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Tulsa County Jail Roster Overview

The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and posts its roster online. Sheriff Vic Regalado leads the agency that books, houses, and releases people in local custody. The official tool is the TCSO 365Labs Community Portal inmate list. It updates as new bookings and releases are processed, so the data shifts through the day.

This roster covers Tulsa County jail inmates only. It does not list people sent to state prison after sentencing, federal detainees, or immigration holds in other systems. A name can drop off the county list once the person is transferred or released. Always treat the Tulsa County roster as a current snapshot rather than a full history.

The Sheriff's jail information page gathers visitation, money, and rule details alongside the roster link. You can open the TCSO jail information page to reach those resources from one screen. It is the simplest way to confirm current jail policies before you visit or send funds.

The page also points to the inmate handbook, which spells out housing, phone, and commissary rules. Reviewing it first answers many of the questions families ask after a booking.

County Jail, State Prison, and Federal Custody

Custody is not one system. The Tulsa County jail holds people who are awaiting court, serving short terms, or waiting on transfer. Once a person is sentenced to prison, the state takes over. Federal cases run through their own agencies. Each level has its own lookup tool.

For sentenced state inmates after transfer, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections offender lookup is the right tool, found at oklahoma.gov/doc/offender-info/offender-lookup.html. For federal inmates, the Bureau of Prisons keeps a national locator. You can search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator when a case is federal rather than county or state.

The federal locator covers people in Bureau of Prisons custody across the country. If a person is not on the county roster and was never in state prison, a federal search is the next logical step.

Note: A person can move between these systems quickly, so if the county roster comes up empty, check the state or federal tool before assuming the booking never happened.

How to Use the Tulsa County Inmate Roster

The roster is built to be simple. You reach it through the official community portal and look for a current inmate. The portal lists people in custody and lets you open a profile for more detail. A few steps cover most searches.

1. Open the TCSO 365Labs Community Portal inmate list, the official Tulsa County Sheriff's Office portal.
2. Enter the person's name in the search or filter field, if one is shown.
3. If no search box appears, browse the current inmate list using the portal controls.
4. Review the matching results and confirm the name, age, and booking date.
5. Click the person's entry to open the full profile and read the charges and custody details.

The portal is rendered in the browser, so controls may load after the page opens. If a name does not appear, the person may not be in county custody, or the booking may not be posted yet.

Tulsa County Roster Search Fields

The community portal keeps its inputs minimal. It is built around a current inmate list with name filtering rather than a long form. The table below describes what the public interface offers.

Because the interface exposes little beyond a name, browsing the live list is sometimes faster than searching. The profile page is where the detail lives.

What a Tulsa County Inmate Profile Shows

A profile gathers the public booking details in one view. It identifies the person, the charges, and the custody status. The fields below are the ones a jail roster entry is expected to display.

Sensitive details are left out. Housing assignments, medical status, protective custody, suicide watch, juvenile information, and victim data are not treated as public. The charge entry links the booking to the court file, where the filed charges after arrest are tracked in full.

Tulsa County Jail Facilities

The county jail is the David L. Moss Criminal Justice Center in downtown Tulsa. The Sheriff's Office runs both the jail and its headquarters on the north side of the city. Each location handles different functions, so the right address depends on your need.

The jail handles bookings, custody, visitation, and inmate funds. Headquarters covers Sheriff administration and many records functions. For an inmate question, the jail line is the faster route.

Booking and Classification at the Jail

Booking starts the Tulsa County jail record. Staff record the person, the arresting agency, and the charges that brought them in. After booking, the jail classifies each inmate before assigning housing. Classification weighs the current charges, bond, and security concerns.

Inmates do not pick their own cell or pod. The handbook states that housing follows the classification review, not a request. This is why a profile may not always show a public housing location. Custody status can change as a case moves through arraignment, bond, and later hearings.

A booking often connects to other records. The charge entry ties back to the court file, and an open order can link to the county warrant records that led to the arrest. Following those threads gives a fuller picture than the roster alone.

