Chenango County Jail – Norwich, NY

Chenango County Jail is in Chenango County and is the correctional facility for the area. Do you know someone locked up at Chenango County Jail? This guide gives you all about anything a person needs to know about Chenango County Jailsuch as the following: How to locate an inmate at Chenango County Jail. Find mugshots and inmate photos. The jail’s phone number and address. Bailing out of jail. Intake procedures and booking. Court information. And much more…

The prospect of getting arrested and going to jail is a scary thought, not only for the person who gets locked up, but also that person’s family, friends, and loved ones. This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make going to jail easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might help others would be much appreciated.

Do you have a family member, loved one, or friend in jail and need to find them?

Do you know a friend or family member who’s been arrested and you want to find out what jail they’re in?

To find out who is in jail at Chenango County Jail you have to go to their website and do an inmate search.

The Chenango County Jail Inmate Locator has information on persons currently in custody, which includes current status, how much their bail is, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anyone who has been arrested or released in the past 24-hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information fast if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

If the person you’re searching for may be locked up at a different jail you should check the other New York county jails in our New York County Jail Guide: New York County Jails

A mugshot, also known as a jail booking photograph, is the photograph that the jail takes when you get processed at jail intake. A mugshot is actually one frontal photo and one profile photo. Your full name and jail ID number will be on the photos, and they will be on file.

Mugshots of Chenango County Jail inmates can be found on the Chenango County Jail website, or you can view them at the Chenango County Jail. When viewing mugshots online you need to input the inmate’s name, and the booking date, if you know it.

Need to know how to get your mugshot taken off of the Chenango County Jail site? This can be tricky, since your mugshot is a public record. To get your mugshot removed you have to file a Petition to Expunge in court. What this means is that all of your arrest records will be sealed, and will not be accessible. Depending on your situation, this may be a longshot.

To learn more about getting your mugshot removed, the different websites with mugshots, and the websites that offer to remove your mugshot for you: How To Get Your Mugshot Taken Down

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Of course, if you’re locked up, your main thought is about when you get out. After you’ve gone through the intake process, your bail is decided either by bail schedule or magistrate. If there is no bail set this can mean that you will either be free to go until your court date, or you have to stay in jail until your trial.

If you do bail out you will have to promise to show up for court, and until that day you won’t be allowed to travel out of the county.

Usually, a prisoner in the Chenango County Jail will be given time off in exchange for good behavior if they follow the rules and conduct themselves properly while they are in jail.

If you do exhibit good behavior and the jail believes you can be trusted, you might be allowed to participate in work release. Either you will have to go back to the jail each day when you’re finished at your job, or you might have the chance to move into a halfway house instead of the jail.

Bail is how much money that you have to pay to the court system in order to be released from jail pending trial. The amount you have to pay is dictated by how serious your crime is. You will need to put up ten percent of the total set so you can get out of jail. If you miss court, that person will lose all of the bail money.

To find out someone’s bail amount you have to call the Chenango County Jail or the County Courthouse. If you have all the pertinent information, such as name, address and date of birth, they’ll be able to let you know the bail amount. Also, you can find out how much their bail is on the Chenango County Jail site.

Having to get someone out of jail is never fun, but thankfully, its really easy. First of all, you need to find out if their bail is a Cash Only Bond. If it is, you can’t use a Bail Bondsman. Take cash only to the jail – they will not accept a check. When you’ve paid bail, the prisoner will be released. If the conditions of bail are not violated, the bail money you posted will be returned to you.

If the bail amount is too high, or you can’t afford it yourself, you should try a bail bondsman. Bail bondsmen will generally charge you a fee of 10 to 15 percent of total bail, and sometimes charge a minimum of $100. The money you pay to the bail bondsman will not be returned to you and must be paid in cash. If their bail has been set particularly high, the bondsman might request to use assets as collateral for the bond in addition to their charges.

To find a bail bondsman visit our page about: Bail bondsman

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• Get Time Off For Good Behavior
• Work Release
• Released For Time Served
• Be Released on a Pre-Trial Release Program
• Get Out on House Arrest
• Own Recognizance

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The intake process takes you through each of the following steps:

• You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.
• The first thing you will have to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact person.
• Also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history.
• You will be given an inmate ID number.
• Your fingerprints will be taken.
• You will have your mugshot taken.
• Any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.
• They will let you make a phone call in order to talk to family, friends, or bail bondsman.
• If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be given a jumpsuit.

