Pontotoc County Jail Roster Overview
The Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office operates the county jail function through the Pontotoc County Justice Center in Ada. The official sheriff page lists Sheriff Arnold Scott, Undersheriff Shannon Butler, the administrative office at 117 West 13th St., Ada, OK 74820, phone 580-332-4169, fax 580-332-5970, email sheriff@pontotoccountysheriff.com, and public office hours of 8:00am-4:00pm. The facility page for local custody is Pontotoc County Justice Center, located at 1814 N. Broadway Ave., Ada, OK 74820.
Pontotoc County does not publish a searchable inmate portal with a last-name search box, booking number field, profile page, or mugshot view in the accessible official source. Instead, the sheriff site publishes the Pontotoc County Daily Inmate List and the Pontotoc County Arrest Summary Report. Both are free public pages. No login, registration, search fee, or account step is shown. The county does not publish a refresh rate, a currentness statement, or a retention rule explaining how long released people stay on the list.
The Daily Inmate List is the first county channel for a person believed to be in the Pontotoc County Justice Center. It is not the right system for sentenced state prisoners, people already transported into the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, federal prisoners in Bureau of Prisons custody, or immigration detainees in ICE custody. Those searches move to ODOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink depending on the custody path.
How to Use the Pontotoc County Inmate List
Start with the county's official pages because they are the local source for the jail list and arrest summary. The public page is static, so the practical search tool is the browser's find command rather than an on-page form. On a desktop, use Ctrl+F. On a phone, use the browser's page-search option. Search by last name first, then compare first name, middle name, and booking date/time.
- Open the Pontotoc County Daily Inmate List from the sheriff site.
- Use browser find to search the surname because the county page has no built-in search box.
- Compare first name, middle name or middle marker, and Booking Date/Time when more than one person has the same last name.
- Open the Arrest Summary Report if the name is not found or if bond, release, arrest date, age, race, or offense details are needed.
- Check OSCN or ODCR when the issue is a filed court case, formal charge, warrant return, bond order, or disposition rather than a jail-list entry.
- Search ODOC Offender Lookup if the person may have been sentenced and transferred, or may be waiting for state-prison intake after sentencing.
- Use the BOP Inmate Locator for federal prisoners after BOP designation, and use the ICE Online Detainee Locator for immigration custody.
- Use VINELink Oklahoma for custody notification and release alerts where the person and agency are available.
- Call the Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office at 580-332-4169 or contact sheriff@pontotoccountysheriff.com during posted office hours if the online lists do not resolve custody.
Pontotoc County Daily Inmate List Fields
The official list does not accept typed searches. It displays a table of names and booking times. The captured list includes booking dates from earlier years, so the county page should not be treated as a live current-population dashboard unless the Sheriff's Office confirms currentness for the person being checked.
The screenshot source is the county's Daily Inmate List page.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Static table column | Not applicable | Surname displayed in all caps; no input box. |
| First | Static table column | Not applicable | First name displayed in all caps; no input box. |
| Middle | Static table column | Not applicable | Middle name, initial, or marker such as NMN may appear. |
| Booking Date/Time | Static table column | Not applicable | Observed format is MM/DD/YYYY HHMM, such as 03/26/2021 1617. |
| Buttons | None visible | Not applicable | No Search, Reset, Submit, Advanced Search, pagination, export, or sort controls were visible. |
| Notices | None visible | Not applicable | No refresh-rate, release-retention, or official currentness notice was visible. |
What a Pontotoc County Inmate Record Shows
The county's public inmate record is not a full jail profile. The Daily Inmate List shows name and booking time only. The Arrest Summary Report is broader, but it is still a static report without drill-down pages. Its fields can support a custody call, records request, bond question, or court-record search, but row alignment should be verified in the page view because text captures can flatten table data.
