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 on September 24, 2026.
Pawnee County, Oklahoma, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pawnee County is held at the county jail, run by the Pawnee 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: Pawnee County public records, Pawnee County arrest records, Pawnee County warrants, Pawnee County criminal records, Pawnee County court records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pawnee County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pawnee County is held at the county jail, run by the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office at pawneecountysook.gov/inmate-search.php (page title: Inmate Search | Pawnee County Sheriff's Office), phone 918-762-2565, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Pawnee County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 22 people, down from about 52 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 95 beds, and it ran at 55 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pawnee County has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pawnee County Jail
The Pawnee County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Cleveland, Pawnee and Jennings make the arrests that end in a booking in Pawnee County.
The Mannford Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Pawnee County, so its arrests are not broken out for Pawnee County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Cleveland's 114 for 2025, Pawnee's 88 for 2025 and the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office's 86 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Pawnee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 290 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee County?
Look on the custody page of the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office at pawneecountysook.gov/inmate-search.php, or call 918-762-2565. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Pawnee County jail?
About 22 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 95 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pawnee County jail?
918-762-2565, the number on the page of the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pawnee County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Pawnee 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.