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.
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, has about 43,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pittsburg County is held at the county jail, run by the Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg County
The county jail, run by the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pittsburg County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office at pittsburgsheriff.com/jail-roster (page title: Jail Roster | Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office), 1210 N West St McAlester, OK 74501, 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 Pittsburg County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 170 people, up from about 91 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 214 beds, and it ran at 43 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pittsburg County has about 43,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 38 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pittsburg County Jail
The Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for McAlester, Krebs, Hartshorne, Quinton, Haileyville, Savanna and one more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Pittsburg County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pittsburg County: McAlester Public Schools (other agency); Kiamichi Technology Center (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were McAlester's 519 for 2025, the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office's 116 for 2025 and Krebs's 61 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in Pittsburg County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 776 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 Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg County?
Look on the custody page of the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office at pittsburgsheriff.com/jail-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Pittsburg County jail?
About 170 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 214 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pittsburg County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Pittsburg 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.