Ontario County Jail Roster Overview
Ontario County’s official Incarcerated Individual Locator page does not show a county-only roster with local booking cards. It sends users to the New York incarcerated individual lookup and says that public users can search people incarcerated in county jails, New York City jails, and state prisons. It also points to a notification account option for release and other information. That structure means a searcher should not expect one local page to show every Ontario County booking, photo, charge, bond, and housing field.
The county jail remains the local custody source. Ontario County Jail is operated by the Ontario County Office of Sheriff and receives people committed by Ontario County courts. The jail information line at 585-396-1800, with alternate jail phone 315-781-1966, is the official fallback for criminal charges, bond information, court information, visitation times, projected release dates, and phone account funding. Those categories are named in the county Corrections FAQ, and they fill gaps left by online lookup tools.
Search Ontario County Jail Records
The most reliable search process uses the county page, the statewide lookup, and the jail line together. The online path is useful for custody records that have made it into the statewide system. The phone path is important for a fresh Ontario County arrest, a person going through intake, or a record that depends on current court or bail information.
- Start at the Ontario County incarcerated individual locator page or open the New York incarcerated lookup directly.
- If a DIN or NYSID is known, search by that identifier. A DIN is the strongest search key for state prison custody.
- For a name search, try last name first. Add first name, middle name, or birth year only when the result set is too broad.
- If no result appears and the arrest is recent, call Ontario County Jail at 585-396-1800 for current custody, charges, bond, court, or release information.
- Register with New York VINE if custody or case notification is the main need.
- Use DOCCS, BOP, or ICE tools when the person has moved out of county jail custody.
Ontario County Lookup Fields
The state search form accepts identifier and name fields. DOCCS instructions warn that first and middle names are used for initial positioning and that last-name search behavior changes when a birth year is entered. For Ontario County inmate records, this matters because small spelling differences, missing birth year data, and early custody timing can all affect whether a person appears where expected.
The Ontario County locator page is the county’s public doorway to that search route.
The county page is brief, but it is important because it confirms the official local route instead of relying on third-party roster sites.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIN | Text | Optional unless used alone | Department Identification Number, best for sentenced state-prison custody. |
| NYSID | Text | Optional if known | New York State Identification Number, not displayed in public lookup results. |
| Last Name | Text | Needed for name search | Partial or full last names return matching last-name starts unless birth year is used. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Used for positioning within matching last names. |
| Middle Name or Initial | Text | Optional | Also used for initial positioning. |
| Birth Year | Number | Optional | With last name, it narrows to exact last-name matches born during or after that year. |
Call Ontario County Jail
The jail phone line is not a side issue. It is one of the main official access channels for Ontario County inmate records. The county Corrections FAQ says the automated line can provide criminal charges, bond information, court information, visitation times, projected release dates, and phone account funding. That is a broader set of practical custody data than the public online page exposes in one place.
Ontario County Jail
3045 County Complex Drive
Canandaigua, NY 14424
585-396-1800
Alternate jail phone: 315-781-1966
Ontario County Sheriff
74 Ontario Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
585-394-4560
Alternate non-emergency: 315-781-1200 or 1-800-394-4560
For a new booking, ask whether the person is held at Ontario County Jail, which court is tied to the case, whether bail or a hold affects release, and which public record channel applies if a written booking record is needed.
Ontario County Inmate Profile Fields
The official county materials do not provide a sample clickable jail profile. Instead, they document the kinds of details available through the jail line, bail process, visitation process, and state locator. A complete Ontario County inmate record search may therefore combine a name search, a phone call, a FOIL request, and a court search.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Needed for mail, state lookup, and jail inquiry. |
| Criminal history number | Used for bail payment and obtained through the jail. |
| Date of birth | Used to verify identity and complete bail payment. |
| Criminal charges | Named by the jail FAQ as an automated-line topic. |
| Bond or bail information | Amount, court, judge, and payment details may be needed before release. |
| Court information | Points to the court record after arrest and helps distinguish jail charges from filed charges. |
| Projected release date | Listed by the county FAQ as a phone-line topic. |
| Visitation pod or time | Used for pod-specific visit scheduling; wrong pod or time can cause rejection. |
| Mugshot | No official public Ontario County roster profile with booking photos was located in static sources. |
Ontario County Jail or DOCCS
Ontario County inmate records split at the custody boundary. Ontario County Jail is the local correctional facility for people committed by county courts. DOCCS is the state prison agency for people transferred after a state prison sentence. The same person can have a county jail booking record, a court record, and a DOCCS profile at different times in the same case.
| Custody type | Main source | What it is best for |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh arrest or local jail hold | Ontario County Jail line and county locator page | Charges, bond, court, visit, release, and local custody checks. |
| Sentenced state prison custody | New York State DOCCS lookup | DIN, custody status, facility, sentence, parole, and release fields. |
| Federal custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present, by number or name. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ICE detainee searches by A-Number/country or biographic information. |
DOCCS says it is not responsible for county correctional facilities or local police lockups. That warning should be read with Ontario County’s own choice to route public searchers to the state lookup. If an Ontario County jail booking is too new or unclear, call the jail.
