Clinton County Jail Roster Overview
Clinton County does not publish a county-hosted roster table in the official web materials reviewed. The official web path is the Clinton County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division, then Inmate Lookup, then VINELink/New York VINE. The sheriff's office also advertises the MobilePatrol Public Safety app, which is important because Clinton County app materials describe current inmate information, recent bookings, alphabetic browsing, and warrant features that are not shown as a static county roster table on the website.
Use the Clinton County Jail route for people arrested locally, held before trial, serving a local sentence, waiting for transfer, or held at the jail under another lawful custody category. Do not use it as a statewide prison locator. Sentenced state prisoners belong in the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lookup. Sentenced federal prisoners belong in the Bureau of Prisons locator, and immigration detainees may require both ICE ODLS and Clinton County Jail phone confirmation when ICE lists the jail as the detention facility.
The county's corrections page shows the local entry point for inmate lookup and jail services. Source: Clinton County Corrections Division.
That page is the best official starting point because it places inmate lookup beside local bail, commissary, visitation, property, PREA, and other jail-specific resources.
How to Use the Clinton County Inmate Roster Path
Begin with the likely custody level. If the person was just arrested by the sheriff's office, Plattsburgh Police, New York State Police, a town or village agency, or on a local warrant, start with Clinton County Jail custody channels. If a name search does not return a match, the person may have been released, booked under a different name, transferred, sealed from public display, or held by a different system.
- Open the Clinton County Corrections Division page and use the Inmate Lookup link to reach New York VINE.
- Search VINE by name or offender ID. If facility filtering is available, look for Clinton County Jail or Clinton County custody options.
- Use MobilePatrol when the web result is thin. The sheriff advertises the app, and app materials describe first and last name search, age, gender, chronological recent bookings, alphabetical browsing, and warrant tools.
- Call the corrections line at 518-565-4343 or the sheriff's main number at 518-565-4300 if online tools do not confirm custody. For bail payment when the booking number is unknown, call the booking office at 518-565-4351.
- Go in person to the Sheriff's Office and Jail at 25 McCarthy Drive, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 with identification and enough detail to identify the person. Full booking packets are not promised at the counter, so use FOIL for records that are not released informally.
- File the Clinton County Sheriff's Office FOIL request form when a booking record, incident report, release detail, or booking photo is needed and is not available through the public lookup.
- Search DOCCS, BOP, USMS/court records, or ICE ODLS when the custody is state prison, federal, or immigration rather than county jail.
Clinton County VINE and MobilePatrol Search Fields
The county's official website routes inmate lookup to VINE, while the sheriff advertises MobilePatrol as a mobile public-safety channel. The two tools should be read together: VINE is the custody-status and notification path; MobilePatrol is the sheriff-advertised app path for current inmate, recent booking, and warrant features.
| Field or Feature | Tool | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State | VINELink | Yes | Select New York at the state VINE page. |
| Name | VINELink | One search path | Use full last name and first initial or first name when available. |
| Offender ID | VINELink | Alternative | Use when an offender identification number is known. |
| Facility or agency | VINELink | Optional or varies | Filter to Clinton County Jail if the interface exposes a facility choice. |
| Notification method | VINELink | After locating a result | Registration may support phone, email, text, TTY, or app notifications. |
| Location, agency, or ZIP | MobilePatrol | Yes | Use the app's location selector or ZIP-based public-safety feed. |
| First and last name | MobilePatrol | Optional | Clinton sheriff app materials describe inmate search by first and last name. |
| Age and gender | MobilePatrol | Optional | App materials describe age and gender search or filtering. |
| Recent bookings | MobilePatrol | Optional | Listed chronologically according to the app feature description. |
| Warrants | MobilePatrol | Optional | App materials describe real-time warrants, including child support warrants. |
New York VINE is the county-linked custody notification path. Source: VINELink New York.
VINE is useful when custody status and notification registration matter more than seeing a county-styled roster table.
The sheriff also points residents to MobilePatrol. Source: MobilePatrol Public Safety app listing.
Use the app as an official sheriff-advertised channel, but confirm urgent custody, release, or bail questions directly with the jail.
What a Clinton County Inmate Profile May Show
Because Clinton County uses VINELink and MobilePatrol rather than a static county roster page, the profile inventory should be read as confirmed lookup-channel fields and operational jail fields, not as a guarantee that every item appears on one public screen. Mugshots are especially limited: official county web pages reviewed do not confirm a public booking-photo field.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The person identified in a custody or booking result. |
| Age | A MobilePatrol search or filter field described in sheriff app materials. |
| Gender | A MobilePatrol search or filter field described in sheriff app materials. |
| Booking number | A local bail-payment field; call 518-565-4351 if the booking number is unknown. |
| Date of birth | Required for Clinton County online bail payment. |
| Court or judge | Connects the jail booking to the court that set bail or release conditions. |
| Cash bail amount | Needed for online bail payment through the county-linked GovPayNet process. |
| Custody status | The core VINE notification subject, including custody changes. |
| Recent booking chronology | MobilePatrol materials say recent bookings are listed chronologically. |
| Facility or agency | Identifies Clinton County Jail or another holding agency in the lookup route. |
| Charges | May appear in app, VINE, court, or FOIL records, but the county web roster did not confirm a specific public charge display. |
| Mugshot or booking photo | Not confirmed on the county website; New York FOIL privacy rules restrict law-enforcement booking-photo disclosure. |
| Housing pod | A-Pod, C-Pod, D-Pod, and MED/MAX appear in the visitation schedule, but public profile display was not confirmed. |
Finding County, State, Federal, and ICE Inmates
Many failed searches happen because the person is in the wrong system. Clinton County Jail is a county jail. It can hold pretrial detainees, locally sentenced people, state-ready prisoners awaiting DOCCS transfer, technical parole violators, civil holds, and federal or ICE custody when present. A sentenced New York state prisoner should be searched statewide through DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup, even if the criminal case began in Clinton County. Clinton County contains Clinton Correctional Facility and Altona Correctional Facility, but DOCCS can assign a sentenced person anywhere in New York.
