Rockland County Sheriff's Office Correctional Facility

A judge settles it at the first court hearing, called the arraignment. Across New York, that hearing tends to come about 24 hours after the arrest. Rockland has no city courts, so it usually takes place in the town or village justice court for the spot where police made the arrest. Felony cases climb to County Court later.

The judge has to weigh this one person's facts and ask a single question: will they flee the case? Then the judge issues a "securing order" and gives the reasons, spoken in court or written down (CPL 510.10(1)). A lawyer stands with the person at this point, at no cost if money is tight (CPL 510.10(2)).

Plenty of people skip the cell entirely. For most charges lower than a class D felony, officers are supposed to hand over an appearance ticket instead, which lists a day to show up in court, and let the person leave. Exceptions include family violence charges and open warrants (CPL 150.20). To find out which court has the case, phone the jail at 845-638-5600.

A securing order is simply the ruling on where someone stays while the case goes on (CPL 500.10(5)). New York judges pick from four:

• Recognizance. Nothing is paid. A signed promise to return is enough. For most charges, judges must begin here (CPL 510.10(3)).
• Nonmonetary conditions. Home, but with rules, such as reporting to a program, keeping clear of a witness or turning in a passport. Nobody can bill the person for these rules (CPL 500.10(3-a)).
• Bail. Money or a bond the court keeps until the case is over, then gives back if no date was missed. Only qualifying offenses allow it.
• Remand. Held with no way to buy release. Only a qualifying felony allows it (CPL 510.10(4)).

Electronic monitoring is a condition too. Before ordering an ankle monitor, the judge holds a hearing, and each order expires after 60 days unless a judge renews it after a new review (CPL 510.40(4)).

There is no printed price list in New York. Each judge sets the number by weighing the charge, past convictions and what the family could post without real hardship (CPL 510.10(1)). Charges sort roughly like this:

• Violations and traffic tickets: almost always a court date and no jail.
• Typical misdemeanors, like petit larceny or a first DWI: the law says release, either on a pledge or with rules.
• Most nonviolent felonies, including many drug and theft cases: release is the rule here as well.
• Qualifying offenses, like violent felonies, violating a family order of protection, or witness tampering: money bail or remand becomes possible.
• The top class of felony, or a record with two prior felonies: the local justice has no power over bail here. A County Court judge decides (CPL 530.20(2)).

State figures for 2024 tell the story for town and village benches beyond the five boroughs. About 75% of people went home on a promise, 5% got conditions, 13% had bail set and 7% were remanded. For a dollar figure in a real case, ring the court that held the arraignment, or County Court at 845-483-8310.

The correctional facility sits at 55 New Hempstead Road, New City, NY 10956. Staff in the Corrections Division answer 845-638-5600. Work through this list:

1. Phone before driving over. Give the name and birth date, then ask the amount and the bail forms the judge listed.
2. Ask what hours bail is taken that day and which door to use.
3. Carry two valid IDs, and one must have your picture. The jail takes a driver's license, passport, voter card, military ID or sportsman license. An original or certified birth or marriage paper works too.
4. Paying by check? Only a certified bank check works, made out to "The Sheriff of Rockland County." Every other type of check gets refused.
5. Sign the bail paperwork and hold on to the receipt. Once bail is deposited, New York law requires release right away (CPL 520.15).

Yes. Under CPL 520.15(1), three places can accept cash bail: the court that fixed it, the county treasurer, and the sheriff with custody. Phone the court ahead so you show up with a form of payment it takes.

• County and Supreme Court, Rockland County Courthouse, 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8310. Weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed state holidays.
• Town justice courts. All five towns keep a court. Ramapo's, as one example, is at 237 Route 59, Suffern, NY 10901, 845-357-5100, extension 902, with its window open 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on business days.

A few town courts let people settle tickets and fines on the web or over the phone. Ramapo points to an outside payment site plus a 24-hour line, 888-604-7888, and both add fees. Those tools are described for fines, so check with the court before using one for bail.

The Sheriff's Office sets one firm rule: checks must be certified bank checks payable to "The Sheriff of Rockland County," and nothing else in check form is taken. Bring two IDs, one showing your face.

New York also counts a credit card as a lawful way to post bail (CPL 520.10(1)). Whether the window takes cash, a card or a money order on a given shift is something only staff can answer, so dial 845-638-5600 first.