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When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

In the event there is a, or if you must report to start a sentence, you really should do the right thing and turn yourself in willingly. In the case of an outstanding warrant, report to the jail reception area, and let them know that believe that there could be a warrant out for your arrest. They will check their system to see if there are any outstanding local, state or federal arrest warrants out for you, and if they verify that you have one, they will take you into custody and begin the intake process. When reporting to serve a sentence, go to the jail at the time and date that the sentence order or court paperwork states. Be sure that you get don’t get there late, or they may decide to arrest you. Make sure that you only bring required items when you go, such as your driver’s license or ID, any prescription medication you might take, along with your doctor’s prescription, as well as an official sentencing order.

The inmate need to list information about each visitor to the jail in advance. Your visitors will be put into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.
Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should check the official jail site before you go to visitation.

All phone calls from jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account. These phone calls are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Chenango County Jail phone number is:

All mall sent to inmates has to be sent via the actual US Postal Service, and not courier or delivery, or hand delivered. You cannot use any other form of mail delivery. You have to print the person’s name, inmate ID, and the address of the jail on the outside of the letter that you send. Don’t mail anything in a box, envelope with padding or insulation, plastic bag, or an envelope with metal in it. All mail sent to inmates gets opened and read by the staff, and will get returned to the sender if they decide it is inappropriate.

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at Chenango County Jail is:

Chenango County Jail
279 County Road 46
Norwich, NY 13815

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Chenango County Jail
279 County Road 46
Norwich, NY 13815

The mail policy at Chenango County Jail changes, so we suggest that you double check the site before send a letter to someone in jail there.

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Even if you’ve been arrested, you have rights, the first of which is that you have the right to request a lawyer. You don’t get to make many phone calls when you get arrested, so make sure to have a friend or relative find a lawyer for you. You may be asking yourself ‘I don’t have to get a lawyer – I can just represent myself’ You can represent yourself if you really want to, but, a lawyer will advise you about your rights, protect your interests and guide you through the criminal justice system. The sooner you hire an attorney to represent you and work on your case, the better.

For more info on how to find a lawyer, click: How to Find a Lawyer in Chenango County

If you cannot afford an attorney, you will get a public defender. The Public Defender has a number of staff such as private investigators, experts in forensics as well as social case workers. All Public Defenders are full-fledged attorneys who are admitted to the State Bar and are completely licensed to represent you in court and practice law.

Have you ever had to use a court appointed attorney? Do you think that they did a good job of defending you?

Court records are public and available to anyone who requests them. Court records are comprised of a case file with a docket and every documents that have been filed. You, and anyone else, can access court records via the internet service, or by going to the Clerk of Court.

The Chenango County Clerk of Court is an officer of the court who maintains court records and controls access to them. They also administer the oath for all court participants, and also read the court verdict when the jury has finished deliberations. All records associated with your court case are available at the office of the Clerk of Court.

Court fees and costs are the charges and fees from your court case, for example filing fees, motion fees and various court charges. If you are low income and have a Public Defender, you may not have to pay the fees.

The Chenango County court magistrate acts as the judge who presides on your court case. Magistrates do a number of things, like determining how much your bail will be, writing arrest warrants, and acting as the presiding judge over preliminary and procedural court proceedings and detention hearings.

A pre-sentencing report is put together to include information about your background and as much detail about the defendant’s life, which the judge will take into account when determining a sentence. Information, details, and character witnesses will be collected from the person on trial, the defendant’s family, and in some cases the victim in the crime. Keep in mind you can request to receive a copy of the pre-sentencing report before your sentencing, so you have the opportunity to correct the mistakes.

After you are convicted of a crime, you will be given a sentence for your crime. There are several different options for sentencing, which include community service to probation, to incarceration in jail or prison. Depending on the particulars of your trial, the severity of your crime, and any sentencing guidelines that they judge will use, you may be taken into custody, right there in court, or you could receive a date that you are required to surrender and report to jail to serve your sentence.