| Custody | Where to Look | Use This When |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Corrections Division to VINELink, MobilePatrol, 518-565-4343 | The person was recently arrested locally, is pretrial, serving a local sentence, or awaiting transfer. |
| State prison | New York State DOCCS locator | The person has been sentenced to state prison or transferred from county jail to DOCCS. |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal BOP inmate locator | The person is serving or has served a federal sentence since 1982. |
| Federal pretrial custody | Federal court records, counsel, and U.S. Marshals channels | The person may not appear in BOP before sentencing or designation. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS and Clinton County Jail at 518-565-4343 | ICE says ODLS covers current ICE custody and CBP custody over 48 hours; ICE lists Clinton County Jail and gives the jail phone path from 8 AM to 4 PM. |
Clinton County Jail Contact Card
The main jail is operated by the Clinton County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. Sheriff David N. Favro leads the office, and the sheriff contact page lists Captain Joel Desso as jail administrator. The jail is at 25 McCarthy Drive in Plattsburgh and has a reported capacity of 300 inmates after the July 2006 renovation and construction project.
Clinton County Jail
25 McCarthy Drive
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Corrections: 518-565-4343
Sheriff main: 518-565-4300
Booking office for bail booking number: 518-565-4351
Capacity: 300 inmates
Booking Process in Clinton County
A typical Clinton County jail booking begins with arrest, transport to Clinton County Jail if the person is not released on an appearance ticket, identity verification, property inventory, medical or mental-health screening, fingerprinting and photographing when required or allowed by Criminal Procedure Law 160.10, classification, and housing assignment. The jail then becomes the source for custody information through VINE, MobilePatrol, and phone inquiries.
Booking information can appear before the court case is fully developed. The jail may hold initial arrest paperwork, booking identifiers, and bail-related fields, while the prosecutor and court control the final charging documents and release conditions. New bookings may appear in MobilePatrol chronologically, but the county does not publish an exact refresh schedule. If a new arrest is urgent and does not appear online, call the corrections line rather than waiting for an app or notification system to update.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Clinton County Jail visitation is pod-based. The county page says inmates are allowed two visits per week, one hour per visit, and one visit per day. Visitors need valid government-issued identification, must pass through a metal detector, and must supervise children for the entire visit. The official page did not publish a video visitation vendor, attorney-visit schedule, dress code, or holiday schedule in the research materials, so confirm before traveling.
| Day | Time | Housing Group |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8:30-9:30 | C-Pod |
| Monday | 9:40-10:40 | A-Pod |
| Monday | 12:00-1:00 | A-Pod |
| Monday | 1:10-2:10 | A-Pod |
| Tuesday | 8:30-9:30 | D-Pod |
| Tuesday | 9:40-10:40 | C-Pod |
| Tuesday | 12:00-1:00 | C-Pod |
| Tuesday | 1:10-2:10 | C-Pod |
| Thursday | 8:30-9:30 | MED/MAX |
| Thursday | 9:40-10:40 | D-Pod |
| Thursday | 12:00-1:00 | D-Pod |
| Thursday | 1:10-2:10 | D-Pod |
| Friday | 8:30-9:30 | A-Pod |
| Friday | 9:40-10:40 | MED/MAX |
| Friday | 12:00-1:00 | MED/MAX |
| Friday | 1:10-2:10 | MED/MAX |
How to Contact a Clinton County Inmate
Mail should be addressed to the inmate by name at Clinton County Jail, 25 McCarthy Drive, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Packages must include the sender's complete address and a written inventory of contents. The jail no longer accepts property at the lobby desk; items must be purchased from and mailed directly by a business seller or shipper such as Amazon, Kmart, Walmart, or Barnes & Noble. White clothing can be mailed every 60 days, must be new, sealed, and white, and excess property may have to be released or discarded.
The county provides a phone-number block form for people who want a number blocked from receiving calls from the Sheriff's Office. Inmate telephone provider and pricing details were not located on official Clinton County pages, so do not rely on third-party vendor assumptions. For urgent call, mail, or package questions, use the corrections line at 518-565-4343.
Commissary, Bail, and FOIL Fallbacks
Commissary money is separate from bail. Clinton County links Add Commissary Funds to SmartDeposit/Access Corrections, while online bail is handled through GovPayNet from the corrections page. For bail, the payer needs the defendant name, date of birth, booking number, court or judge, and cash bail amount. If the booking number is unknown, call the booking office at 518-565-4351 before paying.
For records that do not appear through VINE, MobilePatrol, or phone confirmation, use the Clinton County Sheriff's Office FOIL form. Identify the person, arrest date, booking number if known, agency or court, and the exact records sought. The sheriff may deny or redact records for privacy, investigatory, custody, sealing, or statutory reasons. The FOIL form's appeal path goes to the Clinton County Administrator at 137 Margaret Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901.
Note: Confirm current custody and release eligibility with Clinton County Jail before sending money, mailing property, scheduling a visit, or paying bail.