Jess Dunn Correctional Center Inmate Lookup

Jess Dunn Correctional Center Overview

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections lists Jess Dunn Correctional Center as a male minimum-security state prison in Taft, about 10 miles west of Muskogee. That location matters for Muskogee County inmate searches because the county has both a downtown county jail and two ODOC prisons in Taft. Jess Dunn is not the place to search for a new county arrest, a municipal booking, or a person awaiting a first court appearance after arrest. It is a state facility for men who have moved into ODOC custody after sentencing or other state-prison placement.

ODOC gives the facility address as 601 South 124th Street West, Taft, OK 74463, and the mailing address as P.O. Box 316, Taft, OK 74463. The agency lists the main facility phone as (918) 682-7841, fax as 405-605-0123, and Warden Joshua Cultrera as the facility warden. ODOC describes Jess Dunn as holding more than 1,100 male inmates. The prison covers approximately 1,100 acres, includes four dormitories and a farm, and added a 42-bed segregated housing unit in 2000 that ODOC says was constructed with inmate labor.

Jess Dunn Correctional Center Capacity and Population

The sourced population figure for this facility is ODOC's current public description of more than 1,100 male inmates. The research did not locate a separate official rated-capacity number for Jess Dunn, so the stat block below avoids treating the population description as a rated bed count. For local context, this state-prison population is separate from the Muskogee County Jail roster count, which covers local jail custody in downtown Muskogee rather than ODOC custody in Taft.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Jess Dunn Correctional Center

Use OK Offender Lookup for Jess Dunn Correctional Center. The county jail search is for current Muskogee County Jail custody and may show people held for Muskogee County, local police departments, or tribal law-enforcement agencies. It is not the controlling search tool once a person is in ODOC state-prison custody. The ODOC lookup page may require users to accept a disclaimer before searching, and the research notes that ODOC describes its public information as abbreviated rather than a complete sentence or release calculation.

The ODOC offender lookup screenshot captured for this project shows the public entry point and disclaimer page for the state locator.

1. Open the ODOC locator at okoffender.doc.ok.gov and accept any disclaimer shown by the system.
2. Search by the person's name or, when available, the seven-digit ODOC number. The ODOC number is especially important for deposits, mail, and avoiding mistaken identity.
3. Review the matching profile for facility placement. Confirm that the listed facility is Jess Dunn Correctional Center before using the Taft address, phone number, or visitation rules.
4. If the person is not listed at Jess Dunn, check whether the person is still in the Muskogee County Jail, another ODOC facility such as Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center, federal custody, or a recently changed status not yet reflected in a public record.

Jess Dunn Correctional Center Address and Contact

Call the facility before relying on a travel plan, mailing format, or visitation assumption. State-prison status can change because of transfer, discipline, earned level, medical movement, court transport, or ODOC classification decisions. For broader statewide policy questions, ODOC headquarters is in Oklahoma City, but facility-specific questions should start with Jess Dunn's published contact information.

Visiting Someone at Jess Dunn Correctional Center

Jess Dunn visits follow ODOC statewide visitation rules, not Muskogee County Jail video-visitation rules. Visitors must submit an application, and visitors age 18 or older are subject to a background check. ODOC says approval may take up to 90 days. Do not arrive without approval and a scheduled visit; the current state rule is that all visits must be scheduled and walk-ins are not allowed.

Schedule requests are due by Wednesday at 1 p.m. for the upcoming visiting period, and no changes or additions are accepted after that deadline unless facility administration approves. Visitors should expect identification checks, pat searches, possible metal detector or canine searches, and limits on belongings. Minors require guardianship documentation, and a visitor who turns 18 must submit a separate adult application.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Jess Dunn Correctional Center

State-prison money goes through JPay only. ODOC specifically requires the full seven-digit ODOC number for deposits. Do not use Cash App, Venmo, or an informal transfer method for an ODOC inmate account. JPay deposits can be made online, by mobile app, by phone at 800-574-5729, through MoneyGram receive code 6365 with the ODOC number, or by money order or cashier's check with a deposit slip mailed to JPay, P.O. Box 278320, Miramar, FL 33027.

The ODOC send-money screenshot captured for this project is a matched successful manifest image and shows the JPay deposit methods and fee table.

Sentencing, Transfer, and Intake at Jess Dunn

Jess Dunn does not operate like the Muskogee County Jail booking counter. A new local arrest normally begins with the arresting agency, the county jail roster, and court filing decisions. Jess Dunn enters the picture after a state-prison custody route, when a sentenced person is received, classified, and placed by ODOC. If a name disappears from the county jail roster after sentencing, that does not automatically mean release. It may mean the person moved into ODOC custody and must be searched in OK Offender Lookup instead.

Because ODOC placement is a statewide classification process, the public should avoid assuming that a person sentenced in Muskogee County will remain in Taft. Facility placement can change after reception, program assignment, security review, disciplinary status, medical needs, or bed movement. The practical check is to search the ODOC locator first, confirm the current facility, and then use that facility's exact mail, money, phone, and visiting rules.

History, Programs, and Taft Context

Jess Dunn's site has a long institutional history before its ODOC role. ODOC says the property was built in 1932 as a mental hospital for African-American patients, later served as a tuberculosis sanitarium, became a juvenile girls facility, and then operated as a co-ed home. ODOC took over the site in 1980 from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. The facility is named for Jess Dunn, warden of Oklahoma State Penitentiary from 1938 until he died during an inmate escape attempt and shootout in 1941.

Programs at Jess Dunn include CareerTech offerings through the Taft Skills Center for Jess Dunn. The listed programs are Career Readiness/Life Skills, Carpentry/Cabinetmaking, and HVAC. Those programs are different from a county jail's short-term custody services and fit the state-prison setting, where sentenced inmates may be assigned to work, education, treatment, or vocational tracks according to ODOC rules.

Local geography also helps explain why Muskogee County custody searches can be confusing. The Oklahoma Historical Society describes Taft as one of Oklahoma's historic All-Black towns and places it west of Muskogee. OHS notes that Taft has two state correctional facilities: Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center for women and Jess Dunn Correctional Center for men. That makes Muskogee County different from counties where the only local detention address is the sheriff's jail. A complete county inmate-population search may require checking the sheriff roster for local jail custody and ODOC for state-prison custody.