The Richmond County Inmate Population
The Richmond County inmate population is reported inside the citywide New York City Department of Correction count. Richmond County is Staten Island, but a person arrested there is not booked into a county sheriff jail with a separate local roster. After arraignment, people ordered held by a judge enter NYC DOC custody and may be assigned to a Rikers Island command, a hospital prison ward, or a secure medical housing unit. The FY2026 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report says DOC custody includes adults awaiting trial, people sentenced to less than one year, and people held on state parole warrants.
This structure makes Richmond County different from many New York counties. A Staten Island arrest can move from police custody, to Richmond County Criminal Court at 26 Central Avenue, to NYC DOC jail housing in Queens or Manhattan medical custody. DOC does not decide who enters jail or how long the person stays. The Richmond County inmate population changes when arrests, bail decisions, remand orders, case delays, parole warrants, hospital needs, and state-prison transfer timing change.
Richmond County Inmate Population Statistics
Official Richmond County-only jail counts were not located in the research sources. The most accurate public figures are citywide DOC and All NYC Facilities counts that include Richmond County detainees. The FY2026 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report listed FY2025 average daily population at 6,823 and first four months FY2026 average daily population at 7,305. The DCJS monthly jail population report prepared June 1, 2026 listed the All NYC Facilities May 2026 average daily census at 6,569.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| NYC DOC FY2025 average daily population | 6,823 | FY2026 PMMR DOC chapter |
| NYC DOC first four months FY2026 ADP | 7,305 | FY2026 PMMR DOC chapter |
| All NYC Facilities May 2026 average daily census | 6,569 | DCJS report prepared June 1, 2026 |
| NYC DOC FY2025 admissions | 24,210 | FY2026 PMMR DOC chapter |
| Population as percent of capacity, FY2025 | 92% | FY2026 PMMR DOC chapter |
| City jail-system bed count | 11,300 beds | Borough-based jails plan site |
Richmond County Jail Population Trends
The trend data show why dates matter. MMR fiscal-year figures rose from FY2023 through FY2025, and the first four months of FY2026 were higher than the same period in FY2025. DCJS monthly figures use a different window and showed the May 2026 All NYC Facilities census lower than May 2025. Both can be true because they measure different periods.
| Year or Period | ADP / Census | Note |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5,873 ADP | MMR actual, citywide DOC |
| FY2024 | 6,206 ADP | MMR actual, citywide DOC |
| FY2025 | 6,823 ADP | MMR actual, citywide DOC |
| First four months FY2026 | 7,305 ADP | MMR reported a nearly 13% rise over the prior four-month period |
| May 2025 | 7,469 average daily census | DCJS All NYC Facilities monthly count |
| May 2026 | 6,569 average daily census | DCJS All NYC Facilities monthly count |
The citywide numbers should not be read as a Richmond-only head count. They are still the best public measure for Richmond County jail custody because Staten Island defendants are housed in the same DOC system as people from the other boroughs.
Who Is in Richmond County Jail Custody
The strongest official breakdown found for the Richmond County inmate population is by legal custody category, not by borough, race, age, or gender. DCJS reported an All NYC Facilities in-house population of 6,564 in May 2026. Of that count, 5,620 were other unsentenced people, 589 were sentenced, 217 were state readies, 73 were federal, 58 were technical parole violators, and 6 were civil. The percentages below are approximate calculations from those DCJS counts.
- Other unsentenced: about 85.6% of the in-house population, the largest custody category.
- Sentenced: about 9.0%, usually people serving city jail sentences of less than one year.
- State readies: about 3.3%, meaning people sentenced to state prison but not yet transferred to DOCCS.
- Federal and technical parole: about 2.0% combined, showing why DOC lookup may intersect with other agencies.
The FY2026 PMMR also reported that people eligible for specialized mental health discharge procedures reached 59% of average daily population in the first four months of FY2026, while people with a serious mental health diagnosis reached 22.0% of ADP. Those figures help explain why hospital units and therapeutic housing matter to Richmond County custody even when they are not located on Staten Island.
Richmond County Jail Capacity Context
The current city jail-system bed count cited by the borough-based jails plan is 11,300 beds. The FY2026 PMMR lists population as percent of capacity at 79% in FY2023, 87% in FY2024, 92% in FY2025, and 93% in the first four months of FY2026. Capacity is citywide, but it directly affects Richmond County people because they share housing, visitation, transport, medical care, and classification space with the rest of DOC custody.
