The Sheriff's Corrections Division runs this jail. It holds people for the city court, the town justice courts, the County Court and federal judges. Try these steps:

1. Pull up the jail lookup on any phone or computer.
2. Fill in the last name and first name boxes. A short form, like "Mike" for "Michael," may catch a record the full name misses.
3. Look over each match for the birth year and the place of custody.
4. Copy down any record number shown. Staff can pull the file faster with it.
5. Ring the jail at 518-743-2500 to make sure the record is current.

Staff can tell you whether the person is booked in. Ask them which court ordered the hold.

Coming up blank early on happens a lot. Likely causes:

• Booking takes time. Someone still at a police station or a State Police barracks won't be in the jail's records yet.
• They got a ticket instead. Many people facing lower charges are handed a desk appearance ticket and walk out of the station. They skip the jail and simply owe the court a visit.
• Release came fast. Most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies require release at arraignment, often within a day.
• A spelling slip. A typo or nickname can hide a match. Try other spellings.
• Another agency holds them. They may be in a jail next door, with DOCCS, or with a federal agency.

Your next call goes to whoever made the arrest. Glens Falls police answer at 518-761-3840. Troop G's Zone 2 desk is at 518-583-7000. The jail can also check, at 518-743-2500.

The main jail opened in 2004 inside the Sheriff's Public Safety Building. It has room for 186 people, and it averaged 93 a day in a recent year. Federal prisoners stay there too, through a deal with the U.S. Marshals.

An arrest close to Fort Edward, Saratoga Springs or the High Peaks could lead to one of these jails instead:

• Washington County Correctional Facility, 399 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY 12828, 518-746-2476
• Saratoga County Correctional Facility, 6010 County Farm Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020, 518-885-2480
• Essex County Jail, 702 Stowersville Road, Lewis, NY 12950, 518-873-6970
• Hamilton County Jail, 102 County View Drive, Lake Pleasant, NY 12108, 518-548-3113

A person serving a prison sentence moves to the state system. Someone held for immigration officers may go to Batavia. Both are covered further down.

Plan on not seeing one. The jail lookup helps you confirm custody, and photos aren't part of what it promises. New York law treats arrest and booking photos as private. Agencies may hand one out only for a true police purpose, like tracking down a person who fled (Public Officers Law § 89(2)(b)(viii)).

• Reporters and others may call the Sheriff's Office at 518-743-2500, or file a records request on the county's FOIL portal.
• ICE photos call for a written FOIA records request to ICE.
• Federal arrest photos are generally withheld. The lone exception: Marshals may hand out an image when a fugitive is at large.

Yes. Sign up with VINE, the free statewide custody alert service the jail points families to. It shows whether someone is held and where. It also warns you when that changes.

1. Go to VINELink, or dial 888-846-3469.
2. Look up the person by name.
3. Sign up a cell number or inbox to hear about a release, transfer or escape.
4. Phone alerts keep calling back until you key in the four-digit PIN you picked.

VINE is a helper, not proof. Before any pickup, confirm the release time with the jail. State prison moves show up on the state's own lookup, described below.

Reform that began on January 1, 2020, changed how judges handle release in New York. Lower-level charges and most nonviolent felonies usually end with the person going home. That can be on a simple promise to return or with rules such as check-ins. Money bail or holding without bail (remand) is allowed only for "qualifying offenses" listed in CPL 510.10(4).

• Whenever bail is set, CPL 520.10 makes the judge name at least three forms. An unsecured or partly secured bond is always among them, and it takes a small deposit or none.
• Bail is accepted at the jail at any hour. The jail takes cash or a credit card only, and a card adds a fee. Ask about the amount at 518-743-2500.
• Probation's pretrial program supervises some people released before trial. Reach it at 518-761-7662.

Our bail page explains bond types, refunds and what happens if a date is missed.

Charges are read out at the arraignment, the person's first time before a judge. Here is how a relative can learn them:

• Ask the jail. Call 518-743-2500 and ask what the hold is for and which court set it.
• Ask the court clerk. Felony cases after indictment sit with the County Court, at 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845, 518-480-6335. Lower cases stay in the city court or a town court.
• Ask the defense lawyer. The lawyer gets the charging papers and the police reports.
• Search online. New York's WebCrims reaches a limited set of courts, and a case shows only while a hearing is still ahead.

