The Yates County Inmate Population
The local Yates County inmate population centers on Yates County Jail, a county jail operated by the Yates County Sheriff's Office inside the Public Safety Building in Penn Yan. The New York State Commission of Correction county jail list identifies the jail as the county's local correctional facility. It holds people awaiting court action, people serving local sentences, federal board-ins when present, and other hold categories that appear in state jail population reports.
The NY DCJS monthly jail population report prepared June 1, 2026 listed the May 2026 Yates County Jail census at 32. The same report showed 33 in-house, 3 boarded out, 3 boarded in, 5 sentenced, 14 federal, no technical parole violators, no state-ready inmates, and 13 other unsentenced people. These categories matter because the Yates County inmate population is not just one group. It can include pretrial custody, short local sentences, and people held for another authority.
Yates County Inmate Population Statistics
The clearest current numbers come from NY DCJS and the county's public-safety planning material. The county's April 30, 2026 Public Safety Facility information piece gives Yates County Jail a local bed capacity of 60. The annual DCJS trend report prepared February 2, 2026 lists the 2025 annual average daily census as 32, unchanged from 2024 and down from 46 in 2016.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 average daily census | 32 | NY DCJS monthly report, prepared June 1, 2026 |
| May 2026 in-house population | 33 | NY DCJS monthly report, prepared June 1, 2026 |
| Rated bed capacity | 60 beds | Yates County Public Safety Facility information piece, April 30, 2026 |
| 2025 annual average daily census | 32 | NY DCJS annual trend report, prepared February 2, 2026 |
| 2016 to 2025 change | -30% | NY DCJS annual trend report, prepared February 2, 2026 |
The official research did not locate an annual bookings total or a current official incarceration-rate figure for Yates County. Those rows are omitted rather than estimated. The available figures still show a useful pattern: Yates County Jail was well below stated bed capacity in May 2026, while the county's planning documents treat the building's age and layout as the main facility issue.
Yates County Inmate Population Trends
The annual trend line shows a smaller Yates County inmate population than a decade earlier. DCJS reported an annual average daily census of 46 in 2016, 43 in 2019, 33 in 2020, and 32 in each year from 2022 through 2025. County planning material connects the lower historical and projected jail population to New York bail reform, Raise the Age, and diversion programs, while also warning that state policy can change again.
| Year | Average Daily Census | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 46 | Baseline in the DCJS 2016-2025 trend |
| 2019 | 43 | Slight rise before the 2020 drop |
| 2020 | 33 | Major drop during the COVID and bail-reform period |
| 2022 | 32 | Returned to the recent lower level |
| 2025 | 32 | Stable from 2024 and down 30% from 2016 |
Yates County Inmate Population Makeup
DCJS publishes custody categories for the Yates County inmate population, but not a current public dashboard of race, sex, age, or charge-level totals. For May 2026, the monthly jail report broke out 5 sentenced people, 14 federal inmates, 13 other unsentenced people, 0 civil, 0 technical parole violators, and 0 state readies. The county inmate feed can show age, gender, race, height, weight, hair, and eye color on individual records, but those fields are not the same as a countywide demographic report.
- Local unsentenced custody is the county-jail side of the Yates County inmate population and includes people awaiting court action.
- Sentenced local inmates remain in the jail only when the sentence fits local custody.
- Federal board-ins can appear in the jail count, as the May 2026 report listed 14 federal inmates.
- State-ready and parole categories were zero in the May 2026 Yates County row.
A historical committee snapshot from 2022 listed county, federal, male, female, and age ranges, but it should not be treated as current demographics. For current custody, the sheriff feed and jail phone line are stronger than old committee minutes.
Yates County Jail Capacity
The Yates County inmate population was below the stated 60-bed capacity in the May 2026 monthly count, but the county's facility concern is broader than crowding. The April 30, 2026 Public Safety Facility information piece describes the current jail as over 50 years old, linear in layout, and pre-existing or non-conforming under yearly Commission of Correction audits. It also says end-of-life mechanical systems, code mandates, repair logistics, and security movement make renovation difficult in a 24/7 jail.
The county compared renovation, knockdown/rebuild, expansion, and new construction. In April 2026, county materials said schematic design was moving forward for a new-construction option because it allowed uninterrupted operation, a modern design, lower overall cost, a shorter timeline, and fewer unknowns. This is a local Yates County inmate population issue even when the census is modest, because classification, medical care, mental health, programming, and safe repairs are part of modern jail operations.
Laws Governing Yates County Inmates
Several New York laws shape how the Yates County inmate population is held, reported, and requested. Public access starts with FOIL, but FOIL has exemptions. Jail operation is also tied to county-jail statutes and state correction standards. These laws do not require every record field to be posted online, so the sheriff feed, phone line, FOIL forms, and court portals each serve a different role.
Key statutes:
Public Officers Law Article 6 gives access to agency records through New York FOIL, subject to exemptions.
Public Officers Law section 87 states the core access rule and common grounds for withholding or redaction.
Correction Law section 500-c places custody of the county jail with the sheriff or chief local officer.
Correction Law section 45 supports State Commission of Correction oversight of local jails.
Search the Yates County Inmate Population
The official online route for current local custody is the Yates County Sheriff's Office app and site feature called Incarcerated Individuals Search. The app manifest points that feature to the public inmate feed at the Yates inmate feed. It is free, uses search and sort controls, and is part of the sheriff correctional information menu with VINE, visitation, bail, commissary, mail, phone, and jail guide links.
