This is a private reference website, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office or locator that matches the record you need.
Where to Look First
The main Rensselaer County custody contact is the Sheriff's Office and jail at the Public Safety Building:
Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office and Rensselaer County Correctional Facility
Sheriff Kyle Bourgault
4000 Main Street
Troy, NY 12180
Jail line: 518-266-1730
Sheriff main line: 518-266-1900
Non-emergency: 518-270-5252
Rensselaer County Clerk Records Room
105 3rd St.
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 518-270-4080
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4 pm
Rensselaer County District Attorney
District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly
80 2nd Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 518-270-4040
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm
Use the list below to route the question by record type and custody level.
- For a person believed to be in the Rensselaer County Correctional Facility, start with jail inmate records, VINELink New York, and the jail line at 518-266-1730.
- For booking photos, check jail roster mugshots and remember that New York FOIL has privacy limits for booking-photo access.
- For charges, court dates, or case records after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, WebCrims where available, and the County Clerk Records Room.
- For facility address, phone, visitation, and local jail context, use the Rensselaer County Correctional Facility page.
- For a sentenced New York state prisoner, use the New York State DOCCS incarcerated lookup rather than the county jail.
- For a federal sentenced prisoner, use the BOP inmate locator. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. For a very recent federal or immigration hold at the county jail, also call the jail.
- For a booking record, jail log, or other record not released by phone or online, prepare a written FOIL request under New York Public Officers Law sections 87 and 89.
- The Prepare Rensselaer County NY app is for emergency preparedness. It is not an inmate lookup app.