Onondaga County-Jamesville Correctional Facility

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Onondaga County-Jamesville Correctional Facility basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 315-435-5581

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Onondaga County-Jamesville Correctional Facility is a medium-security detention center located at 6660 E Seneca Tpk Jamesville, NY which is operated locally by the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Onondaga County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Jamesville Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office Correction Department, located in Jamesville, New York, a suburb of Syracuse it is a direct supervision facility with a capacity of 538 inmates and employing approximately 167 employees.

The Correction Department is pleased to participate in the New York Sheriff’s Victim Hotline, “Victim Information and Notification Everyday,” or VINE program. This system provides will tell you if an offender is in jail or prison in New York State and will give you other important custody information. The hotline will also let you leave a telephone number where you want to be notified when that offender is released, transfers, or escapes.

Another interesting stop is the inmate work program. This branch of the site illustrates the many and varied work programs performed by our inmates which is a benefit to county taxpayers while helping to develop vocational skills and responsibility for preparation back to the community.

Inmate Work Program – One of the primary goals of our department is the continued use and further development of Inmate Work Crews and assignments both on and off department grounds. Such work, coupled with vocational rehabilitation, moral intervention, and education are all integral parts of the entire rehabilitative effort. Our inmates also perform various community-based projects. Everything from roadway clean up and work in local parks, to assisting the Salvation Army in preparing packages of food for the needy during the Christmas season. This benefits Onondaga County taxpayers by providing labor for various tasks resulting in significant savings. These crews are carefully selected and constantly supervised by our security staff. They have proven to be an asset to our community. The following is a sampling of the different work activities which takes place on a daily basis at our facility.

Laundry Operation- The laundry crew is one of the busiest areas of our facility. From early in the morning and all day long these inmates keep busy laundering items for our facility as well as the Hillbrook Detention Facility. Hundreds of items each day have to be sorted, washed, dried and packed for delivery.

Consolidated Food Service – In 1995 the department consolidated its foodservice operation with the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department. Over 3,100 inmate meals are prepared and served each day to both jails. The kitchen in the Sheriff’s jail is the primary location for preparation of all meals. Food is then transported to our facility each day.

Maintenance of Buildings & Grounds – An outside inmate work crew supervised by correction officers assigned to the Maintenance Division, maintain all grounds throughout the year. Everything from lawn mowing to shoveling snow is done by this crew. These supervised work crews also remove the trash generated by our facility, unload deliveries to our warehouse, deliver supplies to the facility and paint building facilities.

Parks Crews – Nearly 10 months of the year, an inmate work crew assists the Onondaga County Parks Department in the maintenance of county parks and the “Lights on the Lake” project. Each holiday season since it’s inception, our inmates have played a large part in setting up and taking down the extensive “Lights on the Lake” holiday lighting display at Onondaga Lake.

visitation Info

Onondaga County NY Penitentiary – Visitation

SUNDAY – THURSDAY:

12:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. & 5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

(There will be no daytime visiting hours on Tuesdays & Wednesdays)

FRIDAY – SATURDAY:

NO VISITS

The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office Correction Department now offers state-of-the-art Internet based remote video visitation system. Visitors are now able to conduct remote video visitation from their home or office with inmates housed at The Correction Department. You must have access to a computer with high-speed Internet, a web cam and audio device to use this system. Follow the instructions below to take advantage of this service:

Set up or add funds to your Prepaid account with ICSolutions at www.icsolutions.com

Eligible inmates will be allowed up to two (2) half hour Remote Video Visits per day based on availability during the following times:

Monday thru Friday

9:00 – 9:30 am
9:45 – 10:15 am
10:30 – 11:00 am
12:30 – 1:00 pm
1:15 – 1:45 pm
2:00 – 2:30 pm

All video visitation sessions may be recorded and are subject to monitoring at anytime.