Ulster County's jail at 380 Boulevard in Kingston, run by the Corrections Division of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Juan Figueroa. It is licensed for 458 people and held an average of 186 through 2025, so it runs well under capacity. Two New York State prisons carrying similar names sit 25 miles away in Napanoch, and telling them apart is the first thing most families here have to do.
City
Kingston
County
Ulster County, New York
State
NY
Facility Type
County jail
Gender
Male and female
Capacity
Licensed for 458, with a 2025 average daily population of 186
Custody Levels
Housing pods, with contact and non-contact visits
Operator
Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Corrections Division
Address
380 Boulevard, Kingston, NY 12401
Phone
845-340-3644
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The roster with photos, and the two state prisons it is not.
View ArticleFour days, three sessions, and seating in arrival order.
View ArticleThe state variance, its conditions, and when it runs out.
View ArticleKiosk, card or money order, plus the code GovPayNet needs.
View ArticleThe vendor that also handles the scanning, and what it covers.
View ArticleThe Sheriff hosts a genuine name search that returns an inmate ID, physical description and a booking photograph, which puts it ahead of most county tools in New York. The complication is not the tool, it is the county: two state prisons in Napanoch carry the Ulster name or address and answer to a different agency entirely.
See the full breakdownUlster publishes a full twelve month calendar naming which housing pods visit at which of three daily times on which date, which is rarer than it should be. Visits run Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, two visitors at a time, and seating goes in the order people arrive rather than by appointment.
See the full breakdownThe state approved this jail scanning personal mail to tablets in May 2026, with conditions that make it a better deal than the out of state boxes other counties use. The original letter goes into personal property rather than being destroyed, legal mail is excluded outright, and tablets must be provided free so people can read their post.
See the full breakdownCommissary money runs through Access Corrections, online, by phone or at a kiosk in the jail lobby, and a certified money order still works. Bail goes somewhere else entirely, to GovPayNet under a specific pay location code, and needs four pieces of information most families do not have to hand.
See the full breakdownThe phone and tablet vendor here is Smart Communications, and the same company runs the mail scanning, so one relationship covers calls, messages and post. Nobody can ring in to a housing unit, which makes getting the account open early more important than it looks.
See the full breakdown6 of 9 questions
To their name, then c/o Ulster County Jail, 380 Boulevard, Kingston, NY 12401. That is the county's own wording. Unlike several other New York counties, Ulster has not moved personal mail to an out of state scanning box, so the letter goes to the jail itself.
Mail & PhotosYes, but the good version of that. The state approved a variance in May 2026 letting the jail scan non-privileged mail in colour to your person's tablet, on condition that the original is placed in their personal property. So they read it on a screen and still get the paper back.
Mail & PhotosIt is not scanned at all. The state made that a condition: scanning general and legal privileged correspondence is strictly prohibited until the jail can prove it can be done without anyone else seeing it. Legal mail is opened in your person's presence, resealed in front of them, and put in their property.
Mail & PhotosBy your person's housing pod. Visits run Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday in three sessions, at 7:45 AM, 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM, and each pod is scheduled twice a week on a rotation. The county publishes a twelve month calendar showing exactly which pods have which slot on which date.
VisitationYes. Seating is first come, first served, and the county says outright that you may not get in during busy visiting days. There is no appointment to hold, so arriving early on a popular day matters.
VisitationTwo visitors per visit. Children aged three and under do not count towards that, which is more generous than most New York county jails, where every child takes a place.
VisitationThree ways. Online or by ringing 866-345-1884, through the kiosk at Reception in the jail, or by certified money order made out in your person's name. You need their inmate ID number, and the desk officer can give it to you.
Send MoneyBy card through GovPayNet, under Pay Location Code 1870. You will need the payment amount, the defendant's name, their ICN number, the court or judge's name, and the return date and time. The support line is 1-877-EZBAIL5.
Send MoneyNo, and this catches families constantly. Ulster Correctional Facility is a New York State prison in Napanoch, 25 miles away, run by a different agency. So is Eastern NY Correctional Facility, also in Napanoch. The county jail is the one at 380 Boulevard in Kingston.
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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: ulstersheriffny.gov/correctionsDivision ›