The arrest-detail screenshot comes from the official Pontotoc County Arrest Summary Report.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Last Name | Surname of the listed person on both official county list pages. |
| First | First name as displayed on the list or report. |
| Middle | Middle name, middle initial, or a marker such as NMN on the Daily Inmate List. |
| Booking Date/Time | Date and military-style time booked into the jail list, using an observed MM/DD/YYYY HHMM format. |
| Race | Shown on the Arrest Summary Report only. |
| Release Date/Time | Included in the Arrest Summary Report heading; verify exact row alignment on the official page. |
| Bond Amount | Shown on the Arrest Summary Report only, with decimal values observed. |
| Age At Report | Age displayed in the arrest report row. |
| Arrest Date/Time | Date and time of arrest as shown in the Arrest Summary Report. |
| Offense | May include abbreviated violation text, warrant language, failure-to-pay or failure-to-appear references, or a court case number. |
| Mugshot | Not shown on the official Daily Inmate List or Arrest Summary Report. |
| Housing, booking number, court date | Not shown. Use the Sheriff's Office, Court Clerk, ODCR, or OSCN depending on the record needed. |
Finding County, State, Federal, and ICE Inmates
Pontotoc County jail records cover local jail custody. ODOC records cover sentenced state prisoners and offenders in the state correctional system. ODOC states that after sentencing, an offender may normally wait six to nine months in county jail before being scheduled for transport into ODOC custody, with some short-sentence or court-return cases prioritized. That means a sentenced Pontotoc County defendant might still be physically at the county jail before appearing as an ODOC intake.
Federal and immigration custody are separate. Pontotoc County has no BOP prison or ICE detention facility located in the county in the official sources reviewed. A federal defendant from Pontotoc County may be in U.S. Marshals custody before BOP designation. Once in BOP custody, the locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE has its own detainee locator and does not use the county jail list as its public search tool.
Custody-system distinction: Use the Pontotoc County list for local jail custody, ODOC for sentenced Oklahoma prisoners, BOP for federal inmates after designation, ICE for immigration detention, and VINELink for notification where the participating agency appears.
| Custody | Where to Look | Important Limits |
|---|---|---|
| County pretrial, warrant, or short-sentence custody | Daily Inmate List, Arrest Summary Report, or Sheriff's Office | No search box, no profile page, no mugshot, no published retention policy. |
| Sentenced Oklahoma prisoner | Oklahoma Department of Corrections Offender Lookup | Information is abbreviated; release date may be confidential unless there is a legitimate need. |
| Federal prisoner | BOP Inmate Locator | Covers federal inmates from 1982 to present; federal pretrial custody may not appear before designation. |
| Immigration detainee | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE custody is separate from county jail custody and does not publish county jail mugshots. |
| Victim notification or custody alert | VINELink Oklahoma | Linked from the sheriff page; use it for alerts where the person or agency is available. |
Pontotoc County Jail Facility and Contact Card
The Facility Map for this project resolves to one jail facility page. No separate Ada city jail roster, Stonewall roster, regional jail, work-release annex, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was confirmed in Pontotoc County through the official sources reviewed. Local arrests by the Sheriff's Office, Ada Police, or other agencies route to the Pontotoc County Justice Center when county detention is required.
Pontotoc County Justice Center
1814 N. Broadway Ave.
Ada, OK 74820
Sheriff main phone: 580-332-4169
Operator: Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office
Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office
117 West 13th St.
Ada, OK 74820
Phone: 580-332-4169
Fax: 580-332-5970
Email: sheriff@pontotoccountysheriff.com
Hours: 8:00am-4:00pm
Booking Process in Pontotoc County
Local booking instructions are not published as a step-by-step sheriff FAQ, but the county sources and Oklahoma jail standards support the basic sequence. An arrest by the Sheriff's Office, Ada Police, or another local agency may lead to transport to the Pontotoc County Justice Center. The sheriff page says the office handles the jail, prisoner welfare, court transports, medical transports, DOC transports, mental-health transports, juvenile transports, and extraditions.
- Arrest or warrant service occurs through a local law-enforcement agency.
- Transport is made for jail processing when county detention is required.
- Admission paperwork and legal authority for custody are checked.
- The person is searched during admission, and property is inventoried and stored.
