Livingston County Jail Roster Overview
Livingston County does not appear to publish a sheriff-hosted current-inmate roster on the official sheriff website. The official online starting point is the New York State Commission of Correction county-jail route, which sends county jail searches outside New York City to VINELink. VINELink is a custody and notification system, not a complete booking file, so a search result may answer whether someone is in custody without showing every booking field a local jail database might keep.
The local jail is Livingston County Jail, operated by the Livingston County Sheriff's Office at 4 Court St, Geneseo, NY 14454. Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty leads the office. The Jail Division number is 585-243-7180, the sheriff main number is 585-243-7100, and public-records or FOIL questions can be directed to 585-243-7140. Those phone routes matter because very recent arrests, sealed matters, protected youth cases, medical information, and safety-sensitive details may not be visible through an online lookup.
Local custody should be separated from state and federal custody. Livingston County Jail holds unarraigned people, pretrial detainees, pre-sentence defendants, county-sentenced inmates, and a boarded-in population that can include U.S. Marshal detainees, other county inmates, and parolees. A sentenced state prisoner at Groveland Correctional Facility is searched through DOCCS, not the county jail roster. A federal prisoner in BOP custody is searched through BOP, while immigration custody uses ICE's locator.
Search Livingston County Jail Through VINELink
Use the official VINELink search page when the goal is a current county-jail custody check. The state route supports searches for people in New York county jails outside New York City. Because the VINELink page is JavaScript-heavy and the Livingston-specific result fields were not available in the research text capture, the safest approach is to treat it as a custody-status tool rather than a guarantee of charges, bond, housing, booking photo, or historical release information.
The VINELink page is the source for the search screen shown below.
This matters for Livingston County searches because the county does not appear to offer a separate sheriff-hosted roster page.
If a person was just arrested in Geneseo, Lima, Groveland, or another Livingston County jurisdiction, the record may not appear immediately. Search again later, or call the Jail Division with the person's full name, date of birth or approximate age, arrest date, and arresting agency if known.
- Open VINELink from the state county-jail route rather than a third-party roster page.
- Select New York and the custody or offender search option shown by the interface.
- Search by the person's full last name and first name. If the interface offers age, date of birth, or offender ID filters, use them to narrow common names.
- Read the result as a custody and notification record. Use WebCriminal, the court, or FOIL for formal charges and copies.
- If no result appears, call Livingston County Jail Division at 585-243-7180 and ask whether the person is lodged locally, released, transferred, moved to DOCCS, or held for another agency.
Livingston County Roster Search Fields
The research did not verify a Livingston-specific sheriff roster form. The table below reflects the official VINELink route and the limits of the accessible capture. Do not assume every field appears in every Livingston County result.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State or jurisdiction | Dropdown or selection | Likely required | Select New York, then the custody or offender search path. Exact options were not text-readable. |
| Name | Text | Likely required for name search | Use full first and last name where possible. Middle-name format was not verified. |
| Offender ID or booking ID | Text | Optional if offered | Livingston booking-number support was not verified in the captured source. |
| Search | Button | Not applicable | Search action on the VINELink interface. |
| Notification controls | Buttons or forms | Optional | VINELink supports custody notification registration, but exact Livingston options were not text-readable. |
What a Livingston County Inmate Profile Shows
Because no Livingston County sheriff-hosted roster profile was available for inspection, the public fields should be described carefully. A record may show custody information without every item that exists in the jail's internal booking file. Court charges, sealed records, youthful offender matters, medical information, and law-enforcement-sensitive details can be withheld or routed to another office.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The incarcerated person's name as held in the custody or notification system. Exact middle-name format was not verified. |
| Custody status | Whether the person is in custody, released, transferred, or otherwise not found, depending on the returned result. |
| Facility | The jail or agency currently associated with the person, if VINELink returns that field. |
| Offender or booking identifier | An identifier may appear if the agency transmits it. Livingston County's booking-number format was not verified. |
| Charges | Some systems display charges, but Livingston-specific charge fields were not inspected. Use WebCriminal, the court, and the County Clerk for formal court charges. |
| Booking date | May be displayed if transmitted, but a Livingston-specific online booking-date field was not verified. |
| Release or notification | VINELink's core use is custody-status notification registration. |
| Mugshot | Not verified for Livingston County through VINELink. New York restricts booking-photo disclosure unless release serves a specific law-enforcement purpose. |
Request Booking Records Through FOIL
For booking records, arrest-processing records, jail records, incident material, or complaint records that are not visible online, use the Sheriff's Office FOIL process. The Sheriff's FOIL page says access to criminal reports and complaints maintained by LCSO is governed by Article 6 of the New York Public Officers Law. The official form also states that responses are made under Public Officers Law §89 and that copying charges may apply.
The Livingston County Sheriff's FOIL information page introduces the criminal-report request process, and the official Sheriff's Office FOIL form is the online request channel.