The charge class matters. A felony is a grave crime with a possible state prison term. A misdemeanor is a lesser crime, and its jail term tops out at 364 days on Route 9.

A free lawyer is offered at arraignment to anyone who can't pay, under state law. Being in jail counts toward qualifying. Two county offices handle this:

• Public Defender, 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845, 518-761-6207. Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Assigned Counsel, 333 Glen Street, Suite 304, Glens Falls, NY 12801, 518-761-6460. Weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It reviews applications and assigns a private lawyer when the Public Defender can't take the case.

The application is made face to face. Carry a photo ID, pay stubs or other income proof, and the charge papers. Family members can call ahead to ask what to bring. Federal cases use the Federal Public Defender in Albany, listed below.

Visits happen in person on weekends, and the time depends on the housing unit:

• A-Pod: Saturday at 1:00 p.m., Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
• B-Pod, Dormitory and Linear units: Saturday at 9:30 a.m., Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
• C-Pod: Saturday at 5:30 p.m., Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
• D-Pod: Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Your loved one has to tell you their unit. Get there half an hour early, because nobody is let in during the last 10 minutes before the start. Bring a state or federal photo ID that shows your date of birth. Minors are let in only alongside a parent or legal guardian.

Expect a metal detector and lockers in the lobby. Wear proper clothes. A short hug and kiss are allowed when the visit opens and closes. Visits that are missed aren't made up. Under state jail rules, everyone held gets two or more hours of visiting weekly (9 NYCRR 7008.3). For anything else, call the jail at 518-743-2500 or see our visiting page.

For inmate accounts, the Corrections web page sends families to an outside deposit website. Use the person's full name, and pick the facility on Route 9 when asked. Ask staff what the balance can be spent on.

Ask the jail about fees and any other way to deposit at 518-743-2500. Our deposit page and commissary page go deeper.

On arrival, every person in a New York jail may make phone calls, and staff must explain that right (9 NYCRR 7002.8). After that, calls run through the county's contract for jail phones and tablets. It began on August 1, 2025, runs to July 31, 2030, and costs the county nothing.

To learn rates, messaging or video options, call 518-743-2500. Our phone page and messaging page cover setup.

Write the envelope like this, with the person's full legal name:

Inmate [Full Name]
Warren County Correctional Facility
1400 State Route 9
Lake George, NY 12845

No booking number is needed.

• Reading material has to come from a retailer, sent by USPS, UPS or FedEx. Six is the most a person may hold. Hardcovers are banned, and so is sexual or nude material.
• Letters have no state limit on number (9 NYCRR 7004.1). Officers can slit open personal envelopes to search for banned items.
• Legal mail sent by an attorney or a court stays sealed until the person is there to see it opened (9 NYCRR 7004.4).

Our mail page has more tips.

After admission, any allowed item has to be bought from and shipped by a company that sells such goods, rather than handed in by family.

A book or magazine the jail refuses goes to stored property. The person can ask to mail it out or have it destroyed. To pick up belongings for someone held, or after release, phone the jail at 518-743-2500. Ask what ID and paperwork you need.

Under Civil Rights Law § 28, the officers keeping someone locked up must look after their physical and mental health. Serious harm from ignoring that duty can lead to a lawsuit.

1. Call the jail at 518-743-2500. Explain the health problem and any medicine the person takes.
2. Let the defense attorney know, since a judge can be told about it.
3. If the problem goes on, write to the state Commission of Correction. It oversees every county jail. Its office is at 80 South Swan Street, Albany, NY 12210, 518-485-2346.

Sheriff's deputies, at 518-743-2500, carry out most warrants here. Glens Falls officers serve city warrants, at 518-761-3840. The State Police Wanted and Missing page names people troopers are hunting. To check, phone any of those agencies, or ask the court clerk in person. Bring ID if you go. Before handling a warrant, get advice from a defense lawyer. Then go in, with the lawyer, to the judge whose court signed it, or phone that clerk to set a fresh date. The County Court clerk works at 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845, 518-480-6335.

