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Richmond Court Holding Overview

Richmond County Criminal Court Holding Facility refers to courthouse holding at 26 Central Avenue in Staten Island. It is tied to court production and short-term custody, not to a county jail that publishes a roster, schedules family visits, or runs a commissary account. The FY2026 Mayor's Management Report says DOC operates court holding facilities in each of the five boroughs. In Richmond County, that local custody point sits in the same courthouse complex where Criminal Court handles misdemeanors, lesser offenses, arraignments after arrest, and preliminary felony hearings.

The same address also matters for felony cases. Richmond County Supreme Court is listed at 26 Central Avenue, and its Criminal Term handles felony matters from arraignment through disposition. That creates a custody path that is easy to confuse with a jail. A person arrested in Staten Island may be in police custody, then in Richmond County Criminal Court holding, then released, remanded to DOC, or returned for later appearances. Court holding does not create a separate public Richmond County jail list. It is a staging and security function for court appearances.

Richmond County Holding Population

People held at the Richmond County Criminal Court Holding Facility are present for court action. They may be brought from NYPD custody for arraignment, from DOC custody for a scheduled appearance, or from another secured route for a preliminary hearing or felony proceeding. The facility is short term by design. The research did not locate a rated public bed count, a public daily population report, or a public inmate roster for the holding area. That absence is important because it keeps families from searching for the wrong kind of jail record.

For citywide context, DOC population data still matters. The same city system that staffs court production and receives remanded defendants reported a FY2025 average daily population of 6,823 in the FY2026 Preliminary Mayor's Management Report. DCJS reported a May 2026 All NYC Facilities average daily census of 6,569. Those numbers are not a court-holding capacity. They show the wider jail population into which a Richmond County defendant may move after a judge orders detention or after a court appearance ends.

Richmond Court Custody Lookup

The best lookup route depends on where the person is in the court process. For court dates and selected case information, use WebCriminal. The WebCriminal search options include case identifier, defendant name, and court calendar searches, with a defendant search page that uses name fields and a court dropdown. For active DOC custody, use the DOC Person in Custody Lookup. DOC custody records can show the holding location, court date and location, Book and Case Number, NYSID, charges, release date, and bail or bond amount if available.

1. Start with WebCriminal when the need is court appearance information, case identifiers, or the court calendar for Richmond County.
2. Use the DOC Person in Custody Lookup when the person has been remanded or is already in DOC custody.
3. Call the Criminal Court clerk for courthouse procedural questions that a public search tool cannot answer.
4. If the person is newly arrested and not in DOC lookup, allow for police custody and arraignment timing before assuming release.

WebCriminal and DOC answer different questions. WebCriminal follows court scheduling and selected criminal case information. DOC follows custody status after a person is in the city's jail system. The court holding area at 26 Central Avenue sits between those worlds. A Richmond County inmate search can require both tools because the same person may appear in court records before the custody record updates, or may return to court holding from a Rikers command for a future date.

Richmond Court Holding Limits

Richmond County Criminal Court Holding Facility does not operate like Rikers Island housing. The research found no ordinary public visitation schedule, commissary program, money-deposit process, or mail program for court holding. Those services attach to DOC jail custody after commitment to DOC, not to a temporary court holding pen. Families should avoid sending mail or funds to the courthouse for a person in holding unless a court or agency gives a specific instruction for a legal document.

Because the holding period is short, the practical questions are different. The main questions are whether the person has been arraigned, whether bail or release conditions were set, whether the person was remanded to DOC, and when the next court date will occur. WebCriminal may show future appearance dates. The DOC lookup may show a Book and Case Number and bail or bond amount if the person enters DOC custody. The court clerk can address court-specific procedure, but court staff do not run a jail roster or process commissary deposits.

Richmond County Arraignment Path

Criminal Court handles the first court steps for many Staten Island arrests. Arraignment is the first formal court appearance after arrest, when the court addresses the accusatory instrument, release conditions, bail, or remand. A preliminary felony hearing can occur in Criminal Court before a felony case moves further. If the case proceeds as a felony, Richmond Supreme Court Criminal Term at the same address becomes the key court for many later actions. The holding facility supports those appearances by securing people who are brought before the court.

The custody path often runs in a sequence. It can start with NYPD processing, move to Richmond County Criminal Court holding, then end in release, supervised release, bail, remand to DOC, or later return to court. A court charge is not always the final charge. The Richmond County District Attorney can review police paperwork, witness information, lab results, and case facts before charges change. For the court side of a case after jail arrest, the Richmond County court records after jail arrest page provides the broader case-record path.

Richmond Court Bail Records

Bail and release information can sit in both court and custody systems. NYC311 says DOC lookup may provide bail or bond amounts. NYC311 also describes accepted bail payment types, bail locations, and supervised release information. DOC materials state that bail must be paid in person and in full and that online bail is unavailable. For a person still moving through Richmond County Criminal Court holding, the court result drives the next step. After remand, DOC records become more useful for confirming housing and payment identifiers.

Cash bail refund issues are not handled through the holding facility. NYC311 identifies a separate cash bail refund process, including timing and Court Assets Unit contacts. A surety bond is different from cash bail. A supervised release decision is also different from a money payment. These terms often get mixed together during a fast arraignment. For Richmond County, the cleanest record trail is to collect the docket or case identifier, the DOC Book and Case Number if one exists, the court date, the court part if known, and any bail decision shown in the custody or court record.

Richmond Court Contact Points

Contact routing should match the record type. The Criminal Court clerk at 718-675-8558 is the Richmond County courthouse contact listed for criminal court procedure. Richmond Supreme Court's main number is 718-675-8700, and the Criminal Term office in Room 240 is listed at 718-675-8760. DOC OCGS at 718-546-1500 is the city jail fallback for custody concerns, letters of incarceration, complaints, and unresolved person-in-custody issues. Correctional Health Services at 347-774-7000 is the medical emergency contact for a person in DOC custody.

Remand

A court order that keeps a person in custody instead of releasing them while the case continues.

Court holding

Short-term secured courthouse custody for appearances, not a public jail housing unit.

Book and Case Number

The DOC identifier used for custody lookup, deposits, mail, and some bail steps after DOC custody begins.

State ready

A person sentenced to state prison who is still awaiting transfer from city jail to DOCCS.

Richmond Custody Fallbacks

Not every Richmond County search belongs in court holding or DOC. A sentenced state prisoner should be searched through New York State DOCCS by DIN, NYSID, or name with optional birth year. A federal detainee may be in BOP or U.S. Marshals custody. Richmond County falls within the Eastern District of New York for U.S. Marshals purposes, with the EDNY office in Brooklyn. Immigration detention uses ICE ODLS, which searches by A-number or by name, country of birth, and birth date.

No active DOCCS prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility was located in Richmond County in the research. The DOCCS Staten Island Sub Area Office at 146 Bay Street is a community supervision office, not a prison. That detail matters because a person may have a Staten Island DOCCS contact for parole or reentry while not being housed in Staten Island custody. The Richmond County Criminal Court Holding Facility should be treated as a court checkpoint in a larger city and state custody map.