Schenectady County's jail at 320 Veeder Avenue, run by the Schenectady County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Dominic Dagostino. You will see three names for it in official use: the New York State Commission of Correction calls it the Schenectady County Jail, the county's own prose calls it the Schenectady County Correctional Facility, and its contact block says Schenectady County Corrections. All three are the same building.
City
Schenectady
County
Schenectady County, New York
State
NY
Facility Type
County jail
Gender
Male and female
Capacity
205 in custody as of July 2026, per NYS DCJS
Custody Levels
Booking, pretrial, and county sentences
Operator
Schenectady County Sheriff's Office
Address
320 Veeder Avenue, Schenectady, NY 12307
Phone
518-388-4300
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See the full breakdownContact visiting has resumed, with three visitors at a time and two visits a week. The timetable is assigned by housing unit and posted inside the building. The county's own answer is that your person tells you, and extension 2 on 518-388-4300 is the county's line for it.
See the full breakdownA Cobra Cashier kiosk in the lobby takes cash for 3.25 dollars or a card for 4.95, weekdays from 8 AM to 6 PM, and Access Corrections handles the online side. Bail runs through Government Payment Services at a 7 percent fee, and the refund belongs to the defendant rather than to whoever paid it.
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The county's corrections page says the visitation schedule is posted in each housing unit and that the visiting rules are posted in the visiting area in English and Spanish. It also says inmates are responsible for letting their visitors know their visiting hours. To get the times from the county's own side, extension 2 on 518-388-4300 is the route.
VisitationBecause the schedule is assigned by housing unit rather than set for the whole building, and the county says all schedules are subject to change with one week's prior notice. A single timetable for the whole jail would be wrong for somebody.
VisitationUp to three at a time, and each person gets two visits a week. Contact visiting has resumed. Every visitor has their temperature screened before entry and anyone with a fever is denied entry.
VisitationTwo ways. The Cobra Cashier kiosk in the Veeder Avenue lobby is open Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 6 PM and charges 3.25 dollars for cash or 4.95 dollars by card. Access Corrections handles it online. Either way you need the person's Criminal History Number, or their full name and date of birth.
Send MoneyA Criminal History Number, which is the identifier Schenectady County uses for people in its custody. The kiosk asks for it by name. If you do not have it, the county accepts a full name and date of birth instead, so a missing number is not a dead end.
Send MoneyNo, and the county is unusually specific about it. Packages have to be ordered and mailed in from reputable stores, personal drop off is not allowed, and the rules name Uber, Spark and anything like those deliveries as not accepted. Once a package arrives it is searched, repackaged, labelled and sent to the housing unit, which normally takes up to five days.
Mail & PhotosThe county publishes a full authorised list. Clothing cannot be silk or silk like, and cannot have buttons, snaps, zippers, pockets or visible logos. Every top has to be crew neck, so no V-necks and no tank tops. Publications have to come from the publisher or arrive on a subscription.
Mail & PhotosBy card through Government Payment Services, which charges a 7 percent service fee. One thing to understand before you pay: the county states that a bail refund becomes the property of the defendant. If you put the money up for somebody else, the refund is not automatically yours.
Send MoneyVINE covers New York county jails and takes a name. For a booking in the last day or two, 518-388-4300 is faster than any database.
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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: schenectadycountyny.gov/sheriff/corrections ›