Sullivan County Jail Overview
Sullivan County Jail is listed by the county as the Sheriff's Office & Jail and is operated by the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff page names Michael A. Schiff as sheriff and places the jail function within the office's correctional and public-safety responsibilities. This is the county jail, not a New York State DOCCS prison. It is the local detention point for people arrested by county, state, town, village, or other agencies when a court order or custody decision keeps the person in local custody.
The jail population can include people awaiting arraignment, people awaiting trial, people awaiting sentencing, short-sentence local inmates, technical parole violators, state-ready inmates waiting for DOCCS transfer, and other custody categories reported to the state Commission of Correction. A person newly arrested in Sullivan County will ordinarily be searched through county jail, court, VINE, and FOIL channels first. DOCCS lookup becomes the right system only after the person is sentenced to state custody and received by the state prison system.
The official county web materials located do not provide a public current-inmate roster, booking list, mugshot gallery, visitation schedule, mail policy, commissary vendor, phone provider, deposit portal, or current rated-capacity page. That absence is a major practical fact for families. It means the jail page should be used as a contact and records-routing page rather than as a promise that a web roster exists.
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office page is the official county source for the jail address and phone. The screenshot below is from that county page and shows why the sheriff page is useful for contact information even though it does not function as an inmate roster.
Sullivan County Jail Capacity and Population
The latest official monthly DCJS/SCOC jail population report located was prepared June 1, 2026 and reports May 2026 figures. Sullivan County Jail had an average daily census of 110, all 110 were in house, and 0 were boarded out. The May 2026 custody categories were 5 sentenced, 0 civil, 0 federal, 3 technical parole violators, 2 state readies, and 99 other unsentenced. Those numbers show that the county jail population was overwhelmingly unsentenced in that reporting month.
A current live rated-capacity figure was not found on the sheriff page or in the monthly state jail population report. Historical context comes from a 2013 New York State Comptroller jail operations report, which discussed the old jail, past capacity issues, and a planned 256-inmate podular jail design. The 256 figure should be read as planned/new-jail design context from the audit, not as a current capacity posted by the sheriff page.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily census | 110 | DCJS/SCOC May 2026 report, prepared June 1, 2026 |
| In-house population | 110 | Same monthly state report |
| Boarded out | 0 | Same monthly state report |
| State readies | 2 | Same monthly state report |
| Planned design capacity context | 256 | 2013 State Comptroller jail operations report |
How to Look Up an Inmate at Sullivan County Jail
No official Sullivan County Jail online roster was located in the county sources reviewed. The best workflow is a fallback chain: call the jail, use New York VINE for custody and release notification, use Sullivan County FOIL for records that are not provided by phone, and use WebCrims or court clerks for filed charges and court dates. Do not use the DOCCS incarcerated lookup for a newly arrested county-jail detainee unless the person has moved into state prison custody.
- Call Sullivan County Jail at 845-794-7102 with the person's full legal name, date of birth or approximate age, arrest date, arresting agency, and any known case number.
- Use New York VINE/VINELink if the goal is ongoing custody or release notification rather than a one-time roster check.
- Submit a Sullivan County FOIL request when a booking sheet, jail log, mugshot request, incident record, or written jail policy is needed and is not posted online.
- Search NY Courts WebCriminal or contact the relevant court for filed charges, calendars, and case status.
- Use the DOCCS incarcerated lookup only after sentencing and state-prison transfer.
| Need | Best Channel | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current local custody | Jail phone, VINE | The official county site does not publish a roster. |
| Booking records or mugshots | Sheriff FOIL contact | FOIL exemptions and redactions may apply. |
| Filed criminal charges | WebCrims or court clerk | Jail booking charges may differ from court filings. |
| State-prison custody | DOCCS lookup | Not for most pretrial county-jail detainees. |
| Federal or immigration custody | BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE ODLS | Separate from Sullivan County's jail records. |
Sullivan County Jail Address and Contact
The jail and sheriff contact block belongs to the Sheriff's Office & Jail campus, not the county courthouse or District Attorney's Office. The court and DA may be important for charges and prosecution records, but they do not replace the jail phone for current local custody questions. The county also lists separate patrol and civil division numbers on the sheriff page.
