Search the Monroe County Inmate Population

Monroe County Inmate Population Snapshot

The local custody map is centered on the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Jail Bureau. The primary facility is the Monroe County Jail, a county jail system that the Sheriff describes as a 1,217-bed holding facility for pre-trial and sentenced incarcerated individuals. The county also uses Andrew P. Meloni: STAR Academy at the Monroe Correctional Facility, which is treated by the Sheriff's public information as part of the same jail system for visitation, mail, and money-deposit purposes.

The latest visible Monroe row in the NY DCJS Jail Population by Month report showed about 753 average daily census for Monroe County, with an in-house population listed at 754, boarded out 6, and boarded in 7. That figure is not the same as bed capacity. It is a reported census measure for a period in the state population report, while the Sheriff's 1,217 beds describe rated local jail capacity.

Monroe County Inmate Population Statistics

Monroe County publishes custody data in a way that is more report-based than portal-based. The Sheriff's Jail Bureau links a short roster, a detailed census, a received report, and a released report. The state population report provides higher-level jail counts, while Vera fact sheets give historical trends. Together, those sources show a jail population that is below the published bed capacity in the latest visible state row but far below older county jail levels from 2012.

Monroe County Inmate Population Trends

The Monroe County inmate population fell sharply over the last decade in the sources captured for the project. Vera's cost-of-incarceration fact sheet listed Monroe's average daily jail population at 1,342 in 2012 and 597 in June 2020, a 56 percent decline. Another Vera Monroe County jail trends fact sheet listed 757 people on an average day in May 2022 and a 28 percent decrease from May 2019 to May 2022. The latest visible DCJS row then places the jail near the mid-700s.

Monroe County Jail Capacity

Using the Sheriff's 1,217-bed capacity and the latest visible DCJS census figure of about 753, Monroe County Jail was below its rated capacity in that report period. The rough comparison is about 62 percent occupancy. That should be read as an approximate comparison, because capacity and average daily census are different measures. A bed-count statement describes the jail system's rated space, while a census row describes a custody count for a reporting period.

The population is not one simple group. Monroe's public census fields show classifications such as unsentenced, sentenced, and federal. It also shows arresting-agency abbreviations and custody types that can reflect investigations, court commitments, warrants, bench warrants, parole commitments, weekend sentences, federal remands, and detainers. The Monroe County inmate population can shift when courts release people, set bail, remand a person, transfer a sentenced person to DOCCS, or receive someone on a warrant or hold.

Who the Monroe County Jail Holds

The Sheriff's Jail Bureau says the jail system holds pre-trial and sentenced incarcerated individuals. The detailed census adds more local detail. It shows custody classifications, court fields, judge fields, bail and bond, arresting agency, arrest type, charge code, and charge description. Some rows can show federal or USMS-linked custody even though Monroe County has no federal Bureau of Prisons institution. Federal pretrial detainees may be held in local contract beds, while sentenced federal prisoners belong in the BOP system.

Unsentenced

Held before conviction, before sentence, or while the case is still moving through court.

Sentenced

Serving local jail time or held under a sentence-related custody entry.

Federal

Custody tied to federal authority, often USMS, while physically housed locally.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that can affect release.

Remand

A court order holding a person in custody.

Laws for Monroe County Jail Data

New York law explains why some custody records are public and why some details are withheld. FOIL provides public access to agency records unless an exemption applies. The same state law also permits denials or redactions for privacy, law-enforcement, medical, sealed, and other protected material. Correction Law provisions give the State Commission of Correction oversight authority over local jail standards and death-in-custody review.

Monroe County Jail Report System

Monroe County does not publish a modern searchable jail database with text boxes and clickable profiles in the inspected sources. It uses public PDF reports hosted on Monroe County government URLs. The short roster is the fastest current-custody list. The census is the most detailed record source. The received report helps with new bookings, and the released report helps when someone has left custody and no longer appears on the current roster.

Search Monroe County Inmates

A Monroe County inmate search is a PDF search workflow. Start with the roster if the only question is whether a person is in current county custody. Move to the census when the question is about charges, bail, bond, court, judge, court date, arrest type, or classification. Use the received report for very recent bookings, and use the released report when custody may have ended.

