New York City Corrections

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The New York City Corrections is located at 6th Floor 60 Hudson Street in New York, NY and is a medium security county jail operated by the New York County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the New York City Corrections, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others is appreciated.

New York City Corrections Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The New York City Corrections Inmate Search has information about individuals currently in custody, which includes status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information for anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

New York City Corrections Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the New York City Corrections takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will have to answer some questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process will take between 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if the magistrate has to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

New York City Corrections Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the New York City Corrections in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor must provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at New York City Corrections can change, so make sure that you call the jail at (212) 266-1212 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the New York City Corrections you must be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at New York City Corrections, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the New York City Corrections. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the New York City Corrections is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the New York City Corrections. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the New York City Corrections to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access court records on the New York County court website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the New York County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a court docket and all documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates could change, so it would be best to double check the New York City Corrections site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at New York City Corrections

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the New York City Corrections uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (212) 266-1212 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the New York City Corrections store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the New York City Corrections are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The New York City Corrections phone number is: (212) 266-1212

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the New York City Corrections. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at New York City Corrections, click the link below.

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