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 4, 2026.
Adair County, Oklahoma, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Adair County is held at the county jail, run by the Adair 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: Adair County public records, Adair County arrest records, Adair County warrants, Adair County criminal records, Adair County court records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Adair County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Adair County is held at the county jail, run by the Adair County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Adair County Sheriff's Office at youradaircountysheriff.com (page title: Adair County Sheriff Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Adair County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 72 people, down from about 86 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 95 beds, and it ran at 91 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Adair County has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 37 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Adair County Jail
The Adair County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Stilwell, Westville and Watts make the arrests that end in a booking in Adair County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Stilwell's 343 for 2025, the Adair County Sheriff's Office's 111 for 2025 and Westville's 84 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies in Adair County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 466 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 Adair County 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 Adair 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 Adair County?
Ask the Adair County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at youradaircountysheriff.com.
How many people are in the Adair County jail?
About 72 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 95 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Adair County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Adair County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.