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 October 2, 2026.
Kings County, New York, has about 2.6 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kings County is held by the New York City Department of Correction, which runs the jails for all five boroughs. 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.
Related guides: Kings County public records, Kings County arrest records, Kings County warrants, Kings County criminal records, Kings County court records, New York arrest records and New York inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kings County
Kings County has no county jail. A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kings County is held by the New York City Department of Correction, which runs the city's jails for all five boroughs.
SearchSystems opened and checked the page of the sheriff's office at inmatelocator.countyofkings.com (page title: Kings County Inmate Locator), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
The Kings County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1,970 people, down from about 3,890 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,269 beds, and it ran at 81 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kings County has about 2.6 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 8 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Kings County: the Downstate Medical State University of New York Police (campus police).
The New York City Police Department polices all five boroughs of New York City, Kings County among them, and reports its arrests to the FBI as one agency, so they are not broken out for Kings County here.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Kings County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision lists its inmates at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Kings County?
Look on the custody page of the sheriff's office at inmatelocator.countyofkings.com. It covers people booked into the city jail system.
How many people are in the Kings County jail?
About 1,970 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 2,269 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kings 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 Kings County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.