This is a private reference site, not a Suffolk County government office. We cannot verify custody, release anyone, post bail, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official office that controls the record or facility.
Official Suffolk County Jail and Records Contacts
Use the contacts below for Suffolk County jail custody questions, bail information, facility directions, and public-record requests.
Suffolk County Sheriff's Office
Main phone: (631) 852-2200
General email: suffolk_sheriff@suffolkcountyny.gov
Riverhead Correctional Facility: 100 Center Drive South, Riverhead, NY 11901
Yaphank Correctional Facility: 200 Glover Drive, Yaphank, NY 11980
Central Records and Bail
Central Records / bail information: (631) 852-2241, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call before posting bail to confirm custody, bail amount, accepted payment, holds, and whether the person is at Riverhead or Yaphank.
FOIL and Police Records
For Sheriff's Office incarceration records, submit FOIL requests to the Freedom of Information Officer, Suffolk County Sheriff's Office, 100 Center Dr., Riverhead, NY 11901. The sheriff's FOIL page says that office generally provides incarceration records for people held at Suffolk County correctional facilities. For police reports, accident reports, or 911 transcripts, contact the Suffolk County Police Department at (631) 862-6000.
For common record goals, start with the matching guide:
- For a person who may be in Riverhead or Yaphank, use the jail inmate records guide and then call Central Records if the online path is unclear.
- For booking photographs and public-access limits, see jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, arraignment information, and criminal-case lookups after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For a facility-specific address or visiting context, open the Riverhead or Yaphank detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced New York state prisoner, use the New York State DOCCS incarcerated lookup rather than the county jail contacts.
- For federal or immigration custody, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.