This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, arrange a release, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. For an official answer, contact the responsible public office directly.
Official Tompkins County Record Contacts
Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office and Corrections Division
Tompkins County Public Safety and Tompkins County Jail
779 Warren Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Sheriff’s business line: (607) 257-1345, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Corrections Division: (607) 257-5316
Non-emergency dispatch: (607) 272-2444
Emergency: 911
The official channels below are chosen for the kind of record involved. The County has not published a searchable current name-and-photo jail roster in the sources reviewed, so a recent arrest article and a custody answer are not interchangeable.
- For a Sheriff release, Activity Log, booking-record path, or county public-record request, begin with the home guide. It links to the official Sheriff and county FOIL routes, including New York Public Officers Law Article 6 procedures.
- For a possible warrant, review the Most Wanted guide, then contact the Sheriff’s Office or the issuing court. No public Tompkins County warrant-search portal was located.
- For case status or a disposition after booking, use the appropriate court and the New York Courts e-Courts services where available.
- For a sentenced New York state prisoner, use the official New York State inmate lookup. That search concerns state custody, not an active Tompkins County Jail booking.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Each is a separate federal-custody channel.