Delaware County Jail Custody
The Delaware County Jail / Delaware County Justice Center is operated by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff site uses both "Delaware County Jail" and "Delaware County Justice Center" in public inmate-search text, so both names point to the same local custody channel. The facility is not a state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. It is the local jail for Delaware County, which means the roster is built around booking status, charges entered at intake, and custody changes made by jail staff.
People held there include new arrestees, pretrial detainees, warrant inmates, book-and-bond inmates, local sentenced inmates, and people held for another agency when that hold appears in the booking record. Live roster research found classification values such as PC Aff. Inmate, Warrant Inmate, and Book and Bond. Those labels are jail management terms, not proof of conviction.
Lookup Delaware County Jail Inmates
The official first stop is the Delaware County Jail inmate search. The page says it is updated hourly, lists current inmates by booking date, and lets users filter by name. A profile may show a booking photo, sex, race, age, city, inmate ID, booking date and time, charges, deposit and commissary links, a VINE notification button, and related booking cards. If no record appears, the person may have been released or transferred.
The official roster screenshot at the sheriff inmate-search page shows the name filter, hourly roster notice, booking cards, and VINE fallback.
The screenshot matches the practical search path: browse recent cards first, then type part of the person's name if the list is long.
- Open the sheriff inmate search and note that the list can change with each hourly update.
- Use the "Search by Name..." field for a first name, last name, or partial name.
- Open the booking card and compare name, age, city, booking date, inmate ID, and charges.
- If the person is missing, check Oklahoma VINE and call the jail for release, transfer, or hold status that is not clear online.
Delaware County Jail Contact
Use the jail phone first for current custody, bond, release, visitor, or same-day status questions that the online roster does not answer. The sheriff contact page places the jail and sheriff office at the Jay courthouse campus. The OKCounties page uses a nearby South 5th Street address, so visitors should confirm entrance, lobby, and parking before arrival.
Delaware County Jail / Delaware County Justice Center
327 S. 5th Street
Jay, OK 74346
Jail: (918) 253-4530
Main: (918) 253-2700 option 1
Dispatch: (918) 253-4531
County Sheriff Listing Context
322 S 5th St
Jay, OK 74346
Mailing: P.O. Box 476, Jay, OK 74346
OKCounties hours: 8:00-4:30
The sheriff contact screenshot at the Delaware County Sheriff's Office contact page documents the main, dispatch, and jail phone numbers used for this facility.
That contact page is the local fallback when a roster profile is stale, a person has just been booked, or a visitor needs lobby instructions.
Delaware County Jail Population
Population figures for Delaware County Jail need careful labels. The strongest current number is a point-in-time live roster count: the sheriff API returned 68 current BookingID records on June 25, 2026. That is not an annual average or capacity. The Prison Policy Initiative correctional facility locator listed Delaware County Jail with an 89 local facility count or capacity reference from Census 2020 vintage data, dated in the underlying locator to December 31, 2013. No current official rated capacity was located on reviewed sheriff, county, or OSDH pages.
| Measure | What the research supports | Use limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current custody count | 68 current BookingID records from the sheriff roster endpoint on June 25, 2026 | Point-in-time snapshot only |
| Historical local count | 89 in the Prison Policy Initiative Oklahoma facility locator | Historical context, not a current capacity claim |
| Rated capacity | No current official number located on reviewed county, sheriff, or OSDH pages | Do not infer from roster count |
Delaware County Jail Visits
Delaware County publishes visitor rules, but the captured official text did not provide a day-by-day visitation schedule. Call the jail before driving to Jay, then follow the documented lobby, ID, conduct, and prohibited-property rules. Visitors report to the lobby to register, and each visit is limited to 15 minutes. Only one adult may visit at a time, juveniles must be accompanied, and visitors are subject to search.
The official jail policy screenshot at the inmate mail and visitation page shows the local rules for visitors and correspondence.
