Cayuga County Jail Inmate Search

Start With VINE

The search New York points families to is VINE, the state’s custody notification service. It takes a first and last name and shows whether that person is held in a New York county jail, and it can send you an alert when their custody status changes.

If VINE has nothing and the arrest was recent, call the jail on 315-253-2911. Booking takes time, and the phone is the quickest answer in the first hours.

Three Facilities, Two Names

Cayuga County has three places that hold people, and two of them share a name with the jail.

	Cayuga County Jail	Auburn Correctional Facility	Cayuga Correctional Facility
Run by	Cayuga County Sheriff	New York State DOCCS	New York State DOCCS
Where	7445 County House Road, Auburn	Auburn	Moravia
Who is held	Pretrial, short sentences, awaiting transfer	State sentences	State sentences
Search	VINE or the jail	DOCCS lookup by DIN	DOCCS lookup by DIN

If the person has been sentenced to state prison time, they will move out of the county jail and into the DOCCS system, and from then the Auburn or Cayuga Correctional Facility guides apply.

Who Is Held Here

The Sheriff describes the jail as a direct-supervision, maximum-security, 214-bed facility. People are held pretrial, after conviction while awaiting sentence, or serving a county sentence. The jail also holds parole violators and people waiting to be moved to a state prison.

It takes people from other agencies too: the U.S. Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and parts of the Department of Homeland Security, including Border Patrol and ICE. Someone held for a federal agency may also show in that agency’s own locator.

What the Phone Line Can and Cannot Tell You

Staff can confirm whether someone is in custody and explain bail. They do not take messages for the people held here. For bail amounts and the details needed to pay online, the Sheriff points to the same number, 315-253-2911.

Once You Know They Are There

Write down their full name and any jail number they give you, because the mail address uses it. Pigeonly sends letters and photos to the Cayuga County Jail from your phone, addressed to County House Road with the number in place.