Orange County Jail Overview
Orange County Jail is operated by the Orange County Sheriff's Office as the main county detention facility in Goshen. It holds people arrested by local agencies, people awaiting arraignment or later court dates, locally sentenced jail inmates, and people held on warrants, parole or probation holds, or other lawful detainers accepted by the jail. ICE also lists Orange County Jail as a detention facility, so some people physically held there may need an immigration custody search through a federal locator instead of a criminal jail roster search.
The county jail is distinct from Otisville Correctional Facility and FCI Otisville. Otisville Correctional Facility is a New York DOCCS state prison. FCI Otisville is a federal Bureau of Prisons institution. Orange County Jail is the local jail track. For broader custody-system context, Orange County inmate records divide VINELink, DOCCS, BOP, ICE, and court records after an arrest.
The official jail source is document-heavy. It links bail information, directions, PREA materials, visiting rules and procedures, annual PREA report memos, segregated-confinement information, and monthly HALT numbers. That makes the county jail source the strongest starting point for current public instructions, even though not every operational detail appears in one HTML source.
The official Orange County Jail page identifies the public facility source and linked jail records resources.
The screenshot shows why Orange County Jail research often starts with linked county PDFs and reports rather than a single county-run roster page.
Orange County Jail Population
The best current official jail population figure located in the research is the DCJS/SCOC monthly jail population report. The report dated June 1, 2026 covers May 2026 and lists Orange County Jail with a May 2026 average daily census of 419 and an in-house count of 420. Those figures describe a monthly average and a point-in-time count. They do not supply a current rated bed capacity.
Current rated capacity was not located on the official county jail page, the current State Commission of Correction locator page, or the current monthly population PDF reviewed for Orange County Jail. Capacity remains an open record gap. Overcrowding cannot be inferred from the inmate count alone. A capacity comparison would need a verified rated-bed figure from a county budget, inspection report, SCOC publication, or another official source.
Orange County Jail Lookup
Public county jail custody search is routed through VINELink New York, with the State Commission of Correction locator page pointing users to county jail lookup channels. VINELink is a custody status and victim-notification service. It may show public status, agency or facility, and notification controls, but Orange County research did not confirm that it always publishes a full booking packet, mugshot, full charge list, bond amount, or housing unit.
- Open VINELink New York and choose the person search path for New York custody records.
- Search by last name, then add first name or date of birth if the name is common and those fields are available.
- Review the facility or agency field to confirm the record points to Orange County Jail or another correct custody agency.
- If the person does not appear, call the jail for recent intake or release questions, then check DOCCS, BOP, or ICE if another system may hold the person.
For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. ICE lists Orange County Jail as a detention facility, but ICE status is a separate federal search track. For sentenced state prisoners, use the DOCCS incarcerated lookup. For federal prisoners, use the BOP inmate locator.
Orange County Jail Contact
The jail phone line is the practical fallback when VINELink does not show a recent booking, release, or transfer. Use the jail number for custody, visiting, bail-process, and arrival questions. Use the Orange County FOIL channel for copies of records that are not available through a public lookup. A narrow request is stronger than a broad one because jail records, photographs, and law-enforcement material can be redacted or denied under New York public-record rules.
Orange County Jail
110 Wells Farm Road
Goshen, NY 10924
845-291-7713
Call before travel to confirm lobby, visiting, bail, and entrance procedures.
Orange County Jail Visits
Orange County Jail visitation is controlled by the official Visiting Rules and Procedures PDF linked from the county jail page. The research did not extract an exact current day-by-day visiting schedule, so guessed hours are not reliable. Visitors should use the county PDF and call the jail before travel. Jail visits can depend on custody status, housing, security events, identification rules, visitor approval, conduct rules, and facility operations.
| Topic | Orange County Jail Visiting Note |
|---|---|
| Schedule | Official visiting PDF linked by the county controls; exact current schedule was not extracted. |
| Confirmation | Call 845-291-7713 before traveling. |
| Visitor ID | Use the county visiting PDF for accepted identification rules. |
| Children and dress | Use the county visiting PDF; do not assume rules not printed there. |
| Security changes | Visits can change due to facility needs, weather, or security conditions. |
Orange County Jail Mail
A detailed Orange County Jail mail, commissary, or deposit vendor source was not located in the official materials reviewed. Do not name a phone vendor, video vendor, commissary company, kiosk, or online deposit service unless Orange County publishes it in an official source. Money, mail, and package rules are facility-specific and can change faster than custody records. Confirm current instructions before sending funds or property.
| Service | Located Official Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Jail address located; inmate mail format and vendor rules not located. |
| Phone or Video | Vendor not located in official reviewed sources. |
| Money Deposit | Deposit vendor, fees, and kiosk details not located. |
| Commissary Limits | Not located in official reviewed sources. |
Orange County Jail Booking
After an Orange County arrest, local police, sheriff's deputies, or another agency may transport the person for processing. Jail intake normally includes identity checks, warrants, fingerprints, a booking photo for law-enforcement use, property inventory, medical and mental-health screening, classification, and housing assignment. The court track begins quickly because New York defendants are brought before a local criminal court for arraignment or first appearance.
A new booking may not appear in VINELink at once. A person may still be in police processing, court, hospital clearance, intake, or release processing. If bail is posted, release can still be delayed or blocked by another warrant, parole or probation hold, ICE detainer, remand order, or transport issue. Court charges after arrest are searched through WebCrims or court clerks, not through the jail custody feed.
Orange County Jail Records
New York FOIL is the fallback when a reader needs a copy of a booking record, jail log entry, or booking photograph that is not online. Use the Orange County FOIL page and identify the agency, person, arrest or booking date, record type, and requested format. Public Officers Law Article 6, Public Officers Law §87, Public Officers Law §89, and Correction Law §500-k all matter to jail record access.
FOIL does not make every jail record public. Exemptions can apply for privacy, safety, law-enforcement interference, sealed cases, juvenile or youthful-offender material, medical information, and facility security. Mugshots are not confirmed as public roster images for Orange County Jail in the reviewed official sources. The Orange County jail mugshots page covers booking-photo limits in more detail.
Note: Confirm custody, visiting, mail, and money rules with Orange County Jail before travel or payment.