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Rockland County Jail Custody Overview

The Rockland County Correctional Center is the county jail. The Sheriff's Office maintains it under New York Correction Law, and the facility must meet state Commission of Correction standards. It accepts adults and minors over age 16, both male and female. It holds people who are awaiting trial and people sentenced to one year or less. The jail also takes civil and criminal cases, parole and probation violators, and people who are state ready. In short, it serves many parts of the local justice system at once.

One thing to know up front. The Sheriff's public website does not post a full web roster you can browse. There is no open table of every person in the jail on the official HTML pages. Instead, the Sheriff points the public to its mobile app and to the jail information phone line. So a custody check in Rockland often means using the app or making a call, not loading a web list.

The county jail roster does not cover every person in custody somewhere. It does not show people held in state prison run by the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. It does not show people in federal custody under the Bureau of Prisons. It also does not track immigration detention. For those, you use other tools, which are covered on the released inmates page.

The Correctional Center also does more than hold people. The Sheriff's Corrections page says the jail provides food, clothing, shelter, health care, religion, recreation, and family visitation. It adds counseling, education, and release preparation services. So a custody record is one part of a larger system. The same office that confirms custody status also runs visits, mail, phone access, and inmate funds, all of which are covered below.

Rockland County Correctional Center Contact

The jail and the Sheriff's Office share a campus in New City. The Sheriff's main number routes general questions, and a separate jail information line answers custody and visit questions. Use the jail line when you need to confirm a person is held or ask about visiting. The contact card below pulls the address and phones from official Sheriff sources.

The Sheriff's Corrections Division page describes the Correctional Center, its legal duty, and the services it gives people in custody. You can read it on the official Sheriff Corrections page. That page also confirms the facility holds male and female adults and minors over 16, both sentenced and pretrial.

Note: The jail information line at 845-638-5600 is the fastest way to confirm whether a person is still held at the Correctional Center.

How to Check Custody Status

There is no single web roster, so a Rockland County inmate search uses a short, ordered path. Start with the app, then fall back to the phone line. The state and federal tools come into play only if the person is not held by the county. Follow these steps in order.

1. Download the official Rockland County Sheriff app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, using the links on the Sheriff's website.
2. Open the app and look for the incarcerated individual or inmate information feature to search by name.
3. If the app does not show the person, call the jail information line at 845-638-5600 to ask about custody status.
4. If the person was sent to state prison, use the New York DOCCS lookup; if they were in federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator.
5. For ongoing alerts, register for release and parole notifications through the state victim notification service.

The first lead-in image shows the official Sheriff app listing, which is the main public custody tool the Sheriff promotes. You can view it on the Rockland County Sheriff app page in the App Store. The same app is the route the Sheriff's own site uses to point the public toward inmate information.

Because custody data lives in the app and on the phone line, plan for some delay. App content may not match a live booking from minutes ago, and staff may need a moment to confirm a record by phone.

Rockland County Inmate Search Fields

The Sheriff's public HTML pages do not expose a web search form, so the exact roster fields are not posted online. What the official site does confirm is the app feature set and the phone path. The table below lists what the Sheriff's site documents about the inmate search path. Treat any field beyond this as something to verify in the app.

So the practical search keys are a person's name in the app and a name or details given by phone. The Sheriff does not publish a booking-number lookup on its public web pages.

What an Inmate Profile May Include

The official Sheriff HTML did not open a web profile, and app access was not available to inspect. So the fields below are framed as what a custody record may include, to be checked in the app before you rely on them. Do not treat mugshots or booking fields as confirmed for Rockland until you verify them in the app. The two-column table sorts each likely field with what it would show.

Some custody data is never public. Medical and mental health data stays confidential. Youthful offender, juvenile, mental hygiene, and sealed criminal records are restricted. State law also limits state-prison display for some former nonviolent people after five years.

Booking and Bail in Rockland County

After an arrest, the arresting agency brings the person to the Rockland County Correctional Center. Intake staff process the person under the Sheriff's custody authority. The facility takes pretrial people, sentenced people, parole and probation violators, and state-ready people. Classification then sorts where a person is housed inside the jail.

Bail can be posted under the Sheriff's published rules. The person posting bail must show two valid forms of ID. At least one must be a photo ID. Accepted examples include a driver's license, passport, voter registration card, military ID, sportsman license, or a certified birth or marriage record. If you pay bail by check, it must be a certified bank check made out to "The Sheriff of Rockland County." Cash and check rules can change, so confirm by phone before you travel.

Note: A judge sets bail, not the jail, so the Correctional Center can only accept what the court has ordered.

Rockland County Jail Visitation Schedule

The Sheriff publishes a detailed visit schedule grouped by classification. Visit days and times depend on the held person's group. Group A and Group C are split by last name, Group B covers adolescent minors, and Group D covers protective custody and segregation. Each person gets two visits per week, and the visiting week runs Saturday through Friday. The schedule below comes straight from the official visitation page.

Arrival times matter. For a visit that starts at 7:30 a.m., arrive before 8:00 a.m. For a visit at 8:00 or 8:30 a.m., arrive before 9:30 a.m. For an afternoon visit at 12:30 p.m., arrive before 1:20 p.m. Visits are denied if an active order of protection exists against the visitor or the held person. The full rules appear on the Sheriff's corrections visitation page.

Visitor rules are strict. You must bring a current valid photo ID, such as a DMV license or a state non-driver ID. Children under 18 must come with a parent or legal guardian and the proper birth or guardianship papers. You may not bring wallets, phones, money, keys, food, or drinks into the visiting area, though a wedding ring may be worn. The dress code bars see-through, ripped, low-cut, or solid orange clothing.

Mail Rules for Rockland County Inmates

Mail to a person at the Correctional Center goes through a central address, not the New City campus. Address each letter with the facility name, the person's first and last name, and their ID number. Then use the listed PO box. Format your mail like this:

• Line 1: Rockland County Correctional Center
• Line 2: the person's first name, last name, and ID number
• Line 3: PO Box 162
• Line 4: Clifton Park, NY 12065

Books, magazines, and newspapers can no longer be dropped off by visitors. Reading material must come straight from a publisher or a vendor such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The only packages accepted at the front desk are court clothes for exchange and a wireless bra for a female held person. Always confirm current package rules before you ship anything.

Phone Calls and Inmate Funds

The jail uses outside vendors for calls and money. Phone service runs through Securus Technologies. You can set up an account for inmate calls by phone or online. Securus can be reached at 1-800-844-6591. The first image lead-in points to the official Securus site, which handles the phone account setup the jail uses.

You can open and fund a Securus phone account at securustech.net. Calls from the jail use this system, so a funded account is what lets a held person reach you by phone.

Money for commissary and deposits runs through Access Corrections, tied to Keefe. You can send funds to a held person's account online or by phone at 1-866-345-1884. The next image shows the Access Corrections deposit site, the vendor the Sheriff lists for inmate funds.

You can deposit funds at accesscorrections.com. Money in the account lets a held person buy commissary items and cover certain costs while in custody.

Related Searches

For people recently let go, see released inmates. For broader jail data, see inmate population. For active warrants, see warrant records. For the underlying charges and case history, see criminal records.