Chemung County's jail at 211 William Street in Elmira, run by the Corrections Division of the Chemung County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff William Schrom. The county also calls the building the Chemung County Correctional Facility. It holds up to 262 people by classification status and is an accredited agency through the New York State Sheriff's Association. Note that a New York State prison sits in the same city under a similar name, and the two are not connected.
City
Elmira
County
Chemung County, New York
State
NY
Facility Type
County jail
Gender
Male and female
Capacity
262
Custody Levels
Booking, pretrial, and county sentences, housed by classification status
Operator
Chemung County Sheriff's Office, Corrections Division
Address
211 William Street, Elmira, NY 14901
Phone
607-737-2934
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VINE, the jail line, and the jail that is not this jail.
View ArticleTwo visits a week, two visitors, and children count.
View ArticleThe address, the book rule, and the ZIP code trap next door.
View ArticleWhat changed on 30 June 2025, and the five shops that still take cash.
View Article8 AM to 9:30 PM on the unit phones, plus video visits on ViaPath.
View ArticleThe routes that work are the statewide VINE service and the staffed jail line. The complication specific to Elmira is that two very different facilities sit in the same city and share a ZIP code, so the first thing to settle is which one is actually holding your person.
See the full breakdownTwo days a week, both of them mornings, running 6:45 AM to 1:15 PM. Each person gets two one-hour visits a week with two visitors at a time, and a child takes one of those two places. There is no evening or weekend option for family, which makes this a hard schedule for anyone working standard hours.
See the full breakdownLetters go to the jail's own street address. For publications, the rule is three magazines, newspapers or soft cover books at a time, shipped by the retailer rather than posted by you. The real hazard here is the state prison sharing the ZIP code, which is why the street line matters more than usual.
See the full breakdownThe jail stopped accepting cash deposits on 30 June 2025. Commissary money now goes through Access Corrections, instantly, by app or website, or in cash at five named retail chains. Bail is a separate system: cash at the facility, or a card through ALLPAID which can be done entirely remotely.
See the full breakdownHousing unit phones are open from 8 AM to 9:30 PM daily and every call on them is collect. ViaPath Technologies maintains them. Separately, everyone gets a tablet at admission carrying video visitation, phone capability, legal and educational material and streaming, which is unusually generous for a county jail this size.
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Mondays and Fridays, 6:45 AM to 1:15 PM. Each person is authorised two one-hour visits a week, with a maximum of two visitors per visit, and every child counts as one of those two. Attorneys visit Monday to Friday over the same hours.
VisitationAt 211 William Street in Elmira, NY 14901, on 607-737-2934. The Sheriff's Office itself is a separate building at 203 William Street with its own number, 607-737-2987. If you need the jail rather than the Sheriff's Office, use the 211 address and the 737-2934 line.
Inmate SearchNo, and this is the most expensive mistake to make here. Elmira Correctional Facility is a New York State prison at 1879 Davis Street, on 607-734-3901, with its own post office box. The Chemung County Jail is a county jail at 211 William Street on 607-737-2934. They share the 14901 ZIP code and nothing else.
Inmate SearchNo. The Sheriff's Office stopped taking cash deposits for commissary on 30 June 2025. Access Corrections handles it now by app or website, and the transfer is instant. If you want to pay cash in person, the county names Dollar General, Family Dollar, Kroger, CVS and 7-Eleven as participating retailers.
Send MoneyTwo ways. Cash bail is done by reporting to the facility and asking to complete a cash bail transaction. Credit card bail runs through ALLPAID and can be done online, and the county says all credit card bail transactions may be made remotely, so nobody has to travel to Elmira for that route.
Send MoneyViaPath Technologies maintains the housing unit telephones. General population can use them between 8 AM and 9:30 PM daily, and all housing unit calls are completed collect. Everyone is also issued a tablet at admission which carries phone capability alongside video visitation.
Phone CallsMagazines, newspapers and soft cover books are allowed, three of each at a time, and only when they are bought from and posted by a company whose ordinary business is selling and shipping them, such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Anything you post yourself goes to 211 William Street, Elmira, NY 14901.
Mail & PhotosA General Equivalency Diploma program, parenting classes and computer classes, all run through the Board of Cooperative Educational Services. Counselling comes from CASA-TRINITY for drug and alcohol services and from Chemung County Family Services for mental health. Requests go in on a form from the housing unit officer.
VisitationThe Correctional Facility has a maximum capacity of 262, with people housed according to their classification status. It runs with 62 correction officers plus supervisors, a nurse administrator and two registered nurses, and the county says it remains an accredited agency through the New York State Sheriff's Association.
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All information on this page comes directly from official government and facility sources. How we verify information › Last verified September 21, 2026. Official source: chemungcountyny.gov/1463/Corrections ›