This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official office or locator that controls the record you need.
Official Places to Check
The local jail and Sheriff's Office are based at the Tompkins County Public Safety Building. Sheriff Derek R. Osborne and Undersheriff Jennifer K. Olin are identified in county materials as the Sheriff's Office leadership.
Tompkins County Jail
779 Warren Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Corrections: (607) 257-5316
Use this line for current jail-information questions, bail details, and jail-specific instructions.
Tompkins County Sheriff's Office Civil/Records
779 Warren Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Business Office: (607) 257-1345
Public counter hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM.
Tompkins County FOIL Requests
Tompkins County, c/o FOIL Request
125 East Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
FOIL questions: (607) 274-5546
Use these paths based on the kind of record or custody system involved.
- For someone who may be held at the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Corrections phone line, because no official public by-name Tompkins County Jail roster was located.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots; the research did not locate an official public mugshot gallery for Tompkins County Jail.
- For charges, court dates, or filed criminal matters after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the New York court-record channels described there.
- For a facility-specific address or visitor context, use the detention facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the New York State DOCCS incarcerated lookup rather than the county jail channels.
- For federal or immigration custody, search the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System, since those are separate from Tompkins County custody.