This is a private reference site, not a Monroe County office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person from jail, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the public office or locator that owns the record.
Where to Start for Monroe County Jail and Court Records
For custody questions, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Jail Bureau is the official local source. The jail system publishes public roster, census, received, and released report PDFs, but recent bookings, weekend changes, or release timing may require direct confirmation.
| Office or Record | Official Contact | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| Monroe County Jail | 130 South Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, NY 14614 Administration and Incarcerated Individual Info: 585-753-4300 Visiting: 585-753-4000 Fax: 585-753-4051 |
Current county jail custody, jail information, visit scheduling, and facility-specific questions. |
| Monroe County Sheriff's Office | 130 S. Plymouth Ave., Rochester, NY 14614 Main phone: 585-753-4178 Fax: 585-753-4524 |
Sheriff's Office routing, Jail Bureau questions, and agency-level public safety contacts. |
| Monroe County FOIL | Monroe County FOIL request form | Booking records, incident reports, booking-photo requests, and older sheriff or jail records not answered by the public PDFs. Monroe County notes FOIL responses may take 20 days or longer. |
| Sheriff Public Information | Media email: mcsocommunications@monroecounty.gov Business hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After-hours media line: 585-753-2978 |
Media inquiries and Watch Commander routing after hours, on weekends, or on holidays. |
| Monroe County Clerk | 39 W. Main St., Room 101, Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: 585-753-1600 County Clerk Court Filings |
Criminal records filed by New York Supreme and Monroe County Courts. The Clerk states only felony convictions are filed there; city, town, federal, and sealed matters follow different rules. |
| Monroe County District Attorney | 47 S. Fitzhugh St., Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: 585-753-4500 Fax: 585-753-4576 District Attorney page |
Prosecutor-office context for charges after arrest, Local Courts Bureau matters, fugitive and extradition routing, and victim or witness assistance links. |
Use the record type to choose the right route:
- For someone currently in the Monroe County Jail system, start with jail inmate records and then call 585-753-4300 if the public PDFs do not answer the question.
- For booking-photo access, use the jail roster mugshots page and expect New York FOIL privacy rules to affect release decisions.
- For charges, court dates, felony filings, or dispositions after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and route the request to the court clerk, County Clerk, SearchIQS, or OCA CHRS as appropriate.
- For a specific local detention site, use the facility pages listed in the footer for the Monroe County Jail and Andrew P. Meloni: STAR Academy at the Monroe Correctional Facility.
- For a person sentenced to state prison after a Monroe County case, use the New York State DOCCS incarcerated lookup rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Monroe County has no active BOP prison or permanent ICE detention center identified in the research, although federal holds can appear in the county jail census.