Oswego County's jail at 39 Churchill Road, run by the Corrections Division of the Oswego County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Don Hilton. It is a direct supervision facility inside the county Public Safety Center, where people are housed in pods across three security levels rather than in traditional cell blocks. The one thing families most often get wrong here is the address, because personal mail no longer comes to the building at all.
City
Oswego
County
Oswego County, New York
State
NY
Facility Type
County jail
Gender
Male and female
Capacity
About 135 people held on an average day, per a 2022 Vera Institute count
Custody Levels
Direct supervision pods across three security levels
Operator
Oswego County Sheriff's Office, Corrections Division
Address
39 Churchill Road, Oswego, NY 13126
Phone
315-349-3300
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View ArticleThe county's Inmate Lookup link is not a county roster. It goes to VINE, the statewide custody service, which takes a name and covers New York county jails. For a booking in the last day or two the staffed jail line beats any database, because a record has to be entered before it can be found.
See the full breakdownEverything runs through one phone line, 315-349-3346, open 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and a visit is booked a day in advance. There are four sessions, one visit a day and two a week, and two people per visit. Sign in closes 15 minutes before the session, which is the deadline that ends most wasted trips.
See the full breakdownPersonal mail now goes to PO Box 807 in Syracuse, gets scanned, and lands on your person's tablet in the Facility Messages app. The county publishes the exact envelope format it needs, and a short list of what must not go to that box, which includes money orders and legal mail.
See the full breakdownThe county names Access Corrections and links straight out to it, which answers the question of where money goes. The same vendor link covers posting bail, and money never goes to the Syracuse mail box.
See the full breakdownCalls run through ConnectNetwork, the service operated by ViaPath Technologies, and the single product listed for this jail is AdvancePay. It is prepaid and it is opened by family or friends on the outside, which means the first call can only land somewhere that is already set up to receive it.
See the full breakdown6 of 9 questions
To PO Box 807, Syracuse, NY 13201. Write the complete facility name and state on the first line, so Oswego County Jail, NY, then their full name and inmate ID number. The county's own notice gives that format. Post nothing to 39 Churchill Road, because personal mail is no longer received there.
Mail & PhotosBecause personal mail here has gone digital. Letters, pictures and drawings are scanned and delivered to your person through the Facility Messages app on their tablet, under the free profile. The envelope you post is handled at the Syracuse box rather than at the jail.
Mail & PhotosCheques, money orders and attorney-client privileged mail. The county's notice says those follow the facility's own guidelines instead and must not be sent to the new address. Getting that wrong is how a money order disappears into a scanning queue.
Mail & PhotosSessions run at 8:30 to 9:30, 10:00 to 11:00, 12:30 to 1:30 and 2:00 to 3:00. Visits are booked by ringing 315-349-3346 between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM, one day in advance, and only one visit can be booked at a time. Each person gets one visit a day and two a week, with two visitors per visit.
VisitationFifteen minutes before the session starts, and that is the deadline for being signed in rather than for arriving in the car park. The county states plainly that visitors who do not sign in 15 minutes prior will be denied.
VisitationAn original birth certificate with an official raised seal. A photocopy will not do. The child has to be with a parent or legal guardian. If neither can attend, there is a Juvenile Permission to Visit form, and it has to be notarised when the parent is not present to sign it in front of staff.
VisitationViaPath Technologies, through ConnectNetwork. The only product listed for this jail is AdvancePay, which the vendor describes as a prepaid phone account set up by family or friends to receive inmate calls. So the account is opened and funded on your side rather than theirs.
Phone CallsThrough Access Corrections, which is the vendor the county links for payments. The vendor shows its own fee before you confirm a payment.
Send MoneyYes, but soft cover only, with no threading or stitching, and it has to be new and come direct from a distribution company. The county cites the state regulation for that. Anything not on its allowable items list has to be bought through commissary instead, apart from food and hygiene items.
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All information on this page comes directly from official government and facility sources. How we verify information › Last verified September 22, 2026. Official source: oswegocountyny.gov/departments/public_safety/sheriff/corrections_division.php ›