1. Open the roster PDF and use the browser or PDF find tool by last name.
2. If the name is common, search by first name or MCJ number if known.
3. Open the census PDF for custody class, court, bail, bond, judge, court date, arresting agency, and charges.
4. Check the received report if the arrest was recent or the roster has not caught up.
5. Check the released report if the person recently left custody.
6. Call the Incarcerated Individual Info line at 585-753-4300 if the reports do not match a recent arrest or release.

The Sheriff's Jail Bureau says the roster and census are updated daily Monday through Friday. Weekend bookings, night arrests, holidays, and same-day releases can create a timing gap. The jail information line is the local fallback when the PDFs do not answer the current custody question.

Monroe County Roster Fields

The short roster has no search boxes because it is a PDF. The usable search field is the browser or PDF find function. The census then acts like a flattened jail database, with many fields that would normally appear inside a profile in other counties. No public mugshot field was visible in the inspected roster, census, or received report.

What Monroe County Records Show

The detailed census can show much more than the short roster. It may list sex, race, custody date and time, classification, booking date and time, custody type, bail, bond, court, expected release date, judge, court date, arresting agency, arrest type, local status code, charge code, and charge description. It does not show home address, medical details, housing unit, pod, cell, or booking photo in the inspected public reports.

The Sheriff's Jail Bureau page is captured in the project image set and shows the official roster/census/report link area beside jail facts.

The report links on that official jail page are the public source for current Monroe County jail custody lookups.

Past Monroe County Inmate Records

Released or older jail records require a different path than current custody. Start with the released report when the release was recent. If the record is older, incomplete, or not online, the county's FOIL request form is the official public-records fallback for jail booking records, reports, photos, or older documents that are not captured in the roster, census, received report, or released report. The FOIL page says requests can take 20 days or longer and recommends checking existing databases first.

A FOIL request should include the person's name, MCJ or JID if known, arrest or booking date, arresting agency, and the exact record requested. FOIL does not force release of sealed court records, protected medical details, juvenile material, or law-enforcement records that fall within a valid exemption.

County Jail vs State Prison

Monroe County jail reports cover local custody. They do not follow a person after transfer to a New York State prison. No active DOCCS prison physically in Monroe County was located on the current state facility list. After sentencing, a person convicted in a Monroe County case may remain in the county jail briefly before transfer to DOCCS reception and then a state facility. Once transferred, use the state locator.

Monroe County Detention Facilities

The facility map for Monroe County has two county-operated detention entries. The Monroe County Jail is the primary jail and public roster source. Andrew P. Meloni: STAR Academy at the Monroe Correctional Facility is a county correctional and program facility tied to the same Sheriff's jail system. The research did not locate a separate public roster or separate official bed count for STAR Academy.

• Monroe County Jail holds pre-trial detainees, locally sentenced people, federal or USMS holds when listed in the census, warrants, court commitments, and other local custody classes.
• Andrew P. Meloni: STAR Academy at the Monroe Correctional Facility is part of the county jail/corrections system for program, visitation, mail, and deposit purposes.

Monroe County Jail Visits

The Sheriff's incarcerated-individual information page says people housed at the Monroe County Jail and Andrew P. Meloni: STAR Academy at the Monroe Correctional Facility are allowed two one-hour visits each week by appointment. Social visits use weekday appointment times. Professional visits run separately. Video visits can be scheduled through Securus, and money deposits use Access Corrections online, by mobile app, by phone, or by kiosk.

The Monroe County incarcerated individual information page is captured in the image set with visitation, Securus, deposit, and PREA information.

Confirm the visit date, the person's custody status, and the current appointment method before travel because the public sources note appointment requirements and timing limits.

State Federal and ICE Search

State prison, federal prison, and immigration custody are separate from Monroe County's PDF reports. The DOCCS lookup can be searched by DIN, NYSID, or last name with birth year. The BOP locator searches by federal number or by name fields, race, sex, and age. ICE ODLS searches by A-number or by name, country of birth, and birth date. VINELink can be used as a custody-notification fallback, but Monroe's official public custody details are the Sheriff's roster, census, received report, and released report.

Federal holds can still appear in the county census. The U.S. Marshals Western District of New York covers Monroe County, and its Rochester courthouse office is at the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building. That does not make the building a BOP prison or a permanent ICE detention center in the official facility map.

Monroe County Inmate Population FAQ