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Delaware County Inmate Population Overview

The Delaware County inmate population is reported through New York jail data and the local sheriff's custody systems. The local jail is the Delaware County Correctional Facility, a sheriff-run correctional facility in Delhi. It holds people remanded to the Sheriff of Delaware County by courts, including pretrial detainees, people serving county jail sentences, convicted felony defendants waiting for state or federal transfer, and people held locally for another agency. That mix matters. A jail roster result does not always mean a final court conviction, and a missing roster result does not always mean the person is free.

The main count for the Delaware County inmate population comes from the DCJS/SCOC Monthly Jail Population Trends report prepared June 1, 2026. The report uses daily counts submitted to the State Commission of Correction. It separates census, in-house population, sentenced people, federal custody, state readies, boarded-in people, and other unsentenced people. The local roster gives person-level current custody detail, while the state report gives a broader population view.

Delaware County Inmate Population Statistics

The official jail page gives the building count, and the state monthly report gives the population count. The sheriff's correctional-facility page says the jail has 103 cells and a capacity of 121 with double bunking. The DCJS/SCOC June 1, 2026 report shows the May 2026 average daily census at 54 and the in-house average at 55. Using the 2025 county population estimate of 44,305, that census is about 122 people per 100,000 residents. That rate is a local calculation from the cited sources, not a separate state-published rate.

The Delaware County Sheriff's Office home page is the gateway to corrections links, inmate search, VINE, most wanted, bail, funds, and the sheriff app. The image below shows that official sheriff entry point.

The home page matters because several custody tasks that start as an inmate search branch into separate sheriff pages for bail, funds, visitation, records requests, or mobile app access.

Delaware County Inmate Population Trends

The Delaware County inmate population fell across the 13-month table captured in the June 1, 2026 state report. The census moved from 75 in May 2025 to 54 in May 2026, a 28 percent decline. In-house population moved from 85 to 55, a 35 percent decline. The report does not give a local cause for the change, so the trend should not be tied to a policy claim without a separate official source. It does show a clear drop in boarded-in people and other unsentenced people over the same period.

One unusual local detail is the size of the federal category. In May 2026, the DCJS/SCOC row showed 30 federal people in the in-house count, even though no BOP facility was located in Delaware County. That means some people in the local jail population may be held on federal matters or for federal agencies while still housed at the county facility. The county jail page and the federal locator answer different questions.

Who Makes Up Delaware County Inmates

The Delaware County inmate population is not one single legal group. The sheriff's correctional-facility page says the jail serves people from throughout the judicial system who have been remanded to sheriff custody. Remand means a court has ordered the person held. Some are waiting for trial, some are serving a county jail sentence, and some are convicted felony defendants waiting for transfer. The May 2026 state count adds more categories: sentenced, federal, state ready, civil, boarded-in, and other unsentenced.

• Sentenced county jail inmates accounted for 6 people in the May 2026 in-house average.
• Federal custody accounted for 30 people in the same May 2026 in-house category.
• Other unsentenced people accounted for 18 people, a category that can include people awaiting arraignment, trial, sentencing, or held on new charges.
• State readies were 0 in May 2026, though earlier months showed small state-ready counts.

Demographic totals by race, ethnicity, sex, and age were not found in the county jail population row used for this build. The public roster does show individual descriptors such as age, race, gender, height, weight, eye color, and hair color. Those fields describe a single record, not a full Delaware County inmate population demographic table.

Delaware County Jail Capacity

The Delaware County Correctional Facility operated below its published double-bunking capacity in the May 2026 count. With an in-house average of 55 and a rated capacity of 121, the jail was at about 45 percent of that rated capacity for the month. Even the 13-month in-house high of 85 in May 2025 was about 70 percent of the published capacity. No official source in the research file showed a current overcrowding order, consent decree, or new jail construction project for Delaware County.

The capacity number still needs context. The sheriff describes 103 cells and a 121-person capacity with double bunking, which means the maximum count depends on using some cells for more than one person. Housing also depends on classification. Classification is the jail's process for assigning a person to a safe and appropriate housing unit based on sex, custody status, safety, medical needs, and operational rules.

Laws Governing Delaware County Jail Data

New York law and state correction rules shape what is reported, what can be requested, and what may be withheld. The Delaware County inmate population count is public-facing because county jails submit daily data to the State Commission of Correction. Individual jail records, booking photos, police reports, and case records can also be affected by public-record exemptions and sealing laws.

