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Aug 30, 2015 · The doors of the newly completed Oklahoma County jail officially open, amid speeches and ceremony outside the $52 million structure at 201 N Shartel Ave. in downtown Oklahoma City. The jail was funded by a temporary 1-cent sales tax that ended Oct. 31, 1988. Jan. 15, 1992.
Oklahoma County Detention Center. 201 N. Shartel Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73102. 405-713-1930. All visitation is through video with GettingOut, either onsite or remotely. A reservation must be made by calling 405-713-2015. Each inmate is allowed one free 15-minute local onsite visit. A second onsite 15-minute visit is offered for $3.75.
- Oklahoma County Jail Trust Takes Over
- Covid-19 Cases at Jail Surge
- Jail Inmates Escape
- Inmate Dies After Testing Positive For Covid-19
- Officers Cleared After Man's Death
- Jail Detention Officers Fired
- 19-Year-Old Inmate Assaulted
- Inmate Beat to Death by Cellmate
- Convicted Kidnapper Escapes Jail
- Detention Officers Arrested, Fired
July 1, 2020: The Oklahoma County Jail Trust officiallytakes over management of the county jail, removing the sheriff’s office from operations and bringing in a small team of administrators, most with experience from the state’s corrections system.
July 28, 2020:As COVID-19 surges locally, 33 inmates and six people who work at the jail test positive. More than 540 inmates are placed in quarantine. The outbreak comes as the jail population climbs above 1,900, its highest in years.
July 31, 2020:Two inmates escape the 12th floor of the jail by breaking glass blocks in their cell and climbing down a rope of bedsheets. Jail officials are unaware of the escape until notified by Oklahoma City police. Both inmates are recaptured the same day.
Aug. 4, 2020:Inmate Clarence Merrell, 64, dies at a hospital more than a week after testing positive for COVID-19. He had multiple health issues.
Sept. 13, 2020:Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater clears officers of legal wrongdoing in the May death of Olain Jefferson Jr., a 56-year-old Black man who died following a struggle with officers at the jail.
Oct. 2, 2020: Two senior detention officers at the jail are fired and charged with assault and battery over a confrontation with an inmate. An investigator reported the inmate was struck approximately 18 times.
Dec. 3, 2020:According to court documents, 11 inmates assaulted a 19-year-old inmate, striking him several times from behind with a broom handle, knocking out two of his teeth and causing him to require seven stitches above his left eye.
Jan. 2: Inmate Brad Leon Lane, 40, is beaten to death with his own walking boot as detention officers fail to respond for 40 minutes despite repeated calls from another inmate. Prater opens an investigation into whether jail administrators and jail trustees bear any blame for the death. Lane's cellmate confessed and was charged with first-degree mu...
Jan. 27:Convicted kidnapper Jesus Rubio escapes, leaving through an open garage door while no one is looking. Jail officials don't notify police of his absence for nearly an hour. Police recapture Rubio about two hours later.
Feb. 25: Two Oklahoma County detention officers are arrested and fired after an investigation into the smuggling of drugs, cellphones and other contraband into jail.
- Don Mecoy
- Managing Editor
Aug 14, 2020 · Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the number of jail trust meetings that Oklahoma County Sheriff P.D. Taylor has attended. Before daybreak, Pablo Daniel Robledo and Jose Balentin Hernandez squeezed through a broken window in their cell on the 12th floor of the Oklahoma County Detention Center on July 31 and used a 100-foot long rope made of jail bedsheets to climb down the ...
Jan 9, 2024 · The push for a new Oklahoma County Jail is nearly twenty years in the making. ... January 9th, 2024 ... Oklahoma City, OK 73102. 405-843-6641. Our Lobby Hours. Mon-Fri.
Jan 27, 2019 · 0:49. Almost since the day it opened, the Oklahoma County jail has been a constant source of problems. Walls leak. Mold grows so quickly that jail staff can't stay ahead of it. And over the past five years, an inmate has died in jail custody, on average, roughly every six weeks. For decades, Oklahoma County commissioners have struggled to come ...
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The Oklahoma County Jail is a modernist building. It is surrounded by varied architectural styles. To its east, the more ornamental classical architecture of the Civic Center Music Hall and City Hall exude power and contain Art Deco Elements.