• Commissary money and phone account money can't cover bail.
• A real court or jail will not request gift cards, payment apps or crypto. Treat that kind of request as a scam.
• Mailing cash is never safe.

Every bail agent working in the state needs a license from the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS). Their fee, called the premium, has a ceiling (Insurance Law § 6804):

• 10% on the first $3,000 of the bond.
• 8% on the slice between $3,000 and $10,000.
• 6% on whatever is above $10,000.

That puts a $4,000 bond at $380 or less, and a $10,000 bond at $860 or less. Agents normally keep the premium. Still, DFS says it can be refunded in full within 14 days if the jail never lets the person out, or a judge frees them without money bail. Collateral, an item of value pledged as a backup, ought to stay reasonable, and DFS calls 10% of the bond a fair example. The agent owes it back no more than 45 days after the court's exoneration papers arrive, and you are owed a signed receipt every time money or property changes hands.

Look up an agent on the DFS license search first. Problems can be reported on the state complaint form.

Each bail belongs to one case. Before you hand over money, have jail staff at 845-638-5600 list every hold on file. These come up often:

• Other charges. A separate court might want its own bail, or might have signed a bench warrant.
• Probation or parole. A violation hold can stand by itself. The county Probation Department is at 11 New Hempstead Road, New City, NY 10956, 845-638-5544.
• Waiting on state prison. The facility also keeps sentenced people who are ready to transfer to the state.
• Federal or immigration holds. State bail leaves both in place.

Remand means no bail at all. A judge can use it only for a qualifying felony (CPL 510.10(4)). That group covers violent felonies, class A felonies, felony sex crimes, terrorism, crimes said to have caused a death, and certain felonies committed while on probation or out on a pending case.

A local court can't free someone on a felony until the District Attorney has a chance to speak. The judge also gets a record check first (CPL 530.20(2)).

There is a clock, too. Jailed on a felony complaint? After 120 hours without a preliminary hearing or a grand jury indictment, the person must be let out. When a Saturday, Sunday or holiday falls inside the window, the limit grows to 144 hours (CPL 180.80).

The prosecutor asking for bail or remand works at the Rockland County District Attorney's Office, 1 South Main Street, Suite 500, New City, NY 10956, 845-638-5001.

The defense lawyer handles this, and there are two roads:

1. Go back to the arraigning judge. At the next date, the lawyer can bring pay stubs, a lease, relatives nearby, or the true sum the family can gather.
2. Go up one level. If a town or village court refused release or set bail that looks too steep, the lawyer gets one application to a County or Supreme Court judge (CPL 530.30). That judge can trim the bail or allow release with rules.

A defendant may also ask for a tiny, token bail, and the judge has to grant a request made freely (CPL 510.10(5)). The higher court is at 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8310. Later in a case, a judge may weigh options like the Sheriff's community service program, reached at 845-638-5609.

A person charged with a crime who can't pay for a lawyer is given one, and state law aims to have that lawyer at the arraignment (Executive Law § 832(4)). Each county builds its own system (County Law § 722). In Rockland, the Public Defender's Office does this work:

• 11 New Hempstead Road, New City, NY 10956, 845-638-5660, weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Email: InfoPD@co.rockland.ny.us

State standards assume someone qualifies when household income falls below 250% of the federal poverty line, or when they are behind bars. Money a husband or wife earns does not count against them. A judge has the last word, but the court can appoint a lawyer right away while it decides. If the office has a conflict, ask the judge or court clerk who will step in.

No city courts operate in the county. Felony cases finish at the courthouse in New City, while local courts take everything else.

• County Court and Supreme Court: 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8310
• Family Court: 1 South Main Street, Suite 300, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8210
• Clarkstown Justice Court: 20 Maple Avenue, New City, NY 10956, 845-639-5960
• Town of Haverstraw Justice Court: One Rosman Road, Garnerville, NY 10923, 845-947-0020
• Orangetown Justice Court: 26 W. Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, 845-359-5100
• Ramapo Justice Court: 237 Route 59, Suffern, NY 10901, 845-357-5100
• Stony Point Justice Court: 6 Patriot Hills Drive, Stony Point, NY 10980, 845-786-2506
• Village courts with their own clerk line: Chestnut Ridge, 277 Old Nyack Turnpike, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977, 845-425-3108; Haverstraw Village, 40 New Main Street, Haverstraw, NY 10927, 845-947-4063; Nyack, 9 North Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, 845-358-4464; Piermont, 478 Piermont Avenue, Piermont, NY 10968, 845-252-1250; Spring Valley, 200 North Main Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977, 845-573-5820; Suffern, 61 Washington Avenue, Suffern, NY 10901, 845-357-6424.

