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Madison County Jail Overview

Madison County Jail is operated by the Madison County Sheriff's Office Correction Division. The jail is the county's active local detention facility in the official facility map. No active city jail, regional jail, federal prison, ICE detention center, or New York DOCCS prison inside Madison County was located in the official sources reviewed for this build. Police agencies in Oneida, Canastota, Chittenango, Hamilton, SUNY Morrisville, and other local jurisdictions may process arrests, but public jail custody routes back to Madison County Jail and VINE when a person is held locally.

The jail holds more than one type of custody. Madison County Jail can include people awaiting arraignment or trial, people serving short jail sentences, civil detainees, technical parole violators, state-ready prisoners awaiting transfer to DOCCS, boarded-in detainees from another county, and people in federal custody housed locally. Those categories matter because the lookup path changes after transfer. A person who no longer appears through the Madison County jail search may be in New York DOCCS lookup, the BOP inmate locator, or ICE ODLS.

The county identifies Captain Neal Schneider as the Correction Division commander. The 2022 Sheriff's annual report also says the Criminal, Corrections, and Civil divisions maintained New York State accreditation. Recent jail operations described in county materials include a Medication Assisted Treatment program, a full-time reentry coordinator, body cameras, and a TEK-84 Intercept Body Scanner used for contraband screening.

The Madison County Correction Division page shows the jail's address, command contact, and links for bail, programs, VINE inmate search, mail, phone, packages, visiting, and segregated confinement. That page is the official local starting point before using a third-party or statewide locator.

The correction page is useful because it ties the facility contact block to the jail-specific services readers need after a Madison County booking.

Madison County Jail Contact

Use the jail phone for current facility questions, visit rules, mail and property issues, and inmate service questions. Use the victim and release information line when the question is custody status or release notification. Records requests, arrest reports, photos, and many incident records are handled through Madison County FOIL instead of a jail lobby request.

For victim or release information, Madison County lists 315-366-2289. For jail medical-record questions, the county FOIL page lists booking@madisoncounty.ny.gov and 315-366-2289. Emergency needs still go through 911, not the jail information line.

Madison County Jail Population

Madison County's official jail capacity was not located in the county or SCOC sources inspected for this project. The page therefore uses the county's current public census figures instead of a guessed bed count. The DCJS/SCOC monthly jail population report prepared June 1, 2026 shows the May 2026 Madison County Jail average daily census as 61 and the in-house population as 71. That same monthly line shows 10 boarded-in people and no boarded-out people.

The May 2026 in-house categories were 10 sentenced, 3 civil, 7 federal, 2 technical parole violators, 2 state readies, and 47 other unsentenced. "Other unsentenced" is the largest public category, so the jail should not be read as a sentenced-prison population. It is mainly a local custody point for people whose cases, holds, or transfers are still active.

Madison County Jail Lookup

Madison County links its inmate lookup to VINELink rather than publishing a sheriff-hosted list of every current inmate on a county web page. The Sheriff's home page and Correction Division page both point users toward inmate lookup, and the county jail FAQ says victims can use VINELink or call the release information line. VINE is a custody-status and notification system, not a complete archive of every old booking.

1. Start at the Madison County Sheriff's Office or Correction Division page and choose the inmate lookup link, or go directly to VINELink.
2. Select New York if the portal asks for a state or jurisdiction.
3. Search by legal last name and first name. If the portal offers an ID or offender number field, use it only when known.
4. Open the matching result and confirm that the facility is Madison County Jail before relying on the custody status.
5. If no result appears, call 315-366-2289 for release information or 315-366-2300 for jail information, then check FOIL, DOCCS, BOP, or ICE if the person may have moved.

The VINE application endpoint is also linked by statewide jail resources. Because VINE is live software, the exact field labels can shift. If custody status is urgent, confirm the result by phone before traveling to the jail, posting bail, or relying on a release time.

Madison County Jail Visiting

The Madison County Jail visiting page lists regular visiting days and the government-photo-ID requirement. The annual report adds that adults need photo ID and that no one under 18 may visit without a custodial parent or legal guardian present. The inmate does not count as the custodial parent for that rule.

The county tells visitors to review the expanded visiting rules and dress code before arrival. The static source text did not expose the full dress code, so call the jail if clothing, ID, child visitor rules, or accessibility needs may affect a visit. Official jail pages did not publish a specific visitor parking route or public transit stop.