The jail can usually tell you the next date and the court, at 518-743-2500. Court clerks know for sure:

• County Court, 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845, 518-480-6335
• Glens Falls City Court, 42 Ridge Street, 3rd Floor, Glens Falls, NY 12801, 518-480-6365
• Queensbury Town Court, 81 Glenwood Avenue, Queensbury, NY 12804, 518-745-5571

Ten more town courts meet only on set days. Our court page lists every one with its address, phone and session days. WebCrims shows dates for some open cases only, so a phone call is the safer bet.

Cases brought by federal prosecutors from these towns land in the Albany Division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Its home is the Foley federal courthouse, 445 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207, 518-257-1789.

• Detention hearing. Within days of the arrest, a magistrate rules on release before trial or a stay behind bars.
• While held. The U.S. Marshals keep custody, and some prisoners stay in the Route 9 jail. Ask the Marshals' Albany office, 445 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY 12207, 518-472-5401.
• Defense. The Federal Public Defender, 54 State Street, Suite 310, Albany, NY 12207, 518-436-1850, helps people who can't pay.
• After sentencing. Custody passes to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Search the BOP inmate locator to learn which prison.

Court papers are on PACER.

Here is how a federal immigration hold works in general:

1. The detainer request, Form I-247A, reaches the Route 9 jail from ICE.
2. Through that form, ICE wants the person kept for up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents then arrive and drive the person away in ICE custody.
4. Many upstate detainees end up at the Buffalo Service Processing Center, 4250 Federal Drive, Batavia, NY 14020, 585-344-6500.
5. Enter an alien registration number, or a name with a birth country, on the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

New York law limits these steps for local jails. People ex rel. Wells v DeMarco, decided on appeal in 2018, found that deputies and police here can't detain anyone just for a civil immigration violation. Executive Law § 170-k voids local 287(g) agreements, effective late August 2026. Civil Rights Law § 28 also guards anyone traveling to court, inside it or heading home. Only a judge's signed warrant or order allows a civil immigration arrest there.

After a sentence of more than a year, the person goes to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). Within ten business days after the county gives notice, DOCCS must pick the person up.

• Intake happens at a reception center. There, the state checks health, gives tests and sets a security level. A prison is picked after that.
• Search by name, DIN or NYSID on the DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup.
• To check on a person released to parole, use the Parolee Lookup.
• DOCCS answers questions at 518-457-5000.

Visiting, mail and address details for each prison are on our New York prison list.

Teens aren't kept in the adult jail. Since Raise the Age, older teens facing felony counts, called adolescent offenders, wait in a secure youth center built for their age group. Younger children charged with delinquency go through Family Court.

• State youth detention centers are run or licensed by the Office of Children and Family Services. Which one takes youth from this county varies, so ask.
• Probation handles intake for youth cases, at 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845, 518-761-6444.
• Family Court sits in the same building, at 518-480-6305.

A parent should be told when a child is taken into custody. Ask for a lawyer for the child right away. Youth cases are kept out of public searches.

Every agency below may bring people to the jail. Use the non-emergency line; dial 911 for emergencies.

County and state

• Warren County Sheriff's Office, 1400 State Route 9, Lake George, NY 12845, 518-743-2500. Deputies patrol the towns and, under an agreement since May 1, 2022, the Village of Lake George.
• New York State Police, Troop G Zone 2, 518-583-7000. Stations: 398 Aviation Road, Queensbury, NY 12804, and 6246 State Route 9, Chestertown, NY 12817.
• Troop G headquarters, 760 Troy Schenectady Road, Latham, NY 12110, 518-783-3211

City, town and campus police

• Glens Falls Police Department, 42 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801, 518-761-3840
• Bolton Town Police, 518-644-9717
• SUNY Adirondack Public Safety, 640 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY 12804, 518-743-7233

Towns patrolled by deputies and troopers

Chester, Hague, Horicon, Johnsburg, Lake George, Lake Luzerne, Queensbury, Stony Creek, Thurman and Warrensburg have no town police force. Call the Sheriff's Office or Troop G at the numbers above.