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.
Muskogee County, Oklahoma, has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Muskogee County is held at the county jail, run by the Muskogee 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 Muskogee County
The county jail, run by the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Muskogee County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office at muskogeeso.org/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Muskogee County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, 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 Muskogee County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 260 people, down from about 280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 280 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Muskogee County has about 67,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 39 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Muskogee County Jail
The Muskogee County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Muskogee, Fort Gibson, Haskell, Warner, Porum and Webbers Falls make the arrests that end in a booking in Muskogee County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Muskogee County: Muskogee City Schools (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Muskogee's 564 for 2025, the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office's 135 for 2025 and Fort Gibson's 46 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Muskogee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 817 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 Muskogee 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 Muskogee 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 Muskogee County?
Look on the custody page of the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office at muskogeeso.org/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Muskogee County jail?
About 260 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 280 beds.
What is the phone number for the Muskogee County jail?
877-654-8463, the number on the page of the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Muskogee County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Muskogee 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.