Montgomery County Correctional Facility Overview
The Montgomery County Correctional Facility is operated by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office. The official Corrections Division page describes the jail as a key part of the local justice system and says it houses a diverse population of incarcerated individuals. It specifically identifies locally charged people, federally charged people, and people awaiting transfer to state prison.
Alternative public labels appear in outside official and vendor sources, including Montgomery County Jail and Montgomery County NY County Jail. For local page titles and facility text, Montgomery County Correctional Facility is the best official name because that is the wording used by the sheriff. No separate Montgomery County work-release annex, city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, or standalone ICE detention center was supported by the research.
The manifest screenshot from the Montgomery County Corrections Division page supports the facility name, capacity, role, and custody-search route.
This source is the local anchor for facility facts. Details not published there, such as lobby hours, in-person visit blocks, property rules, and mail format, should be confirmed directly.
Montgomery County Facility Population
The sheriff lists the Montgomery County Correctional Facility capacity as 179 incarcerated individuals. The state DCJS/SCOC Monthly Jail Population Trends report, prepared June 1, 2026, lists May 2026 jail census at 100, boarded out at 0, boarded in at 9, and in-house population at 109. May 2025 showed census 125 and in-house 135, so the May-to-May census row declined by 20 percent.
| Population Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 179 | Sheriff Corrections Division page |
| May 2026 average daily jail census | 100 | DCJS/SCOC report |
| May 2026 boarded in | 9 | DCJS/SCOC report |
| May 2026 in-house population | 109 | DCJS/SCOC report |
| May 2025 in-house population | 135 | DCJS/SCOC report |
The May 2026 in-house count was below the stated capacity, but that should not be converted into a broad claim about conditions. Population reports are count data. They do not publish every classification, housing-unit assignment, medical status, or personal custody factor.
Who Montgomery County Jail Holds
Montgomery County Correctional Facility is a county jail, not a state prison. It holds people with pending local cases, people serving short local sentences, people awaiting transfer to state prison, and people held for federal authorities when accepted under federal agreements. The U.S. Marshals agreement also covers people charged federally and detained pretrial, sentenced people awaiting BOP designation or transport, and people awaiting immigration hearings or deportation.
| Custody Group | Why It Matters | Primary Lookup |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or short sentence | Controlled through the county jail and local courts. | VINELink and Sheriff's Office |
| State ready | Held locally while awaiting transfer to DOCCS. | Jail first, then DOCCS after transfer |
| Federal pretrial | May be physically housed in the jail but controlled by USMS. | Holding jail and USMS context |
| Federal sentence | May move to BOP after designation. | BOP inmate locator |
| Immigration custody | May involve ICE locator or federal hold information. | ICE detainee locator |
This custody mix is why one search may fail while another works. A person can be in the same building but under different legal control than a locally charged detainee.
Look Up Facility Inmates
For current local custody at Montgomery County Correctional Facility, the sheriff-linked online path is VINELink New York person search. The jail phone line is the direct fallback. State, federal, and immigration searches belong in their own systems once the case leaves local jail control or the hold is not local.
- Search VINELink New York by name for current reportable custody tied to the county jail channel.
- Call 518-853-5500 when the arrest is recent, no match appears, or the release depends on a hold.
- Search DOCCS if the person has been sentenced and transferred to state prison.
- Search BOP for federal sentenced custody and ICE for immigration custody.
- Use FOIL or the relevant court clerk when the goal is a document, not current custody status.
For broader custody-search instructions, the Montgomery County inmate records page compares the county, state, federal, immigration, and court-record channels in one place.
Montgomery County Jail Contact
The Sheriff's Office contact page lists the facility and office address at 200 Clark Drive, Fultonville, NY 12072. It also lists mailing address PO Box 432, Fultonville, NY 12072, phone 518-853-5500, and fax 518-853-4096. The page says assistance is available 24/7. It does not publish separate lobby, records-window, or visitor-entry hours.
Montgomery County Correctional Facility
200 Clark Drive
Fultonville, NY 12072
518-853-5500
Mailing: PO Box 432, Fultonville, NY 12072
Fax: 518-853-4096
Call before arriving for a visit, records pickup, bond-related question, or property issue. Public jail rules can change, and no official visitor parking, entrance, or prohibited-item list was located in the sheriff pages reviewed.
