Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 11, 2026.
Woodward County, Oklahoma, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Woodward County is held at the county jail, run by the Woodward 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: Woodward County public records, Woodward County arrest records, Woodward County warrants, Woodward County criminal records, Woodward County court records, Oklahoma arrest records and Oklahoma inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Woodward County
The county jail, run by the Woodward County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Woodward County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Woodward County Sheriff's Office at woodward.okcounties.org/departments/woodward-county-jail/inmate-mail (page title: Inmate Mail), 1600 Main Street Suite 1 Woodward, OK 73801, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Woodward County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 43 people, down from about 90 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 142 beds, and it ran at 63 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Woodward County has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Woodward County Jail
The Woodward County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Woodward and Mooreland make the arrests that end in a booking in Woodward County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Woodward's 306 for 2025, the Woodward County Sheriff's Office's 51 for 2025 and Mooreland's 7 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Woodward County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 364 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 Woodward 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 Woodward 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 Woodward County?
Ask the Woodward County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at woodward.okcounties.org.
How many people are in the Woodward County jail?
About 43 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 142 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Woodward County go?
To a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
Is this the official Woodward 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.