison after a Coal County case may leave the local jail and move into ODOC intake, classification, and facility assignment outside Coal County. No ODOC state prison was found inside Coal County.
The OK Offender Lookup is the statewide ODOC search tool for sentenced state prisoners, supervisees, and fugitives. ODOC warns that the public data is abbreviated and not a full legal explanation of offense, sentence, or time to serve. Use it after sentencing or transfer, not as the first source for a fresh Coal County booking.
| System | Who It Covers | Where to Start |
|---|---|---|
| Coal County Jail | New arrests, pretrial detainees, warrant arrests, local holds | Call or visit the Coal County Sheriff's Office |
| Coal County District Court | Filed charges, warrants, bond orders, dispositions | ODCR, OSCN, or the Coal County Court Clerk |
| Oklahoma Department of Corrections | Sentenced state prisoners and ODOC supervision | OK Offender Lookup |
| BOP, USMS, or ICE | Federal sentenced custody, federal pretrial custody, immigration detention | BOP locator, USMS Eastern District, or ICE ODLS |
Search Coal County Inmate Population
No official Coal County public jail roster or inmate-search form was found on the county site. That changes the search order. Instead of starting with a live roster, start with the sheriff's office, then branch by custody type. The sheriff/jail can confirm current local custody when information can be released. The Court Clerk and court portals handle filed cases. ODOC, BOP, USMS, ICE, and VINELink cover different follow-up systems.
- Call the Coal County Sheriff's Office at the official county-published number and ask for the jail or booking desk.
- Have the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and any case or warrant number ready.
- If phone release is limited, ask how to submit an Oklahoma Open Records Act request for jail-register or booking-sheet material.
- Search ODCR or OSCN if the arrest has moved into a filed Coal County court case.
- Use OK Offender Lookup after state sentencing or transfer, and use BOP or ICE tools for federal or immigration custody.
- Register with Oklahoma VINELink when custody or case notification is the goal.
The official sheriff page is the best local source for the office contact. The Coal County sheriff page lists the sheriff's office, duties, address, phone, fax, email, and 24-hour office hours. The screenshot below comes from that official county page.
That page documents the local jail authority, but it does not provide a public roster link. Coal County inmate population searches therefore depend on direct sheriff contact for current custody.
Coal County Roster Fields
A normal roster search-field table cannot be filled with Coal County online fields because no official county online roster was located. The lack of a roster is itself the key field finding. A person searching the Coal County inmate population should collect identifying details before calling so jail staff can distinguish between similar names.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online county jail roster | Not available | Not available | No official Coal County roster or search form found. |
| Full legal name | Phone or written request detail | Strongly recommended | Nicknames are not reliable for jail-record searches. |
| Date of birth or age | Identifier | Recommended | Helps separate people with similar names. |
| Arrest date and agency | Timing and source detail | Recommended | Useful for sheriff, police, trooper, tribal, federal, or warrant arrests. |
| Case, warrant, or citation number | Cross-reference | Optional | Helps link the booking to court paperwork. |
Coal County Inmate Record Details
Because no Coal County roster profile could be inspected, the safest source for record fields is Oklahoma law and the research notes. A public jail register or booking sheet can include several named fields under 51 O.S. Section 24A.8. Formal court charges should still be verified through the court record because booking allegations can change after DA review.
| Record Detail | What It Can Show |
|---|---|
| Name | Public jail-register type data for the person committed. |
| Date and cause of commitment | When and why the person was booked or held. |
| Committing authority | Sheriff, police, court warrant, or another authority tied to custody. |
| Criminal-offense status | Whether the commitment was for a criminal offense. |
| Description or booking photo | Physical-description information, with adult mugshot access subject to law and exceptions. |
| Discharge or escape information | Date or manner of release, discharge, or escape when recorded. |
| Charges and bond | May be available by jail or court record, but court filings control formal charge status. |
Coal County Court Records After Booking
After a jail arrest, the court path matters as much as the custody path. The Coal County Court Clerk records and keeps permanent District Court proceeding records, maintains appearance dockets, and collects court costs. ODCR and OSCN are the online starting points for filed Coal County cases. The Court Clerk is the fallback when an older case, a hard-to-find record, or a portal problem blocks the search.
The District 19 District Attorney decides what charges to file in state court. The filed charge may differ from the arrest charge. A person can be booked, released, charged later, declined, or charged with an amended count. For the formal charge record after booking, use Coal County court records after a jail arrest rather than relying only on jail intake information.