Airmont, Hillburn, Montebello, New Hempstead, New Square, Sloatsburg, Wesley Hills and West Haverstraw each have a village justice as well. For those courts, try the state court finder or the courthouse switchboard at 845-483-8300.

Posted cash still belongs to whoever put it up, unless a judge forfeits it (CPL 520.15). Courts in the Ninth Judicial District handle refunds this way:

• Charges all dismissed, or a not guilty verdict: every dollar is returned.
• A conviction: the court holds back 3%, a charge called poundage, and returns the rest.
• Whoever is named on the bail receipt must bring that original slip plus a picture ID to the clerk. Payment comes as a check, never cash.

Skipping court is what puts bail at risk. A missed date with no good reason leads to forfeiture (CPL 540.10). A judge may cancel that loss when the person returns before the final hearing with an excuse that holds up. Past that point, a motion to recover the money has a one-year deadline (CPL 540.30). For refund questions, call County Court at 845-483-8310, or call the local court that accepted the money.

Sort out leftover cash and personal things ahead of release if possible. The facility is at 55 New Hempstead Road, New City, NY 10956. Phone 845-638-5600 and ask three things: how leftover account money gets returned, what hours items can be claimed, and who besides the person may claim them.

Carry a photo ID. Picking up for someone else? Ask whether the jail wants a signed permission note. Our jail account guide covers the usual deposit and refund setup.

Federal crimes charged here belong to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in its White Plains building: the Charles L. Brieant Jr. Federal Building and Courthouse, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601, 914-390-4100. The clerk keeps weekday hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• A federal judge runs a detention hearing at the opening court date and rules on custody or home until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• The judge reads a report from Pretrial Services, which looks into the person's background. The White Plains branch is at 300 Quarropas Street, Room 449, White Plains, NY 10601, 914-390-4140.
• A federal defendant denied release answers to deputy marshals of the U.S. Marshals Service until trial. The district office is at 500 Pearl Street, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007, 646-563-9800. Its staff can say which jail is holding someone.
• After sentencing, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for them.

Not at all. Immigration holds sit outside the state bail system. The usual sequence:

1. Federal immigration officers, known as ICE, deliver Form I-247A to the jail, asking staff to hold onto the person.
2. That request covers up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Rockland pickups are handled by the agency's field office in Manhattan, 26 Federal Plaza, 9th Floor, Suite 9-110, New York, NY 10278, 212-436-9315. Some end up as far away as the Buffalo (Batavia) Service Processing Center, 4250 Federal Drive, Batavia, NY 14020.
4. Type the A-number, or the name plus birth country, into the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

State law changes how much a local jail does. A 2018 Second Department opinion, People ex rel. Wells v DeMarco, makes clear that local officers lack state-law power to arrest anyone just for a civil immigration violation. Executive Law § 170-k, passed in the 2026 budget, made every 287(g) agreement void starting August 25, 2026. New York's Attorney General tells local agencies to honor one only if a judge signed a warrant for it. Civil Rights Law § 28 also shields people on their way to or from court from civil arrest, absent a judge's warrant or court order.

Felony terms beyond a year fall under the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). Sentenced people remain on New Hempstead Road while paperwork marks them "state ready." From that point, DOCCS must collect them within ten business days. Next, a reception center runs tests and sorts each new arrival before assigning a prison.

• Use the DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup with a name or the DIN, an ID number kept for the full term.
• Each prison is described in our New York state prisons guide.
• During business hours, DOCCS helps families find someone at 518-457-5000.

Raise the Age, phased in during 2018 and 2019, reshaped youth cases. When police accuse a 16- or 17-year-old of a felony, the case opens in County Court's Youth Part. Nonviolent ones usually shift over to Family Court inside 30 days, unless the District Attorney proves extraordinary circumstances (CPL 722.23). Youths arrested on misdemeanors are steered to probation intake rather than an adult courtroom.