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Do you want to find out if somebody you know is incarcerated in jail, or has been an inmate in the past?

This is pretty simple to do, just just query the jail’s website, and search using:

• Name.
• Date of birth.
• Their booking date if you know it.
• or inmate ID.

If you’re not sure if this person is in jail or not, you should call the jail find out if they’ve been arrested.

If you believe you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Chenango County court website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is available to anyone.

Civil processes are when someone has been served with papers, such as warrants. You can access civil process orders by going to the Sheriff’s office, by phone or online.

All people registered as sex offenders have to be listed and registered on a sex offender database. The people on these databases have been convicted of a sex or kidnapping crime. You are able to view these offenders on the website, but keep in mind that you will not be able to get the street address, but only the address block that they live on.

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Each and every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for crimes, which include:

• DUI or DWI.
• Drug offenses such as possession or trafficking.
• Kidnapping.
• Sexual offenses including rape, assault.
• Violent crimes including assault, battery and murder.
• Breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

When you do a criminal history search, you won’t be able to see if someone has had any:

• Speeding.
• Lost their driver’s license or license revoked or suspended.
• Traffic accidents.
• Other moving violations.
• Parking Tickets.

To find driving histories, you must do a search for their driving record.

Have you ever needed to find criminal records? How hard was it? Did you search online or did you have to call the jail? Did you get information that was correct? There are lots of reasons that people look up criminal records, and your feedback could help other people that are in the same situation.

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Most Wanted

On a Federal level, the FBI has their list of the Top Ten Most Wanted Criminals. In Chenango County,The Sheriff’s Department has a list of most wanted criminals, too.

FBI Top Ten Most Wanted List


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Life In Jail / What Its Like

Daily Life

While the prospect of spending time in Chenango County Jail is quite unpleasant, eventually you will get accustomed to the daily routine. Inmates get a wake-up alarm every morning at 6am, and next you’ll have roll call. After roll call you will eat breakfast. When you finish eating breakfast you will work in the work program or other activity that you are assigned. This could be working in the kitchen, laundry, or some sort of manufacturing job. While this may seem tedious, it may help you when you leave jail, as you are gaining experience in a certain field of work. Other inmates go to school, while some take part in mandated treatment programs. After lunch, there will be another roll call, then back to work. Your evening will be spent either in your cell or a common room. During this time dinner is served and you will be expected to take a shower. After another roll call, it’s lights out. Even though you will be confined to your cell, there may be enough light to read or write letters. Then again, most inmates welcome lights out, and try to get as much sleep as they can.

Most people are frightened at the idea of jail because they don’t know what to expect. If you have spent any time in Chenango County Jail, your experiences would be welcomed, if it can help another person to deal with it.

Dress Code

When incarcerated, all inmates are expected to wear the Chenango County Jail uniform. This is normally a jumpsuit or scrubs. Of note to anyone visiting an inmate – you must be properly dressed. Any clothing considered inappropriate will not be permitted.

How To Send Money to an Inmate

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

The rules for sending money to inmates can change, so we suggest that you visit the official website when send funds to someone in jail there.


Commissary

The commissary is the jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

Inmate Medications

If you are on any type of prescription medication, you will be allowed to continue taking it while in jail. When you are first processed, you will be asked what medication you take. You will then be referred to the jail nurse or doctor who will be in charge of monitoring your health and prescribing your medication.

Meals

You will get three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. As expected, they are very basic, but healthy. A typical breakfast might be cereal, toast, coffee and fruit. Lunch might be spaghetti, salad, bread and milk. Dinner could be chicken casserole, rice, vegetables, dessert and milk. Contrary to popular belief, prison food has greatly improved over the years, and you might find that it’s not much different from what you would eat at home.

Pods / The Yard

The jail is designed in a ‘pod’ layout, with self-contained housing arranged around an outdoor yard. Each pod has a central control station and a common room, and the inmates take turns in using the yard. The jail is designed this way to keep certain inmates together, and others away from the general population.

Gangs

As with life in general, gangs are a part of prison life. Obviously it is best to avoid becoming a part of this environment as it will only lead to trouble. When you first enter prison, you might find yourself being ‘primed’ to join a gang, or worse, you might get their attention in a negative way. The best thing to do is keep your head down and don’t get involved.


