Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Chickasha, Oklahoma, in Grady County, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Chickasha is held at the county jail, run by the Grady County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Chickasha
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Chickasha is held at the county jail, run by the Grady County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Grady County Sheriff's Office at gradycosheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Grady County Sheriff's Office), phone (405) 222-5085, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Grady County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 550 people, down from about 580 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 760 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Grady County has about 58,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 95 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Grady County Jail
The Grady County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Chickasha (filed by the FBI as Chickasha Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Chickasha.
The Blanchard Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Grady County, so its arrests are not broken out for Grady County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Chickasha's 340 for 2025, the Grady County Sheriff's Office's 259 for 2025 and Tuttle's 78 for 2025.
Together, the nine agencies in Grady County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 783 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Chickasha arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Grady County serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Chickasha?
Look on the custody page of the Grady County Sheriff's Office at gradycosheriff.com/inmate-search, or call (405) 222-5085. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Grady County jail?
About 550 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 760 beds.
What is the phone number for the Grady County jail?
(405) 222-5085, the number on the page of the Grady County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Grady County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Chickasha website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.