• Officers must contact a parent at once after taking a child into custody (Family Court Act § 305.2).
• Adolescent offenders are kept apart from adults, in a specialized secure juvenile setting.
• A child held before any Family Court petition must go before a judge inside 72 hours, or at the next court session if one opens sooner, (Family Court Act § 307.3).

Family Court is at 1 South Main Street, Suite 300, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8210. Probation, at 845-638-5544, can tell parents where a youth is being held.

New York sorts charges into three tiers. Felonies sit on top: grave crimes punishable by a stretch in a state prison, graded from class A, the heaviest, to class E. Misdemeanors come next, in class A or B, and a conviction can bring local jail for up to 364 days. Violations rank lowest and don't count as crimes (Penal Law § 70.15).

• Town and village justice courts take violations, traffic cases and misdemeanors. Their justices also hold the arraignment and the preliminary hearing when a felony is charged.
• County Court handles felonies once a grand jury indicts, and it can hear any crime from inside the county. The Supreme Court shares the same building.
• Family Court and the Youth Part take cases about kids and teens. Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds accused of felonies see a Youth Part judge first.

Rockland has no city courts. Appeals go through the Appellate Division, Second Department.

The big county-level courts all share one address: Rockland County Courthouse, 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956. Use the right office for your question:

• Supreme and County Court: 845-483-8310, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Family Court: Suite 300, 845-483-8210
• County Clerk (court filings, pistol licenses): Suite 100, 845-638-5070
• Treatment Court (court-supervised addiction treatment): coordinators' office at 845-483-8383
• Courthouse switchboard: 845-483-8300; jury office 845-483-8400

All five towns run a justice court:

• Clarkstown Justice Court: 20 Maple Avenue, New City, NY 10956, 845-639-5960. Open 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Haverstraw Town Justice Court: Town Hall, One Rosman Road, Garnerville, NY 10923, 845-947-0020. Office open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Criminal court sits Mondays at 5:00 p.m. and Thursdays at 9:00 a.m.
• Orangetown Justice Court: Town Hall, 26 W. Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, 845-359-5100, then press 1. Weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Ramapo Justice Court: 237 Route 59, Suffern, NY 10901, 845-357-5100, extension 902. Window open 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on business days.
• Stony Point Justice Court: 6 Patriot Hills Drive, Stony Point, NY 10980, 845-786-2506. Court meets Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Village courts with their own clerk lines:

• Chestnut Ridge: 277 Old Nyack Turnpike, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977, 845-425-3108. Criminal session the fourth Monday at 5:30 p.m.
• Haverstraw Village: Municipal Building, 40 New Main Street, Haverstraw, NY 10927, 845-947-4063. Sessions the first and third Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m.
• Nyack: Village Hall, 9 North Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960, 845-358-4464. Sessions are by appointment.
• Piermont: 478 Piermont Avenue, 2nd Floor, Piermont, NY 10968, 845-252-1250
• Spring Valley: 200 North Main Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977, 845-573-5820. Office open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• Suffern: 61 Washington Avenue, Suffern, NY 10901, 845-357-6424

Eight more villages elect a justice of their own: West Haverstraw, Wesley Hills, Sloatsburg, New Square, New Hempstead, Montebello, Hillburn and Airmont. Get their address and session times from the state court finder, or ask the courthouse switchboard at 845-483-8300. Grand View-on-Hudson, Kaser, Pomona and Upper Nyack have no village justice on the county's 2026 list, and South Nyack stopped being a village on March 31, 2022. For a case from one of those places, the switchboard can name the right court.

Think of the arraignment as the opening scene of the case. It is normally held about a day after the arrest, before the local justice who covers the place of arrest. Expect this:

1. The judge reads out or hands over the charges.
2. A lawyer is assigned on the spot if the person can't afford one.
3. The judge issues a securing order. That means going home on a pledge or under conditions, or, only for qualifying charges, bail or remand.
4. When the charge involves family violence, a temporary order of protection may follow. It can tell the person to keep away from the alleged victim (CPL 530.12).
5. On a felony complaint, the District Attorney must give notice of the right to testify before the grand jury (CPL 190.50(5)).