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News and Media

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Jobs

Types of Jobs at Chenango County Jail

The Deputy Sheriff is the second in command at the Chenango County Jail, overseeing the day to day operations and administration of the jail. An inmate is unlikely to have much interaction with the Deputy Sheriff, unless they have committed an infraction. Detention Officers are responsible for the custody and care of the inmates. They maintain order in the jail, and handle security. A Detention Officer is assigned to a certain pod, and therefore is responsible for the same inmates each day. They get to know the inmates on a certain level and are well equipped to handle any problems that may occur.

Apply for a Job at Chenango County Jail

Requirements:

• You must be over the age of 21.
• You must possess a High School Diploma or GED
• You must be a US Citizen.
• You must pass a Criminal, Credit and Driving History background check.
• You must pass a drug test.
• You must have a good level of fitness.
• You must be in good health.
• You must have a valid Driver’s License
• An applicant for Deputy Sheriff must possess a Law Enforcement Certification.


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Family Resources

There are resources for families of both the perpetrator of the crime and the victim. The social and emotional impact of crime is far reaching, affecting many. Families can receive professional counseling, court related assistance, social services assistance and help in navigating the criminal justice system.

If you are a family member, which resources did you find to be particularly helpful? Please let us know, as this will be helpful to other families in the same situation.

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Victim Resources

Important Note: If you, or someone you know, are in immediate danger, call 911.

Victim’s Rights

The Victim Rights Act grants victims the following rights:

• The right to protection from the accused.
• The right to notification.
• The right to attend proceedings.
• The right to speak at criminal justice proceedings.
• The right to consult with the prosecuting attorney.
• The right to restitution.
• The right to a speedy trial.
• The right to be treated with fairness, dignity and respect.

The definition of victim includes:

• Spouses and children of all victims.
• Parents and guardians of minor victims.
• Parents, guardians and siblings of mentally or physically incapacitated victims or victims of homicide.
• Foster parents or other caregivers, under certain circumstances.

There are a number of services and programs designed to help victims and their families. You can find out about these services by contacting the courthouse, or local law enforcement agency.

Victim Notification

The Department of Justice Victim Notification System (VNS) is a system that provides victims with information pertaining to their case and/or any defendants in the case. You will receive a Victim Identification Number (VIN) and a Personal Identification Number (PIN) that will allow you to access VNS via the internet or by phone. Here, you will find information about future court hearings, historical court events, and detailed information about the defendant. This will include criminal charges filed, the outcome of charges, sentence imposed, custody location, projected release date and any other release information. The VNS website is updated daily. You will also receive any ongoing information by mail or email.

Have you, a family member or friend ever used the Victim Notification System? If so, was it effective? Did you get the information in a timely manner? Was the system difficult to use? We would like to hear from you, so please post any comments here.

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Sex Offender Information and Search

All people registered as sex offenders are registered on either a national or state sex offender database. The people on these databases have been convicted of a sex or kidnapping crime. You can access this information online, but bear in mind that you will not get the exact address, rather the block that they live on.

Domestic Violence

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, there are services to help you. Your county will have a Domestic Violence Services office. They provide free and confidential services, such as emergency shelter information, legal advocacy, support groups and domestic violence education. They will work to help you create a safe and violence-free life, and heal from the trauma of abuse.

Important Note: If you, or someone you know, are in immediate danger, call 911.


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Reviews

Reviews of this Jail

Have you ever been an inmate in Chenango County Jail? Do you know someone there? Have you ever been to visit someone at this jail?

If your answer is yes, then we would like you to write your review about it. Write down your jail experience because others can learn what to expect.

Things you could write in your review:

• Conditions at the jail.
• Jail, yard and pod facility and layout
• Jail staff and Guards
• Food and commissary
• Having Visitors
• Other Inmates.
• Inmate safety
• Gang activity
• Prisoner programs and activities


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Tell Your Story

Everbody that’s been incarcerated has at least one story to tell about it. Why were you locked up? Did you get fair treatment? What was your daily routine in jail? Were the other inmates cool? How did getting locked up affect your life?

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