Yates County Jail Roster
The official online jail route is the Yates County Sheriff's Office "Incarcerated Individuals Search" feature. The feature is exposed through the sheriff app and site infrastructure, and the public inmate feed is available through the county's OCV app data at the Yates County inmate feed. Research on the feed found active custody entries with names, inmate IDs, booking dates, custody status values, and reporting-agency information. The roster is the first place to check for a person who may be in the Yates County Jail after an arrest, arraignment hold, local sentence, or other county-level custody event.
That roster is not a master record for every person with a Yates County case. A person sentenced to state prison is searched through New York DOCCS. A sentenced federal prisoner is searched through the Bureau of Prisons. Immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS. The local roster may also omit details that a family member expects to see, such as a full date of birth, court date, housing unit, or booking photograph. When the online roster is incomplete, the fallback chain is phone confirmation with the jail, in-person contact at the Public Safety Building when appropriate, a focused FOIL request, VINE notification, and the state or federal locators.
The sheriff app manifest shows the inmate feature with search and sort enabled, and it places inmate search under correctional information. It also links related services such as visitation, bail, commissary, mail, phone, and VINE. The app channel matters in Yates County because the inmate list is an official app-based public access point, not a separate old-style roster table on a county web page.
The official inmate feed source is shown in the captured manifest output below.
The capture supports the roster discussion because it shows the county's public app feed rather than a third-party jail listing.
Use Yates County Inmate Search
Yates County inmate records should be checked in a sequence. Start with the roster because it is the fastest local source for current jail custody. Then use the jail phone line when a search is blank or unclear. Do not treat a missing result as proof that the person has been released. Names can be entered with initials, middle names, or older data formats, and a new booking may not show a posted refresh time in the public source. The research found current 2026 custody timestamps, but no guaranteed update interval.
- Open the Yates County Sheriff's Office site or app and choose the Incarcerated Individuals Search feature from the correctional information area.
- Search by last name first. The inspected entries use a last-name-first display, which makes surname searching the best starting point.
- Use the sort control if the app shows many results. The manifest default is date descending, which helps surface recent custody updates.
- Open the matching entry and compare the name, inmate ID, booked date, custody status, and holding facility code.
- If no result appears, call Yates County Jail at 315-536-5175 or the reporting-agency line shown in the feed at 315-536-5172.
- For a record that is not posted online, file a specific FOIL request with the person's name, date, case number, and record type if known.
- If the person was sentenced, moved, or held under another authority, search DOCCS, VINE, BOP, USMS context, or ICE ODLS instead of the county roster.
Custody point: Yates County Jail records show local jail custody; sentenced prison, federal custody, and immigration detention use separate official systems.
Yates County Roster Fields
The Yates County roster search is presented through an app feed rather than a multi-field search form. The public manifest confirms that search and sort are enabled, but it does not publish separate fields such as date of birth, case number, or charge code. Use the visible search box as a text filter for the list, then open the result to read the posted custody details. A broad search may be useful when a first name is misspelled or a middle initial appears in the title field.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Text filter in app feed | Not specified | The manifest sets showSearch true. The filter likely searches visible list text such as the person's name. |
| Sort | Sort control | No | The manifest sets showSort true and date-descending sort as the default order. |
| Feed item | Selectable result | No | Opening the entry exposes record details and custody details. |
| Image | Image or placeholder | Not applicable | The app config says showImage none; inspected records used missing-profile placeholders. |
A roster search should use the least personal data needed. The county feed did not expose full dates of birth in the inspected entries, so matching should rely on the public fields shown in the result and a direct jail confirmation when identity is uncertain.
Yates County Inmate Profile
A Yates County inmate profile is not the same as a full arrest report or full court record. The inspected feed entries provide identity, physical description, booking status, and reporting-agency information. The feed schema also includes possible charge, bond, and disposition fields, but visible entries reviewed did not show populated charge rows. For court dates, formal case status, amended charges, dismissals, or convictions, use the court record path rather than relying on the jail feed alone.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Title/name | Public display name, usually in LAST, FIRST MIDDLE or initial format. |
| firstName / lastName | Structured name fields used by the app for display and searching. |
| Inmate ID | Numeric identifier assigned in the public feed. |
| Physical description | Height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, and hair color when posted. |
| Custody status | Public status value and custody status date or time; inspected entries showed "IN." |
| Booked date | Booking date and time in Eastern time when shown in the record. |
| Holding facility | Facility code, with inspected entries showing NYYATESJA for Yates County Jail. |
| Reporting agency | Yates County Sheriff's Office address and a reporting-agency phone number. |
| Images | Placeholder images in inspected entries, not public booking photos. |
| Charges and bond | Possible schema fields for charge code, charge description, bond type, bond amount, and disposition, when available. |
Booking charges can differ from the formal charges filed later in court. For the court file that follows an arrest, use the court-record channel and compare it with the custody record rather than assuming the roster is the final case history.
