Warren County Inmate Population
The Warren County inmate population is centered on one local detention site, the Warren County Correctional Facility. The county states that the jail is operated by the Warren County Sheriff's Office and holds arrested people when City Court, Local Justice Courts, Superior Courts, or Federal Courts order detention. That point matters for search work. A person may be physically held in the Warren County jail while the legal case is local, state, or federal, but the lookup system changes after transfer or sentencing.
For population data, the county jail count is separate from the state prison count. Pretrial detainees, short-sentence jail inmates, civil holds, technical parole violators, and state-ready people awaiting transfer can all appear in local jail statistics. A person sentenced to a New York prison term becomes a DOCCS incarcerated lookup case after transfer. A sentenced federal inmate belongs in the BOP inmate locator, while immigration detention is checked through ICE's detainee locator.
Warren County Inmate Population Statistics
The county's Corrections page gives the main facility figures: 186 beds, 705 prisoners admitted during the past year, and an average daily inmate population of 93. The same official page lists 100 sworn officers and civilians. The DCJS/SCOC monthly jail population report prepared June 1, 2026, gave a May 2026 average daily census of 100 and an in-house population of 101 for Warren County Jail.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Rated or maximum bed capacity | 186 beds | Warren County Sheriff's Corrections page, captured 2026 |
| Annual admissions | 705 prisoners | Warren County Sheriff's Corrections page, captured 2026 |
| Average daily inmate population | 93 | Warren County Sheriff's Corrections page, captured 2026 |
| May 2026 average daily census | 100 | DCJS/SCOC report prepared 6/1/2026 |
| May 2026 in-house population | 101 | DCJS/SCOC report prepared 6/1/2026 |
The county's 93 average daily population equals half of the 186-bed maximum. The May 2026 average daily census of 100 is about 54 percent of the same maximum. No official overcrowding order, consent decree, or current county-published correctional-facility lawsuit was located in the research materials.
Warren County Jail Population Trends
DCJS and the State Commission of Correction reported a 13-month Warren County Jail trend ending in May 2026. The report says counts reflect daily counts averaged by the number of days reported for each month. The local census moved with the statewide direction: Warren County dropped from 112 in May 2025 to 100 in May 2026, an 11 percent decline, while all New York jail facilities also declined 11 percent over the same comparison.
| Month | Average Daily Census | Note |
|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | 112 | Baseline month in the report |
| June 2025 | 122 | Highest month in the series |
| September 2025 | 94 | Below 100 |
| November 2025 | 84 | Lowest month in the series |
| February 2026 | 104 | Returned above 100 |
| May 2026 | 100 | 11 percent lower than May 2025 |
Who Is Counted in Warren County Jail
The May 2026 DCJS/SCOC in-house count shows why the Warren County inmate population cannot be read as one simple list of sentenced prisoners. The largest group was "other unsentenced," a category that includes people awaiting arraignment, trial, sentencing, or parole-violation handling after a new arrest. The same month also included sentenced inmates, civil custody, technical parole violators, state-ready inmates, and boarded-in people.
| May 2026 Category | Average Count | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Other unsentenced | 65 | Awaiting court action or other unsentenced handling |
| Sentenced | 27 | Serving a jail sentence or in post-conviction jail custody |
| Technical parole violators | 5 | Held on alleged parole violations |
| State readies | 2 | Sentenced to state prison but not yet transferred |
| Civil | 1 | Civil custody category in the report |
| Federal | 0 | No federal average in this monthly category |
Demographic data is thinner. Warren County's own Corrections page does not publish current race, sex, age, or charge-level tables for the full jail population. Vera factsheets provide earlier context, including Warren County jail population changes during 2020 and racial disparity findings in 2022, but the county and DCJS/SCOC figures above are the primary current operational data in the captured research.
Warren County Jail Population Laws
New York law controls both access and limits. FOIL is the public-records path for agency records, but jail and court records may be withheld, sealed, or redacted when a statute applies. Population reporting also has correctional oversight rules. The Warren County Corrections page links HALT Act reporting and quotes the recordkeeping rule that requires segregated-confinement reports.
Key Statutes:
Public Officers Law § 87 requires agencies to make records available unless an exemption applies, with standard paper-copy fees generally capped at 25 cents per page.
Public Officers Law § 89 sets FOIL procedure and privacy limits, including special limits on arrest or booking photographs.
Correction Law § 500-b governs housing of prisoners and other people in county custody.
9 NYCRR § 7076.7 requires HALT Act segregated-confinement reporting by covered facilities.
Search Warren County Inmate Custody
No official Warren County Sheriff's page captured in the research displayed a conventional searchable public jail roster with full inmate profiles, mugshots, charges, and bond fields. Warren County instead points users to New York VINE for custody status and notifications. The county explains that VINE communicates with jail and prison booking systems in near real time and can report whether an offender is held in jail and where the person is located.