The NYC Board of Correction reports page tracks minimum standards, deaths in custody, and borough-based jail progress reports. Richmond County users should read the borough-based plan with care. Staten Island is not one of the four planned borough-based jail sites, so Richmond County defendants remain part of the city jail system rather than a new borough jail in the county.
Laws for Richmond County Jail Records
Public access to Richmond County jail and inmate population records is controlled by New York public-records law, court sealing rules, DOC policy, Board of Correction standards, and state jail regulations. The DOC lookup is public, but it is not a complete file. Sealed cases, youthful offender matters, active law-enforcement limits, and privacy exemptions can restrict what appears or what an agency releases.
Key Statutes and Rules:
New York Public Officers Law Article 6 gives public access to agency records unless an exemption applies.
Criminal Procedure Law 160.50 seals records and covers return or destruction of photographs after a favorable termination, subject to exceptions.
Criminal Procedure Law 160.55 limits public access after certain noncriminal-offense outcomes.
Rules of the City of New York, Title 40 carries NYC Board of Correction minimum standards for city jails.
State Commission of Correction regulations publish statewide custody standards for jails, lockups, and correctional settings.
Richmond County State Prison Transfers
A Richmond County person sentenced to more than one year usually moves out of city jail custody and into New York State DOCCS. Once that transfer happens, NYC DOC lookup is the wrong system. The NY.gov DOCCS lookup service covers current state prisoners and certain former incarcerated people. It accepts DIN, NYSID, or last and first name with optional birth year.
No active DOCCS prison was located in Richmond County. DOCCS does list a Manhattan/Staten Island community supervision region with a Staten Island Sub Area Office at 146 Bay Street, but that is a supervision office, not a prison. A person may have DOCCS contact in Staten Island without being held in a Richmond County state prison.
Search Richmond County Inmate Population
The main current-custody tool is the NYC DOC Person in Custody Lookup. DOC says the public lookup finds the current location of a person in DOC custody and basic case information. It also warns that the tool is not for police, state, or federal custody. That warning is important in Richmond County because a new Staten Island arrest may still be in police custody or court processing before DOC custody begins.
The cleanest search uses a NYSID or Book and Case Number. A name search can work, but common names may return more than one person. For release notices, use NYC VINE or call 888-846-3469. For a letter of incarceration or unresolved custody issue, DOC's Office of Constituent and Grievance Services can be contacted at 718-546-1500 or ConstituentServices@doc.nyc.gov.
- Open the DOC Person in Custody Lookup and search by NYSID or Book and Case Number when either identifier is known.
- If no identifier is available, enter first name and last name, then compare any matching results carefully.
- Collect the Book and Case Number, NYSID, holding location, court date, court location, release date, and bail or bond amount if shown.
- If a recent arrest does not appear, check whether the person is still in NYPD custody, arraignment, or Richmond County court holding.
- If the person is sentenced to state prison, search DOCCS. If the case is federal or immigration-related, use BOP, USMS, or ICE channels.
Richmond County Current Inmate Lookup
The direct DOC lookup form is sparse. It does not ask for date of birth in the public guidance reviewed for this build. Its fields are built around either a strong identifier or a first-and-last-name search. The screenshot below comes from the official DOC lookup form captured for this Richmond County project.
The NYC DOC lookup form shows the search fields used for current DOC custody.
The form is useful once DOC custody begins, but it does not replace police, court, state prison, federal, or ICE searches.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYSID or Book & Case Number | Text | Optional if using name | Best match method when the identifier is known. |
| First Name | Text | Required for name search | Use with last name when no identifier is available. |
| Last Name | Text | Required for name search | Name collisions are possible in citywide custody. |
| Help | Link | No | Connects to lookup help and other custody-search links. |
Richmond County Inmate Record Fields
NYC311 describes the fields returned by the DOC incarcerated person lookup. The record is not a mugshot gallery. It is a custody and case-location record that helps families, attorneys, and sureties confirm where the person is held and what identifier is needed for mail, money, bail, or court follow-up.
The NYC311 incarcerated person location article lists the kinds of information the DOC lookup can return.