Note: Booking data appears on the roster soon after intake, but charges and bond can be updated later as the court and jail finish processing the case.

Tulsa County Jail Visitation Schedule

Visitation runs on set hours and strict rules. On-site visits are non-contact, and video options widen the window. Only immediate documented relatives may visit in person, such as parents, grandparents, children, siblings, and spouses. Visitors bring photo identification and proof of relationship at sign-in.

The handbook allows one 30-minute in-person visit per week unless the privilege is suspended. Lobby video uses immediate relatives after a background check and counts toward that weekly visit. Off-site video skips the background check, is not limited to immediate relatives, and does not count against the weekly on-site visit. Attorney, bondsperson, and clergy visits are separate and do not count toward the limit.

Friends and fiances are not approved for in-person visits. Only documented relatives such as mothers, fathers, grandparents, sons, daughters, siblings, and a wife or husband qualify after a background check. Visitors prove the relationship with a document like a birth certificate, marriage license, or guardianship paper, plus a photo ID. A juvenile inmate may be visited only by a parent or guardian who shows proof of guardianship.

Visitor Rules and Denials

Visits come with conditions, and breaking them ends the visit. A visit can be denied or cut short for rule violations, dress-code problems, or trying to visit a different inmate than the one approved. Inappropriate behavior or a failure to prove identity and relationship also stops a visit. An inmate may refuse or end a visit as well.

Visitors with mobility impairments may use the handicap visitation area. If a visit is denied, the handbook allows an appeal to the Jail Administrator within seven days. Reading the current rules before arriving avoids a wasted trip downtown.

Note: Bring a valid photo ID and the right relationship document every time, because staff turn away visitors who cannot prove who they are or how they are related to the inmate.

Inmate Phone, Mail, and Commissary

Tulsa County inmates reach the outside through monitored channels. Phones sit in the pods and are available during free time. Calls are prepaid or collect, and inmates cannot receive incoming calls. Every call is recorded and may be monitored, and three-way or piggybacked calls are not allowed.

Commissary lets inmates buy approved items. It is available at least twice per week, and the cost is debited from the inmate's account. Orders go through a pod kiosk, or through staff when kiosk access is unavailable. Phone access is a privilege that can be turned off during counts, meals, or security events, and voicemail may be available when a call cannot connect.

The pod kiosk does more than commissary. Inmates use it to file requests, raise grievances, and ask for help, and staff handle requests when a kiosk is not reachable. Personal property, medical, and request matters all move through these facility systems rather than direct outside contact. Funds added to an account cover both phone time and commissary spending.

Note: Confirm current mailing rules and any postcard or scanning policy on the Sheriff's jail page before sending mail, since intake formats change and incorrect addressing can delay delivery.

Requesting Tulsa County Jail Records

Some Tulsa County jail records are not posted online. Booking documents, body-camera video, and incident reports come through the Sheriff's open-records process. That process runs by mail or email only, since hand delivery is not allowed. A clear, detailed request moves faster than a vague one.

Mail requests to the TCSO Public Information Officer at 6080 E. 66th St. North, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74117, or email pio@tcso.org. Crime victims are entitled to one free copy of their incident report, with fees applying to additional copies. Body-camera and 911 audio requests must use the required form and include enough incident detail to be processed. For the underlying court outcome, the matching Tulsa County criminal court file shows the charges, pleas, and disposition.

No App-Only Inmate Lookup

Some counties push inmate searches into a phone app. Tulsa County does not. A review of official agency pages found no dedicated Tulsa County Sheriff or Tulsa Police app for inmate or warrant lookups. The roster lives on the web portal, not in an app store download.

Tulsa Police run a full website with online reporting, warrant search, and open records, but no app-only inmate database. A local Crime Stoppers tip app exists for anonymous tips, yet it is not an official jail or roster tool. For an inmate search, use the official community portal and the Sheriff's jail information page rather than any app claiming to offer the same data.