Sullivan County Jail
58 Old Route 17
Monticello, NY 12701
845-794-7102
Jail fax: 845-794-4060
For public-records requests, the county FOIL page lists Nadine Bury, Sheriff's Confidential Secretary, at nadine.bury@sullivanny.gov for Sheriff's Office FOIL requests. General county FOIL goes to foil@sullivanny.gov. The county page states that the FOIL officer has five business days to grant, deny, or acknowledge the request and provide an approximate response date if more time is needed. Denials can be appealed through the county's listed FOIL appeal officer.
Visiting Someone at Sullivan County Jail
The official county page located does not publish a jail visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, attorney visitation rule, minor visitor rule, dress code, or visitor entrance instructions. Visitors should not rely on third-party jail directories for Sullivan County visit times. Call the jail before traveling and ask whether visits must be scheduled, which identification is required, whether minors may visit, what items are prohibited, and whether a video option exists.
| Topic | Posted Status | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Not posted in official sources located | Call 845-794-7102 for current days, hours, ID, and scheduling. |
| Video visitation | Not posted | Confirm whether a vendor or lobby kiosk is used. |
| Attorney visits | Not posted | Attorneys should confirm professional-visit procedure directly. |
| Minor visitors | Not posted | Ask about guardian rules, documents, and age limits. |
| Arrival rules | Not posted | Confirm screening, phones, lockers, bags, medication, and parking. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Sullivan County Jail
The official sheriff page reviewed does not publish the jail's mail-address format for incarcerated people, mail scanning rules, publication rules, phone provider, tablet provider, commissary vendor, deposit website, kiosk instructions, money-order policy, or fee table. That information should be confirmed directly with the jail before sending funds or mail. If written policy is needed, the county FOIL process is the documented route for jail policies and records not posted online.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Facility address is 58 Old Route 17, Monticello, NY 12701; inmate-specific format was not posted. |
| Phone / Video | No official provider or fee schedule was located in the county sources reviewed. |
| Money Deposit | No official online vendor, kiosk rule, money-order rule, or fee table was located. |
| Written Policies | Request through Sullivan County FOIL if the jail does not provide the policy by phone. |
Booking and Intake at Sullivan County Jail
A Sullivan County arrest may start with the Sheriff's Office, New York State Police, a village or town police agency, a warrant pickup, or another lawful commitment. A person might be released on an appearance ticket without becoming part of the jail population, or may be held for arraignment, remand, bail, sentence, parole process, transfer, or another hold. New York Correction Law section 500-c places ordinary county-jail custody with the sheriff when a person is lawfully committed to the county jail.
Because Sullivan County does not publish a public booking roster, the booking process is not visible as a searchable web profile. A typical jail intake can involve identity verification, authority-to-hold review, property inventory, search, fingerprinting, photographing, health screening, classification, and housing assignment. Public housing location, internal classification, medical information, protected safety details, and some investigative details may be withheld. For filed charges and court dates, use WebCrims, the issuing town or village court, Sullivan County Court, or a court clerk record rather than assuming the jail can provide the whole case file.
About Sullivan County Jail
The old jail's history is unusually important in Sullivan County. The 2013 State Comptroller report said the jail then in use had a 1909 core, additions in 1957, 1985, and 1989, and was described as the oldest jail in New York State at that time. The report discussed closed cells, Commission of Correction standard concerns, boarding costs, and the county's planning for a podular design with a cited 256-inmate capacity. That is historical official background, not a substitute for a current sheriff-posted capacity page.
The county does publish monthly segregated-confinement statistics under New York jail regulation reporting requirements. The displayed 2024 through 2026 grids reviewed in the research showed repeated zero entries, but that page is a specialized conditions report, not a full inmate roster. The same distinction applies to the DCJS/SCOC monthly population report: it gives county-level counts and custody categories, but not names or booking profiles.
No Sullivan County, New York sheriff mobile app with an inmate roster or warrant lookup was verified in the official research. VINELink remains the relevant mobile-friendly notification path for custody status, release, escape, death, furlough, and temporary or work-release events. App store results that point to a Sullivan County sheriff app tied to Tennessee should not be used for New York custody searches.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail, and money rules with Sullivan County Jail before traveling or sending funds.