Red Rock Correctional Center

A medium-security state prison for men in Lawton, in southwestern Oklahoma. Formerly the privately operated Lawton Correctional Facility, it became state-operated and was renamed in July 2025.

Overview

Red Rock Correctional Center is a state prison for men operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (Oklahoma DOC). It is in Lawton, the seat of Comanche County, in southwestern Oklahoma. The facility houses men in medium custody in double-celled housing units.

The prison opened in the late 1990s as the privately operated Lawton Correctional Facility, run by the GEO Group under contract with the state. In 2025 the Oklahoma DOC purchased the facility and took over its operation, renaming it Red Rock Correctional Center. The change took effect on July 25, 2025.

Oklahoma DOC assigns custody level based on factors that include sentence length, time remaining, and conduct, and a person’s custody level can change during incarceration. The custody class and housing unit determine whether visits are contact or non-contact, so families confirm the arrangement that applies to the specific person before a first visit.

What Makes Red Rock Correctional Center Different

Red Rock was, until mid-2025, the Lawton Correctional Facility — Oklahoma’s largest prison and the last privately operated prison in the state, run by the GEO Group under contract with the Oklahoma DOC. The state purchased the facility for about $312 million and began operating it directly on July 25, 2025, renaming it Red Rock Correctional Center. With that takeover, every prison in Oklahoma’s system became state-operated. Because the change is recent, the facility still appears under its former names — Lawton Correctional Facility and Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility — in many records and directories; it is the same prison at the same address. Now that it is state-run, it follows the statewide Oklahoma DOC rules for visiting, mail, phone and video, and money rather than the private operator’s former procedures.

Visiting

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

Getting There and Parking

Red Rock Correctional Center is at 8607 SE Flower Mound Rd in Lawton, in Comanche County in southwestern Oklahoma. Lawton sits along Interstate 44 (the H.E. Bailey Turnpike) southwest of Oklahoma City; the prison is southeast of the city. The nearest commercial airport is Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport, with a wider range of flights at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.

Parking is on site. Visitors confirm current entry procedures, the visitor-processing location, and what may be brought onto the grounds with the facility before arriving, because electronic devices and personal items are not permitted inside — visitors may generally bring only identification, a car key, and coins for vending machines.

Nearby Services

Lawton has a range of lodging, dining, and fuel, with additional options near the Interstate 44 corridor and at nearby Fort Sill. Emergency medical care is available in Lawton, and a wider range of services is in the Oklahoma City area to the northeast. Visitors traveling a long distance generally find the most options for fuel, food, and overnight stays in and around Lawton along Interstate 44.

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.