Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Kingston, New York, in Ulster County, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kingston is held at the county jail, run by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Kingston
The county jail, run by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kingston, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office at ulstersheriffny.gov/inmateSearch (page title: Incarcerated Individuals Search/VINE | Ulster County Sheriff's Office, NY), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Ulster County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 160 people on an average day, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 458 beds, and it ran at 45 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ulster County has about 183,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 9 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ulster County Jail
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kingston (filed by the FBI as Kingston Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Kingston.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Ulster County: the Ulster County New York City Department of Environmental Police and Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (other agency); the New Paltz State University of New York Police (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Kingston's 1,180 for 2025, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office's 473 for 2025 and Ulster Town's 389 for 2025.
Together, the 11 agencies in Ulster County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,576 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Kingston arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Ulster County serves the sentence in a facility of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, whose inmate locator is at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Kingston?
Look on the custody page of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office at ulstersheriffny.gov/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Ulster County jail?
About 160 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 458 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Ulster County go?
To a facility of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; its inmate locator is at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
Is this the official Kingston website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.