The Yates sheriff app manifest documents the feed design. It sets showSearch and showSort to true, defaults sorting by date descending, and lists the feature under Incarcerated Individuals Search. That means a Yates County inmate search should start with a last name and recent-custody sort before moving to phone or FOIL channels.
- Open the sheriff site or official app and choose Incarcerated Individuals Search.
- Search by last name first, since feed entries are titled in LAST, FIRST format.
- Use the sort control if recent bookings or custody updates matter.
- Open the entry and note the inmate ID, booked date, custody status, and holding facility code.
- If no Yates County result appears, check the jail phone line, FOIL, DOCCS, BOP, ICE ODLS, or VINE based on custody type.
The official inmate feed is shown in the screenshot below. It connects the Yates County inmate population search to public custody fields rather than a traditional roster table.
The screenshot illustrates why the app feed is the county-specific starting point, while phone confirmation and FOIL remain important when a person, charge, or booking document is not visible.
Yates County Current Inmate Lookup
Current Yates County inmate records in the feed can show the name, inmate ID, booked date, custody status, status timestamp, holding facility code, physical description fields, sex-offender flag, and reporting agency. The inspected sample records used missing-profile placeholder images and did not display full booking photos, court dates, housing units, DOB, or populated charge rows. The JSON schema can support charge code, charge description, charge date, bond type, bond amount, and disposition fields when those values are available.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Text filter | Not specified | Manifest sets showSearch true; start with last name. |
| Sort | Sort control | Optional | Manifest sets showSort true and date-descending default. |
| Feed item | Selectable entry | Optional | Open the item to read custody and record details. |
| Image | Placeholder field | Not applicable | Current config says showImage none; inspected entries used missing-profile placeholders. |
Past Yates County Inmate Records
A missing roster entry does not prove release, transfer, or that no arrest happened. Yates County did not publish a guaranteed feed refresh interval or a public retention rule for released people in the sources reviewed. For older booking records, photographs, arrest reports, CAD entries, or related documents, use the Yates County FOIL web form or the Yates County Sheriff FOIL PDF. The sheriff form asks requesters to be specific and not use broad wording such as all records.
Past custody can also move outside the county. A sentenced state-prison inmate should be searched through New York DOCCS incarcerated lookup, not the Yates County jail feed. Federal sentenced prisoners go through the BOP inmate locator. Immigration custody is checked through ICE ODLS. VINE is useful for custody notifications, especially when the user needs updates rather than a one-time search.
Yates County Inmate Record Fields
The Yates sheriff feed is built around public custody data. It should not be read as a full court case file. Court charges, dispositions, certificates, sealed outcomes, and future appearances belong in court systems. Jail feed fields answer the narrower custody question: who is listed, when they were booked, what their public custody status is, and which agency reports the record.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Title/name | LAST, FIRST MIDDLE or initial display name. |
| Inmate ID | Numeric identifier assigned in the feed. |
| Booked date | Booking date and time in Eastern time. |
| Custody status | Public custody value; inspected entries showed IN. |
| Holding facility | Facility code NYYATESJA for Yates County Jail. |
| Reporting agency | Yates County Sheriff's Office address and phone from the feed. |
| Images | Missing-profile placeholders in inspected entries, not public booking photos. |
Yates County Jail or Prison
The Yates County inmate population search depends on custody status. The county jail roster covers the local jail and should be used for pretrial detention, short local sentences, recent bookings, and local holds. DOCCS covers sentenced state-prison custody after transfer. BOP covers federal sentenced custody from 1982 forward. ICE ODLS covers immigration detention, and the U.S. Marshals Western District of New York is relevant for federal pretrial custody context.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| Yates County jail custody | Yates sheriff Incarcerated Individuals Search | Current local jail roster and custody status |
| State prison sentence | New York DOCCS lookup | Sentenced prison custody, DIN, NYSID, and facility status |
| Federal sentence | BOP by-name locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Detainee search by A-number or biographical data |
| Notification | New York VINE | Custody and case notifications where available |
Yates County Detention Facilities
The official facility map found one local detention facility in Yates County. No separate work-release annex, city jail, regional jail, DOCCS prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility physically in Yates County was located in the official sources reviewed.
- Yates County Jail is the county jail for pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, transfer or hold categories, and federal board-ins shown in DCJS/SCOC reports.
Yates County Custody Terms
Short definitions help separate jail, court, and prison records. The same person can move through several of these statuses after one arrest.
- Booking
- Administrative intake after arrest, including identity checks and jail processing.
- Remand
- A court order holding the defendant in custody.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another authority, such as federal, parole, or immigration custody.
- State ready
- A person awaiting transfer from local jail to state custody.
- FOIL
- New York's Freedom of Information Law process for requesting agency records.
Yates County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Yates County inmate population?
NY DCJS listed the May 2026 Yates County Jail census at 32, with 33 in-house, 3 boarded out, and 3 boarded in. The 2025 annual average daily census was also 32 in the DCJS annual report prepared February 2, 2026.
How do I search the Yates County inmate population?
Start with the sheriff Incarcerated Individuals Search through the official app or site. Use last name search and date-descending sort, then call the jail or use FOIL if the online feed does not answer the custody question.
Does Yates County have a state prison?
No state prison physically in Yates County was found in official sources. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, use the New York DOCCS incarcerated lookup rather than the county jail feed.
Are booking photos in the Yates County inmate feed?
Inspected feed records used missing-profile placeholders, and the app manifest set the inmate-search image display to none. Booking-photo requests should use FOIL when the photo is not posted online.