Medium security (men) · State Prison · Oklahoma DOC

Joseph Harp Correctional Center

Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma

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Call Visiting Office: 405-527-5593 Info last verified: June 2026

A medium-security state prison for men in Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, that houses a Mental Health Unit and a Youthful Offender Program and provides inpatient and specialty medical care.

Statewide rules that apply at every Oklahoma DOC prison

These rules are set by Oklahoma DOC and apply at every unit. The full list — including all permitted and prohibited items and the approval process — is in Visiting in Oklahoma.

Dress code

Dress modestly and follow the approved-attire list — no revealing, transparent, or provocative clothing, nothing resembling what incarcerated people or staff wear, and no gang-related items; each facility may turn away a visitor who is dressed out of code, so confirm the rules before traveling.
Leave personal items in the vehicle — visitors may bring only identification, a car key, and coins for the vending machines; phones and other electronic devices are not allowed inside.

ID: Every visitor must be approved on the incarcerated person's list before visiting — submit a Visitor Application Form (online or by mail to the Visitation Unit, P.O. Box 11400, Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0400) and pass a background check (ages 18 and older); approval can take up to 90 days. Bring a government-issued photo ID to each visit.
What to bring: Bring only identification, a car key, and coins for vending — phones, bags, and other personal items are not permitted in the visiting room. Money for the person's trust account is sent through JPay, never handed over at a visit.
Scheduling: All visits are scheduled in advance through the statewide Visitation Unit (405-768-3269) — there are no walk-ins, and requests must be received by Wednesday at 1 p.m. for that period. Saturday and Sunday visiting is available at every facility (additional weekdays vary), generally 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Men enter the system through the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center; women through the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center.

Full statewide rules: Visiting in Oklahoma

Overview

Joseph Harp Correctional Center (JHCC) is a medium-security state prison for men in Lexington, in Cleveland County, central Oklahoma. It is operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (Oklahoma DOC), the agency that runs the state’s adult prisons.

Oklahoma processes incoming male commitments through the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC), a separate facility in the same town, before assigning a custody level and a permanent facility. Because families are not notified of routine transfers, the Oklahoma DOC Offender Lookup is the way to confirm where someone is currently held. The locator uses each person’s seven-digit ODOC number.

What Makes Joseph Harp Correctional Center Different

According to Oklahoma DOC, Joseph Harp Correctional Center operates a Mental Health Unit and a Youthful Offender Program in addition to its general-population housing. The facility is also one of the two sites in the state system that provide inpatient and specialty medical care — the other being Mabel Bassett Correctional Center — so people from other prisons may be transferred here for that care. The custody level and housing unit assigned to an individual affect day-to-day movement and whether a visit is contact or non-contact, so the rules a family encounters can differ from one person to another.

A second state facility, the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC), is also located in Lexington in Cleveland County and serves as the statewide reception and assessment center for men. Because both facilities are in the same town, the Oklahoma DOC Offender Lookup is the way to confirm which of the two holds a particular person before arranging a visit or sending anything.

Visiting

The statewide Oklahoma DOC rules above — the approved visitor list, the dress code, ID, and item limits — apply at Joseph Harp Correctional Center. The facility’s own arrangements:

Approval first: Every visitor must be on the incarcerated person’s approved visitor list. Each visitor submits a Visitor Application Form (online or by mail to the Visitation Unit, P.O. Box 11400, Oklahoma City, OK 73136-0400) and passes a background check (ages 18 and older); approval can take up to 90 days.
Scheduling: All visits are scheduled in advance through the statewide Visitation Unit at 405-768-3269. There are no walk-ins, and schedule requests must be received by Wednesday at 1 p.m. for that period.
Days and hours: Saturday and Sunday are available, with additional weekdays varying by facility; sessions run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact visits: Whether a visit is contact or non-contact depends on the person’s security level and housing unit; restrictive-housing visits are non-contact.

Getting There and Parking

Joseph Harp Correctional Center is at 16161 Moffat Rd., Lexington, OK 73051, in Cleveland County in central Oklahoma, south of Norman and the Oklahoma City metro area. The area is rural, and there is no scheduled public transit to the prison; visitors generally arrive by private vehicle. Parking is on site. Because the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center is also in Lexington, confirm the person’s facility, visiting schedule, and visitation status before making the trip.

Nearby Services

Cleveland County’s larger services are in and around Norman, roughly a half-hour drive north, which has full-service hospital emergency rooms, lodging, fuel, and restaurants. The Oklahoma City metro area is farther north for additional options.

Mail

Oklahoma DOC routes incoming personal mail through an off-site digital vendor. As of September 1, 2024, letters and photos are mailed to the Securus Digital Mail Center in Dallas, where they are scanned and delivered to the inmate as a digital color image on a Securus tablet or kiosk — the original is not delivered. Inmates without device access get a free black-and-white printout. Address personal mail exactly as:

Inmate’s Full Name + ODOC Number Securus Digital Mail Center - Okla. Dept. of Corrections P.O. Box 223566 Dallas, TX 75222-3566

Illegible or incorrectly addressed mail may be returned or delayed.

Legal mail and special correspondence are not sent to the digital center — they go directly to the facility and are handled under the rules for privileged mail. Publications (magazines, newspapers, books) also go to the facility and must come directly from the publisher or an approved vendor. Packages cannot be sent to the digital mail center and must go to the facility.

Learn More

Visiting in Oklahoma — the approved visitor list, scheduling through the Visitation Unit, dress code, and what you can bring.
Mail in Oklahoma — how Oklahoma’s digital mail scanning works and where to send letters, legal mail, and publications.
Phone & Video in Oklahoma — setting up calls, tablets, and video visits through Securus.
Sending Money in Oklahoma — depositing to a trust account through JPay.
Medical Care in Oklahoma — how health care works in Oklahoma DOC facilities.
Transfers & Reception in Oklahoma — intake at LARC (men) and Mabel Bassett (women) and how people move between facilities.

Sources

This page is compiled from the following publicly available sources. Policies change without notice — confirm current details with the facility before relying on them.