Visit Montgomery County Inmates
Official Montgomery County jail visitation details were thin. The sheriff pages reviewed did not publish a full in-person visit schedule, visitor approval process, child-visitor rules, dress code, attorney visit instructions, or fee amounts. The ConnectNetwork Montgomery County NY County Jail page lists video visitation, visitation scheduling, and visitation fee categories. That confirms vendor involvement but not the exact local schedule.
| Visit Type | Published Status | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person facility visit | Public schedule not located | Call the jail before traveling. |
| Video visitation | ConnectNetwork category located | Review current facility options after selecting Montgomery County NY. |
| Visitation scheduling | ConnectNetwork category located | Confirm whether the person is eligible before creating a visit plan. |
| Attorney visits | Public rules not located | Contact the facility or court. |
| Background or visit fee | Vendor category located, no amount captured | Do not assume a fee amount without checking the current account screen. |
The manifest screenshot for ConnectNetwork's Montgomery County facility page shows the vendor categories available from the public service page.
Vendor categories can change by account status or facility setting. Treat them as a starting point for scheduling, not as proof that every person can receive a visit.
Mail and Money at Montgomery County Jail
The official research did not locate a Montgomery County jail mail format, commissary deposit provider, lobby kiosk rule, online deposit fee, inmate phone-rate sheet, tablet program, or publication rule. ConnectNetwork was documented for visitation-related categories, but deposit and phone specifics were not confirmed in the captured public material.
| Service | Published Detail | Practical Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | No official format located | Call before mailing anything. |
| Books or publications | No rule located | Do not borrow rules from other Montgomery counties. |
| Commissary deposits | No fee table located | Confirm vendor and fees with the jail. |
| Phone calls | No rate sheet located | Ask the facility which service is current. |
| Video scheduling | ConnectNetwork category located | Check the current ConnectNetwork facility options. |
Note: Confirm custody and facility rules before mailing funds, sending property, or scheduling any visit.
Booking at Montgomery County Facility
Booking begins after arrest, warrant pickup, court order, or transfer. Local arrests can involve the Sheriff's Office, Amsterdam Police Department, New York State Police, or town and village police agencies. When detention is needed, this facility is the primary local jail identified in official sources. New York CPL 160.10 controls fingerprinting and allows arrest photographs when fingerprinting is required or permitted.
Jail receiving can include identity processing, property inventory, health and security screening, classification, and court routing. The Corrections Division page says corrections officers oversee transports and custodial duties while maintaining health standards and professionalism. No official jail handbook or local classification guide was located, so housing-unit names, property lists, and exact intake timing should not be invented.
Federal and ICE Custody
The U.S. Marshals Service agreement gives Montgomery County Correctional Facility federal-custody significance. It identifies the Sheriff's Office facility at 200 Clark Drive as a place for federal detainee housing and describes detainees charged with federal offenses, sentenced people awaiting BOP designation or transport, and people awaiting immigration hearings or deportation. ICE also publishes inspection material for Montgomery County Jail (NY), Fonda, NY.
Federal and immigration holds can change release expectations. A person may satisfy a local court order but remain held for another authority. Federal detainees are released only through the proper federal officers under the agreement. ICE custody should be checked through the ICE locator or the federal holding channel.
Directions to Montgomery County Jail
Use 200 Clark Drive, Fultonville, NY 12072 for mapping. The facility is in the Fonda-Fultonville area near the county government corridor and the Mohawk River corridor. From I-90 Exit 28, route locally toward Fonda-Fultonville and use a map application for the final turn. From NY-5 or NY-5S, approach through the Mohawk Valley and confirm the public entrance before arrival.
Official visitor parking details, ADA entrance instructions, transit stop information, and public-counter rules were not found. Call 518-853-5500 before traveling if the visit depends on access, a scheduled video or facility visit, public records pickup, or urgent custody information.
Montgomery County Facility Records
Facility records and report copies generally use the county FOIL channel, not the custody lookup. The sheriff FOIL page says requests begin with a FOIL form and enough detail to locate the record. The request goes through the Montgomery County Clerk or Records Access Officer, and approved sheriff requests are forwarded to the Civil Office for processing. The county page lists countyclerk@montgomerycountyny.gov as the records-access email.
FOIL can be the right route for report copies, booking-related documents, or administrative records. Court charges and dispositions are different. Those belong with WebCriminal, eCourts, court clerks, the Montgomery County Clerk's Supreme and County Courts function, or CHRS when a paid statewide court-system criminal-history search is needed.