SearchSystems Editorial

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 September 30, 2026.

About this guide

Sand Springs, Oklahoma, in Tulsa County, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sand Springs is held at the county jail, run by the Tulsa 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.

Related guides: Sand Springs public records, Tulsa County inmate search, Sand Springs arrest records, Sand Springs warrants, Sand Springs criminal records, Sand Springs court records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.

The Tulsa County Jail by the Numbers

On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 4 people, down from about 1,440 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,014 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.

Tulsa County has about 694,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 0.1 people for every 10,000 residents.

Who Books People Into the Tulsa County Jail

The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sand Springs (filed by the FBI as Sand Springs Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Sand Springs.

The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments and three other agencies in Tulsa County (the arrest records guide names each one).

The Sapulpa Police Department, the Skiatook Police Department and the Mannford Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Tulsa County, so their arrests are not broken out for Tulsa County here.

The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Tulsa's 14,589 for 2025, Broken Arrow's 1,356 for 2025 and the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office's 1,178 for 2025.

Together, the ten agencies in Tulsa County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 19,329 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 Sand Springs arrest records.

From the Jail to State Prison

A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists its inmates at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find an inmate in Sand Springs?

Ask the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office at (918)596-8900; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tcso.org/jailinformation.

How many people are in the Tulsa County jail?

About 4 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 2,014 beds.

What is the phone number for the Tulsa County jail?

(918)596-8900, the number on the page of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.

Where do people sentenced to prison in Tulsa County go?

To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.

Is this the official Sand Springs 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.