A maximum security prison for men on Exchange Street in the town of Attica, Wyoming County, in western New York. Visiting runs on Wednesdays and weekends, and every one of those days is split by the first letter of the incarcerated person's last name. The town also holds a second state prison, Wyoming Correctional Facility, with a different address.
City
Attica
County
Wyoming County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male
Custody Levels
Medium
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
639 Exchange Street, Attica, NY 14011-0149
Phone
585-591-2000
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The surname split on every visiting day, and the 2:00 PM cutoff.
View ArticleNo box, and the other prison in town.
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View ArticleA slip and a money order cost nothing. The quick ones carry a fee.
View ArticleCalls went free across New York in August 2025 and need no account.
View ArticleVisits run 8:45 AM to 3:00 PM on Wednesdays and weekends, with the latest arrival at 2:00 PM. Every visiting day, Wednesdays included, goes to A to K or L to Z by the incarcerated person's last name, and weekday holiday visiting is suspended. The free visitor bus serves Attica.
See the full breakdownLetters go to 639 Exchange Street, Attica, NY 14011-0149. Attica publishes no post box. Wyoming Correctional Facility, in the same town, takes mail at P.O. Box 501 on Dunbar Road, so the facility name and address have to agree. Mail is opened and inspected at the prison and the paper is handed over.
See the full breakdownOne statewide tool covers every New York state prison and takes a DIN or a last name and first name. New York publishes no inmate list for Attica, and the facility line on a result separates Attica from Wyoming in the same town.
See the full breakdownSix routes in, and the two free ones are a money order by post and the visitor lockbox at the prison. Online, the JPay app and the phone all carry a fee and post faster. Every deposit is matched to the DIN, so the two prisons in Attica never mix up the money.
See the full breakdownFree since August 1, 2025, with no account for a family to open or fund. Three calls of up to fifteen minutes credited every Saturday, thirty minutes on anything after that, between 7:00 AM and 11:00 PM, across fifteen numbers the person inside manages.
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639 Exchange Street, Attica, NY 14011-0149, with the person's full name and DIN on the first line and your return address in the top left corner. Attica publishes no P.O. Box.
Mail & PhotosWednesdays and weekends. Every visiting day goes to either A to K or L to Z by the first letter of the incarcerated person's last name, Wednesdays included. Weekday holiday visiting is suspended.
Visitation8:45 AM to 3:00 PM, with the latest arrival at 2:00 PM. Up to three visitors can come, plus one child under the age of five.
VisitationNo. Both are state prisons in the town of Attica with the ZIP 14011. Attica is maximum security at 639 Exchange Street. Wyoming is medium security at 3203 Dunbar Road, P.O. Box 501.
Inmate SearchYes. Attica is an operating maximum security prison with a 2026 visiting schedule, and it appears on the NYSDOCCS visiting update that took effect on 7 September 2026.
VisitationYes. Attica is one of the 18 prisons served by the free state visitor bus programme run with NYSDOCCS.
VisitationNothing. New York made every call from a state prison free to families on August 1, 2025. Three calls of up to fifteen minutes are credited each Saturday, calls after those run to thirty minutes, and the window is 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM across fifteen approved numbers.
Phone CallsTo the JPay lockbox at PO Box 531190, Miami, Florida 33153, with a deposit slip, free by post and capped at $999.99 per money order. There is also a visitor lockbox at the prison taking up to $50 cash a day in total. Money never goes in the envelope.
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All information on this page comes directly from official government and facility sources. How we verify information › Last verified September 28, 2026. Official source: doccs.ny.gov/location/attica-correctional-facility ›