This is a privately run reference site, not a government office. We do not hold anyone in custody, and we cannot confirm whether a person is locked up, set someone free, post bond, or pull an official booking file. Those actions belong to the agencies that keep the original records. If you need any of them, reach out to the correct government office directly using the contacts below.
Searching for an Inmate or a Record
Connecticut works differently from most states. There is no New Haven County sheriff and no county jail. Since 1968, one statewide agency, the Connecticut Department of Correction, has run what used to be separate county jails and state prisons. So the offices that can answer custody and record questions are state agencies and the local correctional center, not a county booking desk. The two cards below give you the offices most people need first.
CT DOC Public Information Office
24 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(860) 692-7780
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
New Haven Correctional Center
245 Whalley Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 974-4111
Primary pretrial facility for the New Haven area
The Public Information Office handles offender-information requests that go beyond what the online locator shows. New Haven Correctional Center is the main local facility for adults held before trial. Use the short guide below to send your question to the right place the first time.
- For someone held in New Haven County, start with our page on jail inmate records.
- For booking photos, see how they work on our jail roster mugshots page.
- For charges filed after an arrest, read our guide to court records after a jail arrest.
- For a specific facility, open the matching detention facility page listed in the footer.
- For any adult in Connecticut custody, whether pretrial or sentenced, use the CT DOC inmate locator. In Connecticut, one state locator covers both groups, and there is no separate county roster.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, try the federal BOP locator or the ICE detainee locator.