Those fields are especially useful for Richmond County because the court is local to Staten Island while the housing location may be elsewhere in the DOC system.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| NYSID | State criminal justice identifier used across several systems. |
| Book and Case Number | DOC identifier used for lookup, bail, deposits, mail, and account actions. |
| Holding Location | Current DOC facility or command where the person is housed. |
| Court Date and Location | Next known criminal court appearance if available. |
| Charges | Custody-facing charge information that may differ from later court filings. |
| Bail or Bond Amount | Financial release condition if one has been set and is displayed. |
| Jail Mailing Address | Mail address tied to the current DOC housing location. |
| Release Date | Release date when available in the public record. |
Richmond County Jail vs Prison Search
Most lookup errors come from using the right name in the wrong system. Richmond County jail custody is city DOC custody. Sentenced state prison custody is DOCCS. Federal prison or federal pretrial custody is handled through BOP or the U.S. Marshals, while immigration detention uses ICE ODLS. A person can move between systems as charges, sentences, warrants, detainers, or medical needs change.
| System | Who It Covers | Where to Search |
|---|---|---|
| NYC DOC jail custody | Adults held after arraignment, city-sentenced people under one year, parole warrant detainees, and state readies | DOC Person in Custody Lookup |
| Police or court holding | Very recent arrests and people at Richmond County Criminal Court holding | Richmond Criminal Court clerk or WebCriminal after case data posts |
| State prison | People transferred to DOCCS after a state-prison sentence | DOCCS incarcerated lookup |
| Federal custody | Federal inmates and many federal sentenced prisoners from 1982 to present | BOP inmate locator or USMS EDNY |
| Immigration detention | Current ICE custody and some CBP custody over 48 hours | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
Richmond County Custody Terms
Several terms appear across Richmond County inmate population records, court records, and DOC notices. Reading them correctly helps separate a custody status from a conviction, a court hold from a jail assignment, and a state-prison transfer from a city jail move.
- Arraignment
- The first court appearance where charges, counsel, and release conditions are addressed.
- Remand
- A court order holding the person without release on bail.
- State-ready
- A person sentenced to state prison but still waiting in city jail for transfer to DOCCS.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another authority, such as parole, federal, or immigration officials.
- Book and Case Number
- The DOC identifier used for lookup, bail, deposits, and mail.
Richmond County State and Federal Search
DOCCS, BOP, and ICE searches matter because the DOC lookup excludes people outside city custody. The DOCCS service page says its lookup is available for current incarcerated individuals and certain former incarcerated individuals since the early 1970s, with exclusions for youthful offenders, set-aside convictions, Strict and Intensive Supervision Treatment, and certain records removed under Correction Law 9. BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present and warns that release dates can change as sentences are reviewed. ICE ODLS is a separate system searched by A-number or biographical data.
Richmond County is in the Eastern District of New York for federal Marshals purposes. The U.S. Marshals EDNY office listed in the research is at 225 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, phone 718-473-3000. No active BOP or ICE detention facility was located in Richmond County, and the closest active BOP detention facility found in official sources was MDC Brooklyn.
Richmond County Detention Facilities
The facility map for this project follows the real Richmond County custody path. The primary jail page is the Rikers Island DOC system because that is where Richmond County defendants are commonly held after arraignment. The local Staten Island facility page covers court holding, and the Bellevue page covers secure therapeutic hospital housing for people in DOC custody with complex medical needs.
- NYC Department of Correction - Rikers Island Facilities - regional city jail commands serving all boroughs, including Richmond County.
- Richmond County Criminal Court Holding Facility - short-term courthouse holding at 26 Central Avenue for arraignments and court appearances.
- Bellevue Hospital Outposted Therapeutic Housing Units - secure hospital therapeutic housing for DOC custody with complex medical needs.
Richmond County Inmate Population FAQ
Does Richmond County have its own jail roster? No separate sheriff-run Richmond County jail roster was located. Staten Island jail custody is handled through NYC DOC after the court orders detention.
Why is a new Staten Island arrest missing from DOC lookup? DOC lookup is not for police custody. The person may still be in NYPD processing, arraignment, or court holding before DOC custody starts.
Where are Richmond County inmates housed? People ordered held after arraignment can be assigned to a Rikers command, a hospital ward, Bellevue outposted therapeutic housing, or another DOC custody setting based on classification and need.
How are release notices tracked? Use NYC VINE online or call 888-846-3469 for release notification tied to NYC DOC custody.