- A booking record may later appear on the Daily Inmate List with name and booking date/time.
- The Arrest Summary Report may add arrest date/time, bond amount, release date/time, age, race, and offense.
- Classification, segregation, supervision, and medical-care policies apply under Oklahoma jail standards.
- Formal charges, court dates, bond orders, and dispositions should be verified through the Court Clerk, ODCR, or OSCN because the jail offense line may differ from filed charges.
- Release can occur by bond, court order, sentence completion, transfer, or another agency action.
- State-sentenced offenders may remain in county custody before ODOC transport.
Visitation Hours and Rules
No sheriff-hosted public visitation schedule, visitor list rule, dress code, mail rule, trust-deposit page, commissary fee table, or phone-price table was located for the Pontotoc County Justice Center. County commissioner materials show FY 2024-2025 contract renewals with City Tele-Coin Company, LLC for inmate telephone, video visitation, and messaging, and CTC Commissary, LLC for commissary services at the Justice Center. Public setup steps, account rules, and rates still need confirmation with the facility.
| Service | Official Detail Found | Action Before Travel or Payment |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | No public sheriff schedule located. | Call 580-332-4169 before travel. |
| Video visitation | City Tele-Coin contract approved for telephone, video visitation, and messaging. | Confirm schedule URL, account setup, rates, and hours with the jail. |
| Visitor ID | Not published locally. | Ask what government ID or approval process applies. |
| Dress code | Not published locally. | Do not rely on unofficial directory rules; confirm with staff. |
| Children or minors | Not published locally. | Confirm supervision, ID, and relationship rules with the facility. |
| Attorney visits | No local web rule located. | Attorneys should contact the jail or court directly. |
Mail, Phone, Messaging, and Money
Because the county did not publish local mail formatting rules, the safest step is to confirm the accepted mailing address, inmate name format, ID requirement, contraband restrictions, publication rules, and legal-mail handling with the Pontotoc County Sheriff's Office before sending anything. The public list does not display a booking number, so staff confirmation matters before using a number-based mail or account system.
| Topic | County Information Found | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | No local jail mail rules located. | Confirm address format and allowed items with the jail. |
| Legal mail | No local web rule located. | Use attorney or jail direct confirmation. |
| Phone, video, messaging | City Tele-Coin contract approved in county materials. | Public-facing setup page and rates were not published in the official sources reviewed. |
| Commissary | CTC Commissary contract approved, with county commission noted in commissioner materials. | Deposit methods, limits, and user fees were not located on a public sheriff page. |
| State prisoners | ODOC uses separate mail and JPay rules for state custody. | Do not apply ODOC prison rules to Pontotoc County jail inmates. |
Confirm first: The county roster may be stale or incomplete. Verify custody, location, and account rules with the jail before sending money, mail, or visit requests.
Complete Access-Channel Chain
Use the county jail list for the first custody check, but keep the fallback chain close. The Sheriff's Office page links to VINELink, and the research found no dedicated official Pontotoc County Sheriff mobile app. MobilePatrol has a general public-safety app listing, but Pontotoc County participation was not confirmed as an official county channel, so it should not replace the sheriff list, ODOC, court records, VINELink, or direct records requests.
| Channel | Use It For | Source or Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Inmate List | Name and booking date/time on the official static jail list. | County sheriff page |
| Arrest Summary Report | Race, release date/time, bond amount, age, arrest date/time, and offense when shown. | County sheriff page |
| Phone or in person | Current custody, list ambiguity, records questions, visit or account confirmation. | 117 West 13th St., Ada, OK 74820; 580-332-4169; sheriff@pontotoccountysheriff.com |
| Records request | Booking, arrest, jail, or mugshot material not published online. | Ask the record-holding agency under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. |
| ODOC | Sentenced Oklahoma prisoners and state correctional records. | ODOC Offender Lookup |
| BOP and ICE | Federal prison or immigration custody. | BOP and ICE |
| VINELink | Custody notification and release alerts where available. | VINELink Oklahoma |