Search Delaware County Inmates

The current Delaware County inmate search starts with the sheriff's Incarcerated Inmate Search. The roster is public, free, and does not require a login. It is an OCV/VINE-backed feed with a Type to Search box, result cards, booking photos, View Charges links, Notify Me of Status Change links, and pagination. It is the best first source for people currently in Delaware County jail custody.

The search should stay broad at first. Use a last name, first name, or partial spelling. If the person is not listed, check whether the arrest is too new, whether the person has been released, whether a court sent the person to state prison, or whether a federal or immigration agency is involved.

1. Open the sheriff's Incarcerated Inmate Search page.
2. Type a last name, first name, or partial name in the search box.
3. Review result cards for name, photo, booking date, View Charges, and status notification links.
4. Open the profile route when available to see more custody detail.
5. Use VINELink if release or transfer notification is the main goal.
6. Move to DOCCS, BOP, ICE, WebCriminal, or a records request when the local roster does not answer the question.

The official roster page is shown below with the public search feed and current-custody cards.

The roster is useful for current jail custody, but it should not be treated as a full criminal-history report or as the final court record.

Delaware County Roster Search Fields

The Delaware County jail roster uses a simple public feed rather than a long form. The research capture showed a Type to Search field, sorting, profile links, pagination, and status notification links. The official page does not publish wildcard rules, a required minimum character count, or a refresh interval.

What Delaware County Inmate Records Show

A Delaware County inmate record is a custody record. It may include a booking photo and physical descriptors, but it is not the same as a court disposition. The official JSON sample included a VINE internal record ID, inmate ID, name fields, small and large image URLs, height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, hair color, custody status, booked date, holding facility code, sex-offender flag, reporting agency, and a charge-array schema.

The sample profile screenshot came from the sheriff's public inmate profile route.

Profile pages can show a public photo and status notification link even when not every charge field is populated in the visible page.

County Jail vs State Prison Lookup

The county roster, DOCCS lookup, BOP locator, and ICE locator cover different custody systems. A person held before trial in Delhi should be checked through the sheriff's roster. A person sentenced to a New York state prison term should be checked through the DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup. A sentenced federal prisoner is searched through the Federal BOP Inmate Locator. Immigration custody is searched through the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.

The Delaware County inmate population can include federal detainees housed locally, so a federal case does not always mean a person will appear in BOP's facility locator. Call the jail when a local federal hold may affect release.

Past Delaware County Inmate Records

The sheriff roster is current-custody focused. The research did not locate a published retention period for released people or a separate historical booking archive. For an older booking record, booking photo, or sheriff report, use the county's NextRequest public-records portal or email the sheriff FOIL address documented in the research: delco.foil@co.delaware.ny.us. A written request should describe the person, approximate booking date, record type, and agency with enough detail for staff to locate the record.

Records can be withheld or redacted when New York law protects them. Sealed cases, youthful offender records, active investigation records, medical information, and some safety-sensitive details may not be released to the public. Court filings and certificates of disposition are not the same as jail records, so older court results may require the court or clerk rather than the sheriff.

Delaware County Detention Facilities

Official sources identified one detention facility physically in Delaware County for this project. No separate county work-release building, city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention center was located in the official lists used for the research.

• Delaware County Correctional Facility - the sheriff-run county jail for pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, state readies waiting for transfer, and people held locally for other agencies.

Remand

A court order that places a person in custody.

State ready

A person sentenced to state prison but not yet transferred to DOCCS.

Detainer or hold

An agency or case that can prevent release even after local bail is addressed.

Delaware County App and Notifications

The sheriff roster links to VINELink for custody-status notification. VINELink is useful when the main need is release or transfer notice rather than a static booking record. The Delaware County NY Sheriff app is another official channel. The app listings advertise inmate information, warrants, current press releases, sex-offender map/list features, and pistol permit information. The app should be treated as a parallel mobile route, not as a separate detention facility or a promise that all warrant data is public.

Mobile users can use the official Delaware County NY Sheriff app share page to reach the app store options.

The app is most useful as a sheriff-controlled channel when the website is hard to use on a phone or when warrant and press-release features are needed.

Delaware County Inmate Population FAQ