Someone locked up on a felony complaint has a deadline working for them. If 120 hours pass with no preliminary hearing and no indictment, they must be released. Weekends and holidays push it to 144 hours, and a few exceptions apply (CPL 180.80).

Most misdemeanors stay in the town or village court from start to finish. The usual path:

1. Arraignment and a plea of guilty or not guilty.
2. Discovery, the hand-over of the prosecution's evidence. The deadline is 20 days after arraignment for someone in custody and 35 days for someone at home (CPL 245.10).
3. Motions, plea talks and court dates.
4. A trial if no deal is made. For a class A misdemeanor, the prosecution must be ready within 90 days (CPL 30.30).

Here are the most a court can impose:

• Class A misdemeanor, such as petit larceny or third-degree assault: jail for as long as 364 days, and a fine reaching $1,000.
• Class B misdemeanor: a three-month jail cap and a $500 fine cap.
• Violation: up to 15 days and $250 (Penal Law §§ 70.15, 80.05).

Many sentences involve no jail. For a class A misdemeanor, probation is set at two or three years. Choosing a conditional discharge instead means a year of rules and no supervision officer (Penal Law §§ 65.00, 65.05). The Clean Slate Act later hides many misdemeanor records from public view once three years go by after release or sentencing (CPL 160.57).

A felony moves between two levels of court:

1. Local arraignment. The justice court reads the felony complaint and decides on release.
2. Grand jury or preliminary hearing. The District Attorney presents the case to a grand jury, a panel of citizens who vote on whether to indict. The accused can give written notice and testify there before any vote.
3. County Court arraignment. After an indictment, the case moves to the courthouse at 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8310. There the person enters a plea again.
4. Discovery and motions. Both sides trade evidence and file requests with the judge.
5. Plea or trial. The prosecution must be ready for trial within six months (CPL 30.30).
6. Sentencing.

The longest prison terms climb with the class. Class E tops out at 4 years and class D at 7. Class C can reach 15 years, class B 25 years, and class A carries life (Penal Law § 70.00). In some class D or E cases, the judge can choose a local jail term of a year or under when a longer one would be unduly harsh. Eligible people charged with some drug felonies may enter treatment through judicial diversion instead (CPL Article 216).

Violent felony offenses, listed in Penal Law § 70.02, carry fixed prison terms and stricter rules:

• Fixed terms. The ranges start at 1.5 to 4 years for a class E and rise to 2 to 7 for class D, 3.5 to 15 for class C, and 5 to 25 for class B. Robbery in the first degree is a class B example, and assault in the second degree is a class D one.
• Supervision after prison. A term of post-release supervision follows the prison time (Penal Law § 70.45).
• Money bail and remand. Because every violent felony counts as a qualifying offense, both are on the table (CPL 510.10(4)).
• Orders of protection. A final order after a felony conviction can last up to eight years beyond the sentence (CPL 530.12(5)).
• Record sealing. Sex offenses never qualify for Clean Slate sealing, and violent felonies can't be sealed by application (CPL 160.57, 160.59).

The District Attorney's Office brings every criminal case in the county. It is at 1 South Main Street, Suite 500, New City, NY 10956, 845-638-5001, email info@rocklandda.org. The office also runs programs that can steer some people away from jail, including drug treatment (DTAP), mental health and veterans tracks, and a diversion program.

Free defense comes from the Public Defender's Office, 11 New Hempstead Road, New City, NY 10956, 845-638-5660, open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A judge decides who qualifies. State standards presume that a person in jail, or with income under 250% of the federal poverty line, is eligible. Ask for a lawyer right away; one can be named for now while the paperwork is checked.

For felony cases in County Court, use WebCrims, the state's free criminal case search. Key in a couple of letters or more from each name, then narrow to Rockland. Results cover open cases with a court date still ahead. Closed matters, sealed files, youthful offender cases and anything stalled on a warrant won't appear.

Town and village court cases are not part of WebCrims, so call the court that has the case:

• Clarkstown 845-639-5960, Haverstraw Town 845-947-0020, Orangetown 845-359-5100, Ramapo 845-357-5100, Stony Point 845-786-2506
• For a County Court date, call the clerk at 845-483-8310.

