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Schuyler County Jail Overview

Schuyler County Jail is operated by Sheriff Kevin Rumsey's Schuyler County Sheriff's Office. The official county corrections page and the New York State Commission of Correction county jail directory list the jail at 106 Tenth Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891. The jail is the active local detention facility identified for Schuyler County. No active DOCCS state prison, BOP federal prison, or ICE detention facility was found in the county's current facility map.

The county describes the jail as a 30-inmate facility with five cell blocks, one detention cell, and one dormitory cell. It has indoor and outdoor recreation facilities and a jail library. Local programs listed by the county include Alcoholics Anonymous, Church and Bible Study, FLACRA, G.E.D., Mental Health, and OAR. These details make the facility profile more precise than a generic county-jail description.

Schuyler County Jail Population

The county corrections page gives Schuyler County Jail a rated capacity of 30 inmates. The DCJS/SCOC monthly jail population report prepared June 1, 2026, listed the jail's May 2026 average daily census as 13, with 2 boarded out and 11 in house. The 2025 annual report listed the same annual average daily census of 13, with 11 in house. These numbers show both population responsibility and physical occupancy.

The May 2026 status categories were 1 sentenced person, 0 civil, 0 federal, 0 technical parole violators, 0 state readies, and 9 other unsentenced people. The 2025 annual category averages included 3 sentenced people, 1 technical parole violator, 2 state readies, and 5 other unsentenced people.

Who Schuyler County Jail Holds

Schuyler County Jail holds pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, technical parole violators, state-ready inmates awaiting transfer, and other legally committed people. Arrests may come from the Sheriff's Office, Watkins Glen Police, New York State Police, or other agencies operating in the county. The facility is not the state prison system. After a state-prison sentence and transfer, search shifts to DOCCS.

Pretrial detainee

A person held while charges, bail, or court proceedings are pending.

Local sentenced inmate

A person serving a sentence in the county jail rather than state prison.

Technical parole violator

A person held for an alleged violation of parole conditions.

State ready

A person sentenced to state prison but waiting for transfer to DOCCS.

Search Schuyler County Jail Inmates

No public browser-based Schuyler County Jail roster was located on the county site. The official Schuyler County Sheriff NY app listings say the app includes Inmate Information, Most Wanted, and Sex Offenders. Use that app as the main documented digital lookup channel, then call the jail or send a records request when the app does not answer a custody, release, records, or booking-photo question.

1. Open the Schuyler County Sheriff NY app and use the Inmate Information feature.
2. Call (607) 535-8228 for the jail or (607) 535-8222 for the Sheriff's Office when the matter is current or time-sensitive.
3. Use the Sheriff's Records Division for booking or sheriff records requests that are not available through the app.
4. Register with New York VINELink when release or transfer notifications matter.
5. Use DOCCS, BOP, or ICE ODLS if the person is in state, federal, or immigration custody.

The official corrections page below is the source for the local facility rules, capacity, visitation, commissary, phone, and bail information.

Use the facility page for local jail operations, but use the sheriff app or jail phone for current custody confirmation.

Schuyler County Jail Contact

Schuyler County Jail and the Sheriff's Office are in Watkins Glen at the same public safety address. The County Court and County Clerk are nearby on Ninth Street, but those offices serve different record needs. Custody, jail visits, clothing approval, inmate funds, and jail phone questions should start with the Sheriff's Office or jail. Criminal searches and certified dispositions belong with the County Clerk, while sheriff records requests use the Civil / Records page.

Visit Schuyler County Jail

Each inmate is allowed two one-hour visits per week. Visits must be scheduled in advance by calling (607) 535-8222 Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Time slots are first come, first served. Visitors must have government-issued photo ID, wear conservative clothing, and pass through a metal detector. Visitors under 18 must be with a parent or legal guardian, and guardians must bring legal documents proving guardianship.

Schuyler County Jail Mail

No books, reading material, or Polaroid pictures may be brought in and dropped off for inmates. Newspapers and magazines must come through the mail from a publisher and must be addressed to the inmate. Clothing drop-off requires approval from the Jail Administrator at (607) 535-8228. The county page did not publish a full envelope format, postcard rule, legal-mail rule, photo limit, or rejected-mail appeal process.

Schuyler County Jail Money

Schuyler County publishes three deposit routes. Money can be mailed as a money order in the inmate's name to Schuyler County Sheriff's Office, 106 10th St., Watkins Glen, NY 14891. Deposits can also be made at the lobby kiosk or online through SmartDeposit. Commissary gift packs can be ordered through MyCarePack and are delivered directly to Schuyler County Jail. The county page did not publish SmartDeposit fees, kiosk fees, deposit caps, or refund rules.

Phone Accounts and Bail

Inmate phone accounts are handled through ViaPath or by calling 1-877-650-4249. The county page does not publish per-minute rates, tablet access, voicemail pricing, refund rules, or blocked-number procedures. Confirm the person's custody before funding a phone account, especially if the arrest is recent or transfer is possible.

Electronic bail can be posted through GovPayNet/GovPayNow with pay location code #5310. Schuyler County states that a 5 percent service fee is added if bail is paid by phone and a 3.5 percent service fee is added if paid online. Confirm the amount, court, person, and release eligibility first because holds, detainers, warrants, parole status, state-ready transfer, federal custody, or ICE custody may prevent release.

Schuyler County Jail Programs

The county corrections page lists several jail programs and services: Alcoholics Anonymous, Church and Bible Study, FLACRA, G.E.D., Mental Health, and OAR. It also lists indoor and outdoor recreation facilities and a jail library. No public details were located for grievance forms, PREA reporting, medication rules, work release criteria, medical request forms, or reentry packets.

Schuyler County also has a local alternative-to-incarceration context through the Probation Department. The New York DCJS OPCA directory lists the Schuyler County Pretrial Release Program and Community Service Program through probation at 105 Ninth Street, Unit #10, Watkins Glen, with Probation Director Christopher Rosno. These programs are court-authorized or court-requested alternatives, not jail roster searches.

Directions to Schuyler County Jail

Use 106 Tenth Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891 for Schuyler County Jail and the Sheriff's Office. From the NY-14 / Franklin Street corridor through Watkins Glen, route toward the Ninth and Tenth Street government area. From NY-414 or eastern approaches, enter the village and use local directions to Tenth Street. From outlying towns such as Hector, Dix, Reading, Orange, Tyrone, and Catharine, confirm whether the destination is the jail on Tenth Street or the court and clerk offices on Ninth Street.