The county's visiting page is the source for the posted schedule.

The schedule should be checked again before a trip because jail operations can change for court movement, security, staffing, or facility lockdowns.

Madison County Jail Mail and Money

Madison County publishes separate rules for postal mail, electronic letters, phone service, photos, money deposits, care packs, and property. Postal mail goes to the P.O. Box for the jail. The county FAQ says all letters and notes must come through U.S. Mail, not hand delivery. The packages page also says the only facility drop-off item authorized for property is a ream of copy paper for legal work in the law library during the narrow daily window listed below.

The mail and phone page lists the jail's mail path and ViaPath phone-service number.

For money and commissary, the packages and property page is the county source for deposit methods, care packs, Photo Lab, and item limits.

Property rules are specific. The county lists limits for books, magazines, white clothing, contact lens cases, soft eyeglass cases, art pads, notebooks, coloring books, hair bands, and other commissary or Amazon items. Court clothes are accepted for jury trial only at attorney request.

Madison County Jail Bail

The Madison County bail page says cash bail can be posted at the jail 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A person posting bail must have photo identification. Personal checks are not accepted. If bail is posted at the jail, the facility forwards it to the court of jurisdiction, and the person who posted bail must contact that court about return of funds after the case reaches the right stage.

County materials list local bondsmen, but the jail does not choose a bonding company for a family. Jail staff also do not set bail. The court controls bail amount, release conditions, remand, and refund questions.

Madison County Jail Programs

The jail's education, medical, and religious services page gives more local detail than many county jail sites. It says TASC, the GED replacement, is available to inmates without a high school diploma or GED. It also references work release and job training programs as professional growth options for eligible people in custody.

Medical care includes two full-time nurses, three part-time nurses, weekly visits from a contracted physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, and certified social worker, plus referrals and transports to specialists, dentists, and optometrists when needed. Religious services listed by the county include Gideon, Catholic, Bible study, and Muslim services with an Imam as needed. The annual report also mentions Medication Assisted Treatment, reentry work, parenting, poison prevention, Alcoholics Anonymous, and a full-time reentry coordinator.

The county program page is the source for Madison County Jail education, health care, and religious-service descriptions.

Program access can depend on custody status, classification, medical clearance, court orders, staffing, and jail rules, so eligibility should be confirmed with the Correction Division.

Madison County Jail FOIL Records

Current custody lookup and public records requests are separate tasks. VINE helps with present custody status. FOIL is the county process for arrest records, incident reports, photos, and records not shown through a live inmate lookup. Madison County's FOIL page points users to the online GovQA portal, email, and mail. It names Jennifer Cossette as Records Access Officer at the Madison County Board of Supervisors Office, P.O. Box 635, Wampsville, NY 13163, phone 315-366-2201, email foil@madisoncounty.ny.gov.

The Sheriff's FAQ says arrest records require FOIL and include only arrests made by the Madison County Sheriff's Office. It lists document copies at $0.25 per page and photos at $5 each. The county FOIL page also says the county responds within five business days of receiving a request and notes that medical records are not released under FOIL. Jail medical-record questions go to booking@madisoncounty.ny.gov or 315-366-2289.

1. Use Madison County's FOIL Request Center for an online request, or send the request by email or mail.
2. Identify the person, arrest date or approximate date, arresting agency, and the record sought.
3. Ask for a booking photo only if it is releasable under New York law and agency policy.
4. Expect fee handling for copies or photos when the county applies its published charges.

Madison County Jail Directions

Madison County Jail is in the county complex in Wampsville. Use the official physical address, 138 N Court Street, Building 7, Wampsville, NY 13163, for navigation. Drivers coming through the central county corridor should route toward Wampsville and the North Court Street county-office complex. Drivers coming from the Thruway area should use the appropriate Wampsville or Canastota route and then follow local roads to the county offices.

The official jail pages inspected did not publish visitor parking rates, a named visitor lot, a public transit stop, or an ADA entrance specific to jail visitors. Confirm parking, entry, and accommodation needs with the jail before arrival. Several county offices share the same campus, including the Sheriff's Office and Correction Division in Building 7, the County Clerk in Building 4, and the District Attorney in the Veterans Memorial Building.