Ontario County Booking Intake
Official sources do not publish a full public booking manual, but the pieces are clear. A person may be arrested by the Sheriff, Canandaigua Police, Geneva Police, State Police, or another local agency. If detention is ordered or commitment follows, the person is accepted at Ontario County Jail. The jail’s building systems include prisoner intake and records, inmate property, phones, visitation, administration, housing pods, kitchen, laundry, and storage.
Intake can include identity records, property handling, medical and mental-health screening, classification, housing assignment, and court or bail information. The county budget lists medical, dental, mental-health, education, substance-abuse counseling, transportation, court security, transfers, and inmate work details as jail functions. Timing is not published as a fixed number of hours before a booking appears online, so the jail line is the safer fresh-booking source.
Ontario County Jail Visits
Visitation is scheduled by phone, by the OntarioSheriffNY app, or in person at the jail lobby. The county FAQ says the sheriff app is the easiest and best way to schedule a correctional-facility visit. Visitors must choose the correct pod and visit time, and they must check in 15 minutes before the scheduled visit. Sick visitors are told to postpone until symptom-free for 48 hours.
The Ontario County Corrections FAQ gives the pod-based schedule and related jail access details.
Those details connect inmate records to real visit logistics because pod assignment can affect whether a visit request is accepted.
| Time | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Pod 6 | Pod 7 |
| 10:00 | Pod 2 | Pod 8 |
| 13:00 | Pod 7 | Pod 2 |
| 14:00 | Pod 8 | Pod 6 |
Mail Money and Bail
Mail to a person in Ontario County Jail uses the inmate name and the jail address at 3045 County Complex Drive, Canandaigua, NY 14424. The general guide limits ordinary mail and property. Items that can be purchased through commissary cannot be accepted by mail. Up to four soft-cover books or magazines and up to 10 photos no larger than 4x6 may be allowed, while Polaroids, staples, stickers, tape, glue, excess glitter, paint, oversized cards, and musical cards are not allowed.
| Need | Official route | Key detail |
|---|---|---|
| Commissary deposit | Jail lobby kiosk | Official FAQ does not publish a jail fee schedule. |
| Postal money order | Mail to Ontario County Jail Commissary Fund, c/o inmate name | Postal money order only. |
| Online deposit | SMARTDEPOSIT.com | Handling charge depends on deposit amount. |
| Online or phone bail | GovPayNow/GovPayNet or 1-877-EZBAIL5 | Pay location code 1996 and required jail/court details. |
| Card bail | Jail lobby or remote payment | Non-refundable 9 percent service fee; court later keeps 3 percent from bail return. |
Ontario County FOIL Requests
When a needed booking record, report, or custody document is not online, the official local fallback is the Sheriff Records Office and Ontario County FOIL. The Sheriff Records page says crime victims and insurance companies can obtain certain reports, and that other reports are available through FOIL as provided by law. Requests received through the Records Office are forwarded with pertinent reports to the County Records Access Officer for consideration before release.
Ontario County’s FOIL page uses NextRequest and explains that New York Public Officers Law section 87 provides access to agency records subject to exemptions. Ordinary paper-copy fees under FOIL are generally up to 25 cents per page for pages not larger than 9 by 14 inches, or actual reproduction cost for other records, unless another law controls. Accident reports have a small fee at the Records Office, but the exact amount was not located in the official source reviewed.
Ontario County App and Alerts
The Ontario County NY Sheriff app is relevant to jail access because the county Corrections FAQ recommends it for correctional-facility visit scheduling. App store listings also advertise bail, commissary, tips, public-safety information, and other interactive features. The Google Play listing warns that the app is not for emergency reporting and that users should call 911 in an emergency.
New York VINE is the custody-status and case-notification service. It is useful when the goal is a release alert rather than a one-time roster search. For people outside local jail custody, use the DOCCS locator for state prison, the BOP locator for federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. No federal or ICE detention facility was mapped inside Ontario County in the official sources reviewed.