The Oklahoma Department of Corrections operates more than 15 state correctional facilities and contracts with private and county facilities to house a total population of approximately 26,000 incarcerated people. Here is a complete guide for families.
Finding Your Loved One
Oklahoma DOC provides a free public offender search through its website at oklahoma.gov/doc — navigate to "Offender Lookup." Search by name or DOC number. The search returns current facility, sentence information, and projected release date. For newly booked individuals, allow a few days for intake processing before the system reflects a permanent placement.
Phone Calls: ICSolutions
Oklahoma DOC uses ICSolutions for inmate telephone services. To receive calls:
- Create a free account at icsolutions.com
- Register the phone number where you want to receive calls
- Fund your account
- Confirm your number is on the inmate's approved call list
Inmates call out — you cannot call in. All calls except attorney calls are monitored and recorded.
Sending Money: JPay
Oklahoma DOC uses JPay for inmate trust account deposits. Go to JPay.com, search the inmate under Oklahoma DOC, and deposit by card. Fees apply. Money orders to the facility are also accepted.
State-Issued Tablets
Oklahoma DOC provides state-issued tablets to inmates for communication, education, and programming access. The tablets run through the DOC's approved platform and allow electronic messaging with family. Families need to create an account on the compatible platform — confirm with the inmate which system their facility uses and how to connect. Note: as the Cory Stegall case demonstrated, tablets can also be used by inmates to send urgent safety communications — take those messages seriously.
Visiting Oklahoma State Prisons
General visiting requirements:
- Approved visitor list — the inmate submits visitor information through their housing officer or case manager
- Valid government-issued photo ID required at every visit
- Dress code enforced — no camouflage, no clothing similar to inmate uniforms, no revealing clothing
- Visiting schedules and any facility-specific restrictions at oklahoma.gov/doc under each facility
Oklahoma's Deaths in Custody Dashboard
Oklahoma DOC maintains a public deaths dashboard at oklahoma.gov/doc/deaths-in-custody.html showing every in-custody death by facility, date, age, and manner of death. Families can use this to check whether a death at a specific facility is in the public record.
Parole in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board makes release recommendations for eligible inmates. Families can participate in parole proceedings by submitting support letters and, in some cases, attending hearings. The board website is ppb.ok.gov.
Oklahoma DOC headquarters: 3400 North Martin Luther King Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73136. Phone: (405) 425-2500. Website: oklahoma.gov/doc.
Further reading for families
For practical guidance on supporting your loved one, see our step-by-step guides on how to bail someone out of jail, how to write a letter to an inmate, and why inmate phone calls are so expensive — and what families can do to reduce those costs.
Many of these services are run by private companies. See how the main providers work, including fees and how to sign up: Securus, ViaPath (GTL), JPay, Access Corrections, CorrLinks, GettingOut. For every phone, video, money, mail, and care-package company, browse our full inmate service provider directory.