The local operator is the Warren County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Jim LaFarr and Undersheriff Terry Comeau. Sheriff records that are not part of a live custody result can also be routed through the county's FOIL help page or the Sheriff's Office written request process.
- Search New York VINE for current Warren County jail custody and custody-notification registration.
- Call Warren County Correctional Facility at (518) 743-2500 option 2 when the booking is recent, the spelling is uncertain, or the status is unclear.
- Use Central Records or FOIL for booking records, incident reports, and sheriff records that are not displayed online.
- Search DOCCS after state-prison sentencing or transfer.
- Search BOP or ICE only when the custody level is federal prison or immigration detention.
The State Commission of Correction locator page also supports this split: county jails outside New York City use VINE, New York City has its own jail lookup, and state prisons use DOCCS. Note: A no-result search can mean the person is too recently booked, has been released, is held by another system, or has a name/date issue.
Warren County VINE Search Fields
VINE's live interface did not expose a full field list in captured text, so the safe field inventory is narrow. Warren County's official description supports name-based custody inquiry, facility location, and notification registration. Do not assume the county publishes booking number, charge, bond, housing, or mugshot fields through a public Warren County roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State | State landing page | Yes | Use the New York VINE page. |
| Name or offender search | Text | Unspecified | Search by person name when VINE has a matching record. |
| Facility or custody status | Result/filter | Unspecified | Warren County says VINE can report jail custody and facility location. |
| Notification phone numbers | Phone | For alerts only | Used for release, transfer, or escape calls. |
| PIN | Numeric | For alerts only | Four-digit PIN acknowledges notification calls. |
The official New York VINE portal is shown in the screenshot below. It is the custody-notification channel Warren County links from its Corrections page.
Use VINE for status and notifications, then call the jail when the search result does not settle a current-custody question.
Warren County Jail Records Requests
Central Records is the Warren County Sheriff's Office fallback for reports and jail-related records that are not available through a public custody search. The unit is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and is closed weekends and legal holidays. The records phone route is (518) 743-2500 option 4. The Sheriff's FOIL form accepts written requests by email, postal mail, or in person at Central Records.
Requesters should describe the record with as much detail as possible: full name, incident date, incident number if known, time, location, and the specific records requested. The Sheriff's form states that the Records Access Officer responds within five business days after receipt and that copies cost 25 cents per page, with payment due before release. Warren County also operates the NextRequest public-records portal with search and make-request controls.
The screenshot from Warren County NextRequest shows the countywide portal used when a jail or sheriff record is not shown in a public lookup.
For sheriff-specific records, Central Records remains the office named in the county research; the portal is the broader county request path.
County Jail vs DOCCS Custody
Warren County custody and New York state-prison custody are often confused because the jail can temporarily hold state-ready people. The search rule is practical: use VINE and the jail while the person is in county custody, and use DOCCS after state-prison transfer. Federal sentenced custody and ICE detention are separate systems, even if a person had an earlier Warren County booking.
| Custody Stage | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail custody | VINE and jail phone line | Pretrial, short sentence, civil, holds, and state-ready jail custody |
| Sentenced New York prison custody | DOCCS locator | State-prison transfer and state custody records |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| Immigration detention | ICE locator | ICE custody by A-number or exact biographical data |
- State ready
- Sentenced to state prison but still held in the county jail before transfer.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may affect release.
- Remand
- A court order keeping a person in custody.
- FOIL
- New York's Freedom of Information Law request process for agency records.
Warren County Detention Facility
Official facility listings located one adult detention facility in Warren County. No separate state prison, BOP institution, ICE detention center, or regional jail was found inside the county in the captured official listings. The county jail is therefore the local hub for people detained after local arrests, some federal court orders, and people awaiting state transfer.
- Warren County Correctional Facility is the county jail and local correctional facility operated by the Warren County Sheriff's Office.
The Warren County Corrections page shows the jail's local operating details, including capacity, admissions, bail, inmate funds, publication rules, HALT links, and VINE. It is the best official starting point for facility-level rules, while VINE remains the custody-status path.
The page confirms that local jail details are broader than a roster search: it includes custody, facility rules, bail, and jail operations.
Warren County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Warren County inmate population? The county reported an average daily inmate population of 93 in 2026 materials. The DCJS/SCOC May 2026 monthly report showed an average daily census of 100 and an in-house population of 101.
Does Warren County publish a full public jail roster? No verified county-run public roster with full profiles was captured. Warren County points users to VINE for custody status and notifications, with the jail phone line as the current-custody fallback.
Where are past or released jail records requested? Use the Sheriff's Office FOIL form, Central Records, or Warren County NextRequest. Give the full name, incident date, location, incident number if known, and the exact records sought.