Ulster County Jail Inmate Search

Three Facilities, and Only One Is This One

Settle this first, because everything else depends on it.

	Ulster County Jail	Ulster Correctional Facility	Eastern NY Correctional Facility
Run by	Ulster County Sheriff	New York State	New York State
Where	380 Boulevard, Kingston	750 Berme Road, Napanoch	30 Institution Rd, Napanoch
Mail	the jail’s own address	P.O. Box 800	P.O. Box 338
Phone	845-340-3644	845-647-1670	845-647-7400
Holds	People awaiting trial and county sentences	State sentences, medium security	State sentences, maximum security

Ulster Correctional Facility is not the Ulster County Jail. It is a state prison about 25 miles southwest in Napanoch, run by a different agency, with its own mailing box, its own visiting rules and its own phone system. Eastern NY Correctional Facility is the second state prison in the same village.

The short version: a recent arrest in Ulster County means the jail in Kingston. A state prison sentence means Napanoch, and the person will usually have been moved there from somewhere else entirely. This county search won’t find them there. Our Ulster Correctional Facility inmate lookup and Eastern NY inmate lookup cover the state search.

Mail, money and visits sent to one do not reach the other.

The Search Itself

The Sheriff hosts an Incarcerated Individuals Search with a plain Type to Search box and a filter beside it.

A record returns the person’s name in surname-first form, the date, their inmate ID number, and a physical description covering height, weight, gender and race. It also carries a booking photograph, which most New York county tools do not publish at all.

The page pairs that with the statewide custody notification service, so both routes sit in one place.

Write the ID Number Down

The number on that record is worth capturing the first time you find it, because you will be asked for it more than once.

You need an inmate ID number for every commissary deposit. Bail asks for an ICN number. And the desk officer will give you either on 845-340-3644 if the search does not.

What Kind of Jail It Is

The facility is licensed for 458 people, and held an average of 186 through 2025, so it runs at around 40 percent of its licensed capacity. The population has fallen 26 percent since 2016.

You will also see it called the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center, which is the name the county comptroller uses. Same building.

Because it is a county jail, most people in it are awaiting trial or serving a short sentence, and the population turns over quickly, so a result here goes stale faster than one at a state prison.

Find Out Which Pod They Are In

One question specific to Ulster, and it is the most useful thing you can ask.

Visits here are scheduled by housing pod, and each pod visits twice a week on a published rotation. Until you know the pod letter, you cannot work out which day is yours.

Ask for it on the same call as the ID number.

When the Arrest Was Hours Ago

Nothing online helps yet. A booking has to be finished before any record exists, and somebody picked up this evening may still be with the arresting agency.

Give it a few hours, then ring 845-340-3644. Once you know where they are, Pigeonly can get a letter and photos moving to Kingston the same day.