Onondaga County Justice Center

The League of Women Voters of Syracuse has a voter registration drive in which staff and volunteers go into the Justice center, attend naturalization ceremonies and other public events.

Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelly explained the impact to a committee of county lawmakers this week.

The merger with the downtown Justice Center was first proposed in late Dec. 2022 and approved by the county legislature a few weeks later. Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley followed up with a lawsuit.

The Ways and Means Committee approved the one-year pause while the proposed closure of the jail works its way through the courts.

The April 1 deadline for the merger between Jamesville Correctional Facility and the Onondaga County Justice Center has passed with no resolution, Sheriff Toby Shelley states.

The remains and funerary objects were removed by scientists in 1961, and reburied in 1999. Some are concerned the site could be disturbed yet again if the jail closes, and the county sells the property.

Onondaga Sheriff's Office found a prisoner dead in his cell from suicide ahead of the merger with the Jamesville Correctional Facility.

Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley says he still can't justify consolidating the Jamesville Correctional Center with the downtown Justice Center

Onondaga County Sheriff Toby Shelley paid a surprise visit to the Onondaga County Legislature's recent public safety committee meeting to express his latest concerns.

County Executive Ryan McMahon's plan includes details such as timelines for the transfer of officers and inmates from the Jamesville correctional facility to the downtown Justice Center.