Mabel Bassett Correctional Center

Oklahoma's statewide women's reception and assessment center in McLoud; a general-population women's prison, the women's medical and mental-health hub, and where a woman under a death sentence is held.

Overview

Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, on Kickapoo Road in McLoud, Pottawatomie County, is one of Oklahoma’s two state prisons for women. Oklahoma DOC operates it as the statewide reception and assessment center for all incoming women, a general-population women’s prison across all custody levels, and the women’s medical and mental-health hub. It holds women from minimum through maximum security and runs the standard Oklahoma DOC programming — education, work assignments, and treatment — alongside its reception and health-care functions.

What Makes Mabel Bassett Correctional Center Different

• It is the only women’s reception and assessment center in the state. Every woman entering Oklahoma state custody is processed at Mabel Bassett first, with assessment typically taking about 10 to 30 days (the facility has roughly 102 reception beds), after which she either remains here or transfers to another facility.
• It is the women’s medical and mental-health hub. Inpatient and specialty care for incarcerated women is centered here.
• A woman under a death sentence is held here. Mabel Bassett is the designated facility for a woman under a death sentence in Oklahoma; men’s death row and the state execution chamber are at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. There is no execution chamber at Mabel Bassett.
• It holds women across all custody levels, minimum through maximum, in McLoud, Pottawatomie County.

Visiting

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

Because Mabel Bassett is the women’s reception and assessment center, a woman who has just arrived may still be in intake processing, and higher-security or restrictive housing may limit visits early on — confirm a woman’s visitation status before traveling. The full approval process is in Visiting in Oklahoma.

Getting There and Parking

The prison is on Kickapoo Road in McLoud, Pottawatomie County, east of Oklahoma City.

Distances are approximate, based on map routing. Visitor parking is on site.

Nearby Services

McLoud and the nearby Shawnee and Oklahoma City areas have gas, food, and lodging. The nearest full-service hospital emergency rooms are in the Shawnee and Oklahoma City areas.

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.