The largest county jail in New York outside New York City, run by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office from the Public Safety Building in downtown Rochester. It holds about 712 people on an average day, roughly seven in ten of them still waiting on a court outcome, and it publishes its roster as a daily PDF rather than a search tool.
City
Rochester
County
Monroe County, New York
State
NY
Facility Type
County jail
Gender
Male and female
Capacity
1,217 beds, per the Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Custody Levels
Mostly pretrial, plus sentenced people and federal detainees
Operator
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Address
130 S. Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, NY 14614
Phone
585-753-4178
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No search box. Four columns, regenerated on weekday mornings.
View ArticleA week ahead, on a matching weekday, through the City Court entrance.
View ArticleWhat arrives is a copy. The original stays in property until release.
View ArticleThree routes, two funds, and one of them is open a single day a week.
View ArticleA 2021 vote made calls free. Nothing since then confirms a rate.
View ArticleMonroe County does not run a search form. It publishes documents, rebuilt on weekday mornings and stamped with the time they were made. The roster is the one most families want: MCJ number, last name, first name, date of entry, running alphabetically. A second document, the census, carries charges, bail figures, courts and whether somebody is sentenced, and it runs to hundreds of pages. Both are read by eye rather than searched.
See the full breakdownSix slots a day, Monday to Friday, booked a full week ahead on the matching weekday. Two one hour visits per person per week, two adult visitors plus two lap children under five. The detail that catches people is the entrance: visiting is next to the Hall of Justice and the county directs families to the Rochester City Court entrance, not to the jail itself. Arrive at least 30 minutes before the slot or it is cancelled.
See the full breakdownLetters go straight to the building, with the MCJ number on the envelope and nothing faster than ordinary post accepted. Photographs are the exception worth understanding before you send any: since September 2021 they are photocopied, the copy is delivered, and the original is held in property until release. Ten per envelope. Publications have to come direct from the publisher, and hardbound books are refused outright.
See the full breakdownAccess Corrections handles deposits online, through its app and on 1-866-345-1884 with bilingual agents around the clock. Lobby kiosks sit at both the jail and the STAR Academy, run 24 hours and take cash as well as cards, though not coins. The staffed cash window at the jail opens Fridays only, 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Commissary money and phone credit sit in two separate county funds.
See the full breakdownSecurus Technologies is the vendor, listed for this jail under facility code 06892. Families set up a prepaid AdvanceConnect account, and the same system carries messaging and video. County legislators voted in March 2021 to make calls free to the people held here, unanimously. What nobody publishes is a current per-minute voice rate, so this guide gives you the video price the vendor does publish and stops there.
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This guide covers Monroe County, New York, whose jail is at 130 S. Plymouth Avenue in downtown Rochester. There are Monroe Counties in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida, and search results mix them together freely. Three quick checks settle it: the area code is 585, the ZIP is 14614, and the ID number is called an MCJ number.
Inmate SearchIt gets photocopied. Under a rule that took effect on September 3, 2021, a photograph arriving in ordinary mail at this jail is copied, the copy is handed to your person, and the original is stored in their property until release. The limit is ten photographs per envelope either way. If you want an actual print to reach them, the county names four services that do that instead.
Mail & PhotosNot to the jail's own door. The visiting area sits next to the Hall of Justice, and the county tells families to use the Rochester City Court entrance and then follow the signs in the lobby to Jail Visits. People who drive to 130 Plymouth Avenue looking for a jail entrance end up in the wrong building with a booked slot ticking away.
VisitationOne week, and the day has to match. A Tuesday visit is booked the Tuesday before, a Thursday visit the Thursday before. Slots run at 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 and 11:15 in the morning and 1:15 and 2:15 in the afternoon, Monday to Friday. Booking is on 585-753-4000 or through the county's own online request form.
VisitationNo. Monroe County publishes PDF documents rather than a search box, and they are regenerated on weekday mornings. The roster gives you four columns: MCJ number, last name, first name and date of entry. You read down it by eye. A separate census document carries charges, bail and custody status and runs to hundreds of pages.
Inmate SearchThat is what the county publishes. The staffed cash drop-off at the jail runs Fridays from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM and no other day. The lobby kiosks are the way around it: they sit at both the jail and the STAR Academy, run 24 hours, and take cash as well as cards. They do not take coins.
Send MoneyMonroe County legislators voted in March 2021 to contract with Securus Technologies for calls at no cost to people held in the jail, and the vote was 28 to nothing. No county document since then confirms that is still how it works, and neither the county nor the vendor publishes a per-minute voice rate. We are not going to print a price we cannot source.
Phone CallsThe defendant does, not you. The county states this in capital letters on its own payment page: the funds become the property of the defendant, and any refund of bail by the court is made to the defendant. That holds no matter whose card paid. Bail questions go to 585-753-4182.
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