The ODCR search interface includes Coal County in the court dropdown and lets users search by party name, case type, case number, filed date, and activity date.
ODCR is a court-record tool, not a live jail population count. Use it after the case has reached the filing stage.
Coal County Jail Mugshots
No official Coal County mugshot gallery, recent-bookings page, or roster profile with booking photographs was found. Oklahoma public-record materials are favorable to adult booking-photo access, but Coal County did not publish an online photo gallery in the official sources reviewed. A requester should ask the sheriff's office whether the adult booking photograph is available by inspection, email, paper copy, or written request.
A booking photo is not proof of guilt. It is tied to jail intake, not conviction. Formal court charges should be checked through the Court Clerk, ODCR, or OSCN. Details about requesting a photo and avoiding commercial mugshot sites belong on the Coal County jail mugshots page.
Coal County Jail Visits and Money
No Coal County-specific visitation schedule, mail rule, commissary vendor, phone vendor, video-visit vendor, or deposit page was located. Do not assume another Oklahoma county's jail vendor applies. The practical Coal County instruction is to call the sheriff's office before visiting, mailing, sending money, or setting up phone service.
| Topic | Coal County Finding | Best Next Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No official schedule found | Call and confirm days, times, ID, age rules, dress code, and visitor list. |
| No official format found | Confirm inmate-name and booking-number format before mailing. | |
| Money and commissary | No local vendor found | Ask about kiosk, money order, online vendor, fees, and cut-off times. |
| Phones or tablets | No provider found | Ask jail staff for the current account setup method. |
| State prison deposits | ODOC uses JPay and MoneyGram methods | Use ODOC instructions only after the person is in ODOC custody. |
ODOC visitation and deposit rules are different. ODOC visits require approval and its money page lists JPay, MoneyGram, phone, and mail options for state prisoners. Those rules should not be used for Coal County Jail unless the person has already moved into ODOC custody.
Federal and ICE Custody
Coal County is in the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Oklahoma, but no federal jail or BOP facility was found inside Coal County. Federal pretrial defendants can move through USMS custody and contract arrangements. Sentenced federal prisoners should be searched through the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present.
ICE custody is separate from Coal County Jail and ODOC. The ICE Online Detainee Locator can be searched by A-number and country of birth, or by name, country of birth, and date of birth. If a local jail release is blocked by a federal or immigration hold, jail staff should verify the current hold. A state court case alone will not answer every federal or ICE custody question.
Oklahoma VINELink is also available for custody and case notification. Oklahoma VINELink is a notification service, not the same thing as a Coal County jail roster.
Coal County Detention Facilities
The facility map found one local detention facility for Coal County. It should be treated as the primary local jail for Coal County inmate population and custody questions. No separate county jail annex, work-release site, regional detention center, state prison, BOP facility, or ICE facility was found in Coal County official sources.
- Coal County Jail holds people arrested in Coal County, pretrial detainees, local sentenced misdemeanants if held locally, warrant arrests, and people waiting for court, bond, or transfer.
The county courthouse cluster matters for record access. The sheriff, Court Clerk, District Attorney, county offices, and Coalgate public-safety functions are all tied to Main Street addresses in downtown Coalgate. That makes the practical record path local: sheriff and jail for current custody, Court Clerk and ODCR for filed cases, DA for prosecution, and ODOC/BOP/ICE only when custody leaves the county system.
Coal County Jail Terms
Several terms appear across Coal County inmate population, jail, and court records. Knowing the difference keeps a custody search from going to the wrong office.
- Booking
- Administrative intake after arrest, including identity, property, fingerprint, photo, and jail-register steps.
- Jail register
- Public jail booking-log category named by Oklahoma law for information recorded at incarceration.
- Filed charge
- The charge formally placed into the court record by the prosecutor or grand jury.
- Detainer or hold
- Another agency's request or legal basis to keep a person in custody.
- DOC
- Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the state system for sentenced prisoners and supervision.
Coal County Inmate Population FAQ
Is there a Coal County online inmate roster? No official county-run online jail roster was found in the sources reviewed. Start with the sheriff's office for current custody, then use court, state, or federal tools based on the person's status.
How big is the Coal County inmate population? The only specific local jail figure found was 15 in a BJS-derived 2013 table. Current jail population and rated capacity were not published online by the county.
Where are sentenced Coal County inmates searched? After state sentencing and transfer, use OK Offender Lookup. Federal and immigration custody use BOP, USMS, or ICE channels instead.
Note: Coal County current custody should be verified with the sheriff because official web sources did not publish a live roster count.