Keep the defendant's birth date and exact spelling handy for the clerk.

Local police serve most warrants in their own towns. The Sheriff's Police Division helps with warrant arrests across the county, 845-638-5401. State fugitives are shown on the New York State Police wanted page. To check for a local warrant, call the court that would have issued it, or the Sheriff's Police Division. Cases with an open warrant drop out of the state's online case search, so phoning works best. Clearing one starts with a lawyer. Walk in together at the issuing court, or phone its clerk to arrange a date. Felony warrants come from County Court, 1 South Main Street, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8310.

Federal charges from Rockland are heard in White Plains by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The courthouse is at 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601, 914-390-4100, and the clerk is open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• Early on, the federal magistrate decides custody at what the law calls a detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142).
• People who can't afford a lawyer can be represented by the Federal Defenders of New York, 81 Main Street, Suite 124, White Plains, NY 10601, 914-428-7124.
• Deputies of the U.S. Marshals Service guard federal prisoners and drive them to court. You can reach the district office at 500 Pearl Street, Suite 400, New York, NY 10007, 646-563-9800.
• Case papers are on the PACER Case Locator for 10 cents a page, capped at $3 per document.
• After sentencing, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator shows where the person is.

A detainer leaves the criminal case untouched. What it changes is release day. Step by step:

1. The jail receives Form I-247A, the federal detainer paper.
2. That paper requests a hold of up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, giving ICE time to arrive (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. ICE's New York City Field Office covers Rockland. It is at 26 Federal Plaza, 9th Floor, Suite 9-110, New York, NY 10278, 212-436-9315.
4. People taken into ICE custody can end up far from home, for example at the Buffalo (Batavia) Service Processing Center, 4250 Federal Drive, Batavia, NY 14020, 585-344-6500.
5. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator to find them.

New York sets limits on all of this. Local officers in New York hold no authority over civil immigration arrests. Rockland sits in the Second Department, whose judges said so in 2018 in People ex rel. Wells v DeMarco. Executive Law § 170-k, adopted in 2026, ended 287(g) agreements, which had let some local officers act as immigration agents. Civil Rights Law § 28 protects anyone traveling to, attending or leaving a court case from civil immigration arrest, absent a judicial warrant or court order. A defense lawyer should be told early about any immigration concern, because pleading guilty can carry immigration consequences.

Sentences of more than a year are served in state prison under the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). Shorter terms are served in the county facility. A state sentence starts at a DOCCS reception center. Staff there run medical exams and program tests, assign a security level, and then pick a prison.

• Find them on the DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup using a name or the DIN.
• Facility profiles for every prison are on our New York state prisons page.
• Check on someone released to parole with the DOCCS Parolee Lookup.
• Call DOCCS at 518-457-5000 on business days for help locating a person.

Age decides the court. A child 12 to 17 who does something that would be a crime for an adult is usually handled as a juvenile delinquent in Family Court (Family Court Act § 301.2). Some 13- to 15-year-olds accused of the most serious violent felonies are charged as juvenile offenders in adult court (CPL 1.20(42)). Teens of 16 and 17 charged with a felony are called adolescent offenders, and a Youth Part judge in County Court hears them first. A nonviolent case transfers to Family Court after 30 days, unless prosecutors prove extraordinary circumstances (CPL 722.23).

• Police have to reach a parent immediately. Questioning a child is allowed only in a room the courts have approved, or at home if a parent agrees (Family Court Act § 305.2).
• Youths can't be held in a jail with adults.

Family Court is at 1 South Main Street, Suite 300, New City, NY 10956, 845-483-8210. Probation intake, at 845-638-5544, can tell parents where a youth is held and what comes next.

The District Attorney's Office runs a Special Victims Center in a safe place apart from the courthouse. It helps with medical care and gives victims an advocate. Reach it through the main line, 845-638-5001, or at 1 South Main Street, Suite 500, New City, NY 10956.

• The state Office of Victim Services can repay out-of-pocket losses like medical bills, counseling and funeral costs. Call 800-247-8035.
• Sign up for custody alerts through VINE at VINELink or 888-846-3469.
• In a family violence case, a criminal court can issue an order of protection. If the prosecutor drops or reduces the case, they must try to tell the victim about the right to ask Family Court for an order (CPL 530.12).