This is a privately run reference site. It is not a jail, a police department, a court, or any other government office, and it has no staff who can act on a case. We cannot confirm whether a person is in custody, release anyone, set or post bond, or pull official booking records, arrest reports, or court files. Those answers come only from the offices that create and keep the records. The right contacts are listed below, so please reach out to them directly.
Trying to Find an Inmate or a Record?
Meriden does not run a county sheriff's jail or a public booking roster. A local arrest usually starts with the Meriden Police, moves through the Connecticut court system at the Meriden GA 7 courthouse, and ends up in Connecticut Department of Correction custody when someone is held. Each office handles a different part of that path, so the office you call depends on what you need. The key public contacts are below.
Meriden Police Records Division
50 West Main Street
Meriden, CT 06451
Phone: 203-630-6256
Fax: 203-630-6257
Report requests in writing: PoliceRecords@meridenct.gov
Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding holidays
Meriden Police (General)
50 West Main Street
Meriden, CT 06451
Non-emergency: 203-238-1911
Emergency: 911
CT DOC Public Information Office
24 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Phone: 860-692-7780
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
New Haven Correctional Center
245 Whalley Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203-974-4111
Operated by the Connecticut Department of Correction
Meriden GA 7 Court, Chief Clerk's Office
54 West Main Street
Meriden, CT 06451
Phone: 203-238-6130
For court case, docket, and clerk questions
Once you know which office to call, it helps to match your question to the right lookup. Here is where each kind of request usually goes:
- Looking for someone held after a Meriden arrest, start with the jail inmate records page to learn which custody system applies.
- Hoping to find a booking photo, the jail roster mugshots page explains what is public and how to ask for one.
- Wondering about the charges filed after an arrest, the court records after a jail arrest page walks through the court case lookups.
- Asking about a specific building, see the detention facility pages linked in the footer of every page.
- Checking on someone currently in Connecticut custody, search the CT DOC inmate locator at https://www.ctinmateinfo.state.ct.us/searchop.asp.
- Trying to locate a federal or immigration detainee, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ or the ICE detainee locator at https://locator.ice.gov/.