A specific FOIL request is usually stronger than a broad demand for all inmate records because the Records Division can identify the booking or arrest-processing file more directly.
| FOIL Form Field | How to Use It for Jail Records |
|---|---|
| Name and contact information | Provide requester name, address, phone, and email so the Records Division can respond. |
| Records description | Be specific: booking record, arrest-processing record, charge list, bail or remand status, and booking photograph if maintained and releasable. |
| Date | Use the arrest date or approximate date range if the exact booking date is unknown. |
| Copy request | The form warns that copying charges may apply for most records. |
| Public Officers Law response | The form references §89, the FOIL procedure for agency responses, denials, copying, and appeals. |
Finding County, State, Federal, and Immigration Inmates
The main lookup decision is the custody system. Livingston County Jail is the county facility for local arrest processing, pre-arraignment detention, pretrial custody, local sentences, state-ready holds, parole-violator holds, and some boarded-in federal detainees. DOCCS handles state-prison custody, including Groveland Correctional Facility in Sonyea. BOP handles federal inmates once BOP custody applies. ICE ODLS is the official immigration detainee locator.
| Custody | Where to Look | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| County pretrial or local jail sentence | VINELink, then Livingston County Jail Division at 585-243-7180 | Not a full booking file; use FOIL for copies. |
| Sentenced state prisoner | New York State DOCCS incarcerated lookup | Use last name with birth year, DIN, or NYSID as applicable. Not for county pretrial custody. |
| Groveland Correctional Facility | Groveland facility page and DOCCS lookup | Medium-security state prison for males, not the Livingston County jail roster. |
| Federal BOP custody | BOP Inmate Locator | A USMS pretrial detainee housed locally may not appear until BOP custody applies. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Do not rely on the county jail roster alone to confirm ICE custody. |
Livingston County Jail Facilities
The detention map for Livingston County has two active facilities that must be treated separately. The county jail in Geneseo is the local sheriff-run facility. Groveland Correctional Facility is a New York State DOCCS prison in Sonyea. The county jail, VINELink, FOIL, and the Jail Division phone line do not replace the DOCCS locator for a sentenced state prisoner.
Livingston County Jail
4 Court St
Geneseo, NY 14454
585-243-7180
Primary local jail. Rated capacity: 194 beds. Call to confirm current visiting, mail, phone, and money rules.
Groveland Correctional Facility
7000 Sonyea Road, P.O. Box 50
Sonyea, NY 14556-0050
585-658-2871
New York State DOCCS medium-security facility for males. Search through DOCCS, not the county jail route.
Booking Process in Livingston County
Sheriff news releases show the local arrest-to-booking path. A person arrested by a sheriff deputy, village or town police department, State Police, or another agency may be transported to Livingston County Jail and turned over to Central Booking Deputies for processing and pre-arraignment detention. Intake can include identity verification, property handling, fingerprints, a booking photograph, security screening, and an initial housing decision. Official releases also show that alleged contraband discovered during booking can lead to additional charges.
Arraignment may occur at Livingston County Centralized Arraignment Part, often abbreviated LC-CAP, which sheriff releases place at the jail. A town justice handles the arraignment in the examples reviewed. The Public Defender's Office and District Attorney's Office may appear, and the court can release the person, set cash bail, set a secured or partially secured bond, set nominal bail, remand the person, or order a no-bail hold under the facts and law. The jail records the custody status, but the judge's order controls release.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Official Livingston County NY-specific visitation, mail, commissary, phone, tablet, and money-deposit policies were not located in the inspected sheriff or county sources. Do not use similarly named Livingston County jail handbooks from other states. For Livingston County Jail, call 585-243-7180 before scheduling a visit, sending mail, depositing money, or arranging attorney access.
| Topic | Official Detail Located | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Visit schedule | Not located in official Livingston NY sources | Call the Jail Division before travel. |
| Visit type | Not located | Confirm whether visits are in person, video, non-contact, or a mix. |
| Identification | Not located | Ask about government photo ID and approved-visitor requirements. |
| Dress code | Not located | Ask for the current dress and property rules before arrival. |
| Children | Not located | Confirm guardian, minor, and documentation requirements. |
| Attorney visits | Not located | Confirm professional visit scheduling with jail staff or the court. |
How to Contact a Livingston County Inmate
Mail and account rules should be confirmed directly with the Jail Division. The safest mail format from the available research is the incarcerated person's full name, booking number if known, Livingston County Jail, 4 Court St, Geneseo, NY 14454, unless jail staff gives a different vendor or scanning address. Ask before sending books, publications, cards, personal photos, money orders, or property because no official local rule list was located.
The county directory entry for the Jail Division is a useful phone confirmation source.
The directory phone number is especially useful where the research did not locate current public rules for visits, deposits, or mail vendors.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
No official Livingston County Jail deposit vendor, lobby kiosk, phone-deposit option, online-deposit portal, fee schedule, or commissary limit was found in the inspected official sources. Use the Jail Division number before relying on any payment site. Confirm the person's custody status, exact name, booking number if available, accepted payment methods, fees, refund rules, and whether another hold could prevent release even if money or bail is posted.
Note: Confirm custody and facility rules with Livingston County Jail before sending funds, scheduling visits, or mailing property.