Yates County Custody Systems
Yates County inmate records split by custody authority. The county jail handles people awaiting local court action, people serving local jail sentences, and hold categories reported in state jail population data. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision handles sentenced state-prison custody after transfer. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through BOP, while federal pretrial custody may involve the U.S. Marshals Service and may not be reflected in a BOP result until federal prison placement. ICE ODLS is the immigration detainee locator, and no ICE detention facility was located in Yates County.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Yates County Sheriff's Office app/site | Current local jail custody, booking status, and inmate feed details. |
| Victim notification | New York VINE | Custody and notification service linked by the sheriff app. |
| State prison | New York DOCCS incarcerated lookup | Sentenced state-prison custody after transfer from county jail. |
| Federal prison | Federal BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates in BOP records from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Immigration detainees searched by A-number or biographical data. |
DOCCS search guidance differs from the county feed. A DOCCS search can use last name alone or last name with birth year, while DIN or NYSID should be searched by itself. BOP by-name search uses first, middle, and last name, plus race, sex, and age filters. ICE ODLS searches by A-number or by name, country of birth, and birth date.
Yates County Jail Contact
The local facility list for this project contains one jail: Yates County Jail. It is operated by the Yates County Sheriff's Office from the Public Safety Building in Penn Yan. The same address appears in the sheriff app materials and in the State Commission of Correction county jail listing. Sheriff Francis Ryan leads the sheriff's office, while correctional staff handle custody, visits, mail, and inmate-account rules. Use the jail phone for custody and rules, and use the sheriff office main number for civil office or general sheriff business during posted office hours.
Yates County Jail
227 Main Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315-536-5175
Visit scheduling by telephone or in person: Friday 8 a.m.-8 p.m. for Saturday visits, and Saturday 8 a.m.-8 p.m. for Sunday visits.
Yates County Sheriff's Office
227 Main Street
Penn Yan, NY 14527
315-536-4438
Civil office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Emergency calls go to 911.
The jail is a county facility, not a DOCCS prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention site. For facility-specific custody, visits, mail, and money rules, see the Yates County Jail facility page.
Yates County Booking Records
Booking begins after an arrest by a sheriff deputy, village police officer, state trooper, or another law enforcement agency. The local custody path can include transport to Yates County Jail or a court appearance depending on the facts of the arrest. Intake may include identity and record checks, search and property inventory, booking photo and fingerprint steps when applicable, medical or mental-health screening, classification, housing assignment, and initial phone access. Classification means the jail's assessment for housing, safety, and program placement.
The Yates jail guide adds local details that matter after booking. Medical care and mental-health services are provided, dental appointments are emergency or as-needed, tuberculosis testing is used for incarcerated people, and optional HIV/AIDS testing is available on request. Property may be released only in its entirety to a designated person. If a person is sent to state prison, property must be picked up within ten days of transfer, and unclaimed property is disposed of after thirty days.
Phone access is also limited. Incarcerated people may make collect calls to someone willing to accept charges. Incoming calls are not accepted, and staff cannot pass messages to incarcerated people. The current guide lists Viapath through ConnectNetwork for cell-phone collect-call accounts.
Note: A new Yates County booking may appear in the feed before every related court filing is visible in a case-search portal.