The posted rules matter because the page does not give a public weekly calendar in the captured text, so compliance with those rules is the confirmed part of the visit process.
| Visitation item | Documented Delaware County Jail rule |
|---|---|
| Schedule | No day-by-day schedule found in the captured official text; confirm with the jail before arrival. |
| Registration | Visitors report to the lobby to register. |
| Identification | Valid passport or U.S./state government picture ID required. |
| Visit length | Each visit is 15 minutes. |
| Adult visitors | Only one adult visitor is allowed at a time. |
| Juveniles | Must be accompanied and cannot be left unattended. |
| Prohibited items | No food, beverages, purses, bags, cell phones, cameras, drugs, weapons, tobacco, alcohol, or contraband. |
Delaware County Jail Mail
General mail is opened and inspected for contraband, and it may be randomly read for safety or security threats. Jail rules allow censorship, seizure, return, or referral for prosecution when mail includes illegal content, escape plans, riot plans, threats, extortion, obscenity, code or gang signs, contraband, violence against law enforcement, explosive plans, or other security risks. Photos must not be sexual, must be unframed, must be no larger than 4x6, and must not be instant-camera photos.
Privileged mail has a different rule set. Legal, court, government, and elected-official mail is sealed by the inmate when outgoing. Incoming privileged mail may be opened in the inmate's presence for contraband, but it is not read or censored. Outgoing mail must include the Delaware County Jail return address and inmate sender name.
Delaware County Jail Commissary
Commissary for Delaware County Jail is handled through official vendor links published by the sheriff. The sheriff commissary page says Prodigy Solutions handles inmate commissary and links users to JailATM for web deposits. It also links to Tiger Commissary for Delaware OK County Jail. Orders must be completed by Friday morning before 9:00 a.m. Money can be added online by card, or at the lobby kiosk by cash, debit card, or credit card.
The screenshot from the sheriff commissary page shows the official Prodigy/JailATM and Tiger Commissary paths and the Friday order deadline.
The same page says money left in an inmate's account can be picked up only by the inmate after release, with weekend release balances handled Tuesday through Friday during the posted daytime window.
| Service | Provider or rule |
|---|---|
| Commissary handler | Prodigy Solutions through the sheriff's official vendor link. |
| Web deposits | JailATM/Prodigy credit or debit card deposits. |
| Online commissary | Tiger Commissary Delaware OK County Jail inmate selection by last name or first letter. |
| Order deadline | Friday morning before 9:00 a.m. |
| Lobby kiosk | Cash, debit card, or credit card deposits at the jail lobby kiosk. |
Delaware County Jail Records
Booking begins when a person is arrested or brought in on a warrant, transported to Delaware County Jail, identified, photographed, classified, entered with charges, and placed into custody or processed for bond. The public profile reflects parts of that path by showing booking date and time, inmate ID, demographics, city, photo when present, charges, and custody action links. The 72-hour booking report adds a recent-booking view with a print option.
For older records, missing booking details, or documents not shown online, use the Delaware County Sheriff's Office records page. The records division handles open-records requests. In-person request hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Victims may receive one free incident-report copy with ID. Some reports may be emailed, while others require subpoena. Provide the name, approximate booking date, BookingID or BookingNum if known, and record type needed.
Delaware County Jail Fallbacks
Not every custody record belongs in the county roster. If a person was booked in Delaware County and then released or transferred, Oklahoma VINE may be the best notification channel. If a person is sentenced to state prison after a felony case, use the Oklahoma Department of Corrections OK Offender locator. ODOC custody has separate mail, money, phone, and visitation rules, and JPay is the state prison money channel.
Federal and immigration custody are separate again. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers BOP custody and some former federal prisoners, not most county bookings. Federal pretrial custody may involve U.S. Marshals arrangements and federal court records. The ICE detainee locator is used for immigration detention. A person with an ICE detainer can appear in the county roster while physically booked in Delaware County, but ICE custody and removal records do not merge into it.
Note: Call the jail before travel or payment when a roster, VINE notice, or outside locator gives mixed custody information.
Delaware County Jail Oversight
Delaware County-specific jail programs, work release, GED, treatment, tablet services, and grievance details were not published in the sheriff pages reviewed, so those services should be confirmed with jail staff. Statewide jail standards still apply. The Oklahoma State Department of Health jail program oversees city and county detention facility standards under the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act and says these facilities are inspected at least once each year.
Those standards cover admission and release procedures, security, sanitation, diet, living areas, staff training, separation rules, medical care, 24-hour supervision, emergency exits, and inmate rules. They also define detention facilities, holding facilities, and lockups. Those definitions help explain why Delaware County Jail is the local detention point, while ODOC prisons and federal or ICE facilities use separate lookup systems after transfer.