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Orleans Correctional Facility Overview

Orleans Correctional Facility is a medium-security New York State DOCCS prison for males. The official Orleans Correctional Facility page lists it at 3531 Gaines Basin Road in Albion and identifies Superintendent Kishon Walker. It is one of two state prisons physically located in Orleans County. The other is Albion Correctional Facility, a medium-security facility for females. Both are distinct from Orleans County Jail, which is run by the sheriff and handles local pretrial custody, local sentences, and some temporary outside-agency holds.

That agency difference controls the lookup route. A person held at Orleans Correctional Facility is searched through state DOCCS records, not through a county jail roster. A person recently arrested by the Orleans County Sheriff's Office, Albion Police, Holley Police, Medina Police, Lyndonville Police, State Police, or another local agency may first be a county jail or court case question. If that person is later sentenced to state prison and transferred to DOCCS, the record path changes to state prison lookup.

DOCCS lists program categories for Orleans Correctional Facility that include alcohol and substance-abuse treatment, anger management, education and vocational programs, family development, guidance and counseling, library and law library, recreation, religious services, sex-offender treatment, temporary release, trauma programs, transitional services, veterans services, and volunteer services. Those categories support prison classification and reentry work. They are not county jail services and should not be mixed with Orleans County Jail mail, money, or bail rules.

Orleans Correctional Facility Population

The current DOCCS facility page reviewed in the research did not publish a current capacity or current population figure for Orleans Correctional Facility. Because no sourced facility-specific count was found, no bed count or inmate total should be invented. The source-supported facts are that Orleans Correctional Facility is a medium-security state prison for sentenced male incarcerated individuals and that it is operated by DOCCS. The county jail population reports apply to Orleans County Jail, not this state prison.

State-ready transfers explain many lookup shifts. Orleans County Jail staff may hold a sentenced person while transport to DOCCS is pending. During that state-ready window, the person may still be in local custody. After transfer to Orleans Correctional Facility, DOCCS becomes the correct lookup and facility-rule source. A local court case can still have county records, but the custody record is state prison custody.

Orleans Correctional Facility Lookup

Use DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup for Orleans Correctional Facility. DOCCS instructions allow a search by last name alone or last name with birth year. A DIN or NYSID search should use that identifier alone. This system covers sentenced state prisoners, including people housed at Orleans Correctional Facility. It is not a public county jail booking list and should not be expected to show new local arrests, county bail amounts, or county court arraignment details.

1. Open DOCCS Incarcerated Lookup and select a name or identifier search path.
2. Enter the last name, adding birth year if available, or use a DIN or NYSID by itself.
3. Check whether the result lists Orleans Correctional Facility as the current facility.
4. Read the state custody information for sentence, release, parole, or facility-placement details when shown.
5. If the person is not found and the arrest was recent, check Orleans County Jail, WebCriminal, or the court record path.

Orleans Correctional Facility Contact

Contact the state prison for facility-specific questions about visits, mail handling, call access, program routing, and current facility procedures. Do not use this facility number for routine county jail bail payments or local booking confirmation. If the issue is an Orleans County arrest that has not resulted in a state prison sentence, the local path remains Orleans County Jail, the courts, or FOIL. Once DOCCS custody starts, the prison contact and DOCCS lookup become the primary custody tools.

Orleans Correctional Facility Visits

Orleans Correctional Facility visitation follows DOCCS rules, not Orleans County Jail visitation rules. The facility page lists visiting days as weekends, with visiting hours from 8:00 AM to 3:15 PM and latest arrival at 2:00 PM, effective January 1, 2026. Visitation is divided into segments by the last digit of the incarcerated individual's DIN. The research states that the facility allows unlimited visits per week and unlimited visits per day, but the visiting room can accommodate 40 visits at once. That means access can still depend on space and crowding.

Each visit can include up to three visitors and one child under five, with the child seated on an adult's lap. SHU individuals are allowed one non-legal visit within a seven-day period during regular visitation hours and days, with the week running Sunday through Saturday. Overcrowding termination rules follow a first-in, first-out method, beginning with local visitors within 100 miles after three hours and then longer-distance visits if needed. The DOCCS visitor information page should be checked before travel because approval, identification, dress, packages, and conduct rules can affect entry.

Orleans Correctional Facility Mail

Mail, packages, phones, and money at Orleans Correctional Facility follow DOCCS state prison policy. Mail must include the incarcerated individual's name and DIN, and the sender must include a return address. DOCCS mail and package research lists banned items such as nude photos, Polaroids, postage stamps, and letters from other people except children. Printed-material limits and package rules can change by DOCCS procedure, so the current DOCCS mail and package page should be checked before sending anything.

Orleans Correctional Facility Custody

A state prison profile is not a county booking record. County booking records can relate to arrest, bail, intake, local charges, and release or transfer status. A DOCCS profile relates to state prison custody after sentencing and transfer. A person at Orleans Correctional Facility may have court history in Orleans County or another county, but facility placement is controlled by DOCCS. Court charges, dispositions, and sealed-record questions should be checked through the appropriate court record channels rather than treated as prison roster fields.

DIN

The DOCCS Department Identification Number used to search or address state prison records.

NYSID

A New York State Identification number tied to state criminal justice records.

State-ready

A sentenced person waiting in local jail for transfer to DOCCS custody.

Classification

The prison process for security level, housing, program, and custody placement decisions.

Parole eligibility

A state supervision date or status that may appear in DOCCS records when applicable.

Orleans Correctional Facility Programs

DOCCS lists a broad program menu for Orleans Correctional Facility. The categories include substance-abuse treatment, anger management, education, vocational programs, family development, counseling, library and law library access, recreation, religious services, sex-offender treatment, temporary release, trauma programs, transitional services, veterans services, and volunteer services. Access to a specific program can depend on DOCCS classification, eligibility, sentence status, behavior, space, and facility operations. The program list should be read as an official facility category list, not as a guarantee that a specific person is enrolled.

Orleans County's local news has treated Orleans Correctional Facility and Albion Correctional Facility as major county institutions. In May 2025, the county legislature urged state officials to keep both prisons open after a state budget authorized closure of three prisons without naming the affected facilities. The county cited employment, family, youth, business, tax-base, and institutional-investment effects. Those local concerns are useful background, but they do not change lookup responsibilities. DOCCS remains the custody source for Orleans Correctional Facility, while the sheriff remains the source for local county jail custody. For the neighboring women's state prison, use Albion Correctional Facility.