Yates County Jail Visits
Yates County visitation is appointment based and rule heavy. The official visitation rule page says visitors may schedule only for themselves and household members. After a visit is scheduled, it cannot be canceled or moved to another time. Visitors must check in with the lobby officer, enter the visitor log when required, present valid photo ID, and arrive no later than fifteen minutes before the scheduled visit.
| Visit Item | Yates County Rule | Practical Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday visits | Schedule Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. | Call or appear during the Friday scheduling window. |
| Sunday visits | Schedule Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. | Call or appear during the Saturday scheduling window. |
| New commitments | One 15-minute non-contact visit within the first 24 hours. | Normal visit length may apply if the first visit falls on a regular visitation day. |
| Minors | Visitors under 18 need a parent or legal guardian, with paperwork when needed. | Do not bring a child without proper adult supervision and proof. |
| ID | Valid photo ID is required for adults. | Accepted examples include driver's license, non-driver ID, military ID, passport, or benefit card. |
| Screening | Metal detector, hand wand, possible pat search, and possible mouth check. | Use lobby lockers and bring only what the rules allow. |
| Video visits | GTL/Viapath VisitMe is offered at the facility. | Register yourself and all participating visitors through the video visit system. |
Dress rules are strict. The sheriff materials bar skin-tight clothing, tank tops, spaghetti straps, shirts exposing the upper chest or waist, short skirts, short shorts, jackets, shawls, hoodie-style sweaters, and hats in the visit room. Contraband rules bar drugs, lighters, matches, cigarettes, gum, candy, keys, paper, pens, and cell phones from the visit room.
Yates County Jail Support
The current jail guide gives the support rules for mail, phone calls, funds, commissary, and care packages. Mail should be addressed to the incarcerated person's name at Yates County Jail, 227 Main Street, Penn Yan, NY 14527. Magazines and newspapers must come by subscription. Books must come from a publisher or bookseller, such as Amazon, and hardcovers are not allowed. Photos are limited to twelve, no larger than 4 by 6, and Polaroids are not allowed.
Several mail items are returned to sender, including staples, crayon, stickers, glue, glitter, paint, oversized cards, and musical cards. The sender must place a name and return address on both the envelope and the letter. The envelope that mail arrives in is destroyed. For phone accounts, the current guide lists Viapath/ConnectNetwork at ConnectNetwork and 1-877-650-4249. Incoming calls and staff messages are not accepted.
| Money or Commissary Route | Yates County Details |
|---|---|
| Mail money order or certified bank check | Fill all blanks. Personal checks are not accepted. Mailed funds may take 5-7 days. |
| Lobby kiosk | Cash or credit deposit fee is $3.50, charged by the kiosk company. Funds are immediate. |
| Online MyCarePack deposits | MyCarePack smart deposits carry a $4.95 online fee. Funds are immediate. |
| Care packages | Friends and family may order approved packages through MyCarePack. |
Confirm custody before sending funds or setting a visit. A person may be released, moved to another county, transferred to DOCCS, or held under another authority after the first roster entry appears.
Yates County Records Fallbacks
When the online inmate search does not provide the needed record, New York's public-records route is FOIL. Yates County provides an online FOIL web form, and the sheriff materials also document a FOIL PDF process. In-person questions can be routed through the Public Safety Building, but visitors should confirm lobby procedures before relying on a walk-in request. A strong FOIL request names the person, date, case number if known, and the specific record type. The sheriff FOIL PDF warns against vague wording such as "all records" because broad requests may not be accepted as written.
Useful request categories include booking records, arrest reports, domestic incident reports, motor vehicle accident reports, general reports, fire investigation reports, computer-aided dispatch entries, written statements, accusatory instruments, photographs, uniform traffic tickets, and other identified records. FOIL does not guarantee release. Records can be limited by sealed-case rules, privacy provisions, active investigations, E911 restrictions, or court orders.
The official Yates County Sheriff app on Apple and Yates County Sheriff app on Google Play advertise inmate information, Most Wanted, sex offenders, alerts, and crime tips. Use the app because the inmate search feed and Most Wanted feed are primary official app features for Yates County.
- FOIL
- New York's Freedom of Information Law request process for agency records, subject to exemptions and redactions.
- VINE
- A custody notification service linked by the sheriff app for people who need updates rather than a one-time roster search.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another authority, such as state, federal, parole, or immigration custody.
- Remand
- A court order holding a person in custody instead of releasing the person while the case continues.
- State ready
- A jail population category for a person awaiting transfer into state custody.
For booking photos, remember that inspected Yates County inmate feed entries used missing-profile placeholders rather than public photos. The separate Yates County jail mugshots page covers where booking photos appear, what the roster does not show, and how records requests fit the process.