A maximum security prison in the city of Auburn, Cayuga County, in the Finger Lakes. It is the oldest operating prison in New York, it takes intake from ten surrounding counties, and it holds one of only two transit units the state names, so people arrive here at the start of a sentence as well as to serve one.
City
Auburn
County
Cayuga County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male, 21 and older
Custody Levels
Maximum. Accepts any security classification
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
135 State Street, Auburn, NY 13024
Phone
315-253-8401
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Onondaga is Syracuse, and intake is frequently not where someone stays.
View ArticleWednesdays are assigned to a letter group too, and the minimum visit runs three hours.
View ArticleFree to the Miami lockbox, but the deposit slip has to reach you first.
View ArticleCalls are free, but transit status is the usual reason a family hears nothing.
View ArticleTwo ZIP codes, one prison, and an envelope written from memory goes astray.
View ArticleOne statewide lookup keyed on the DIN. Auburn is one of the more likely places for a result to be temporary, because it is an intake facility for ten named counties, a detention centre, and one of only two prisons the state names as holding a transit unit. A family from the Syracuse area may find their person here first and somewhere else later.
See the full breakdownWednesdays, weekends and holidays, on two different schedules. A four-way surname split rather than the two-way used elsewhere, no cap on visits per day, and a published three hour minimum visit. Three visitors plus a lap child. No application and no approved-visitor list anywhere in New York.
See the full breakdownJPay runs deposits statewide. A money order to the Miami lockbox is free but needs a deposit slip from the facility and caps at $999.99. Online and phone deposits post faster for $1.75 to $4.75, MoneyGram receive code 1317 takes cash for $4, and the lockbox here on a visit day costs nothing.
See the full breakdownFree across New York since August 1, 2025. No account, no balance, no per-minute rate. Three calls a week of up to fifteen minutes credited on Saturdays, thirty minute calls after those, 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM, on fifteen numbers the person inside manages. Transit status is the usual reason calls pause here.
See the full breakdownLetters go to P.O. Box 618 in ZIP 13021, not to State Street in 13024. New York inspects mail at the prison rather than sending it to a scanning contractor, so the paper itself arrives. No Polaroids, no stamps, no third-party letters, five pages of printed material, and packages from approved vendors only.
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P.O. Box 618, Auburn, NY 13021, with the person's full name and DIN on the envelope. Note the ZIP: the street address at 135 State Street is 13024 and the mail box is 13021. They are different, and the street address is where you go for a visit rather than where a letter goes.
Mail & PhotosTwo schedules. Wednesdays run 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM with a 1:15 PM latest arrival. Weekends run 9:00 AM to 3:10 PM with a 2:00 PM latest arrival. Holidays are included in the visiting days, which is unusual nearby. The schedule took effect on September 1, 2026.
VisitationAuburn divides visiting dates by the first letter of the incarcerated person's last name into four groups: A to E, F to L, M to R and S to Z. Coxsackie and Green Haven both split two ways. Wednesdays here are assigned to a letter group too, where at those prisons Wednesdays are open to everyone.
VisitationAuburn publishes a guaranteed minimum of three hours, unless early termination is needed or the visit began after 12:00 PM. Neither Coxsackie nor Green Haven publishes a minimum at all, so this is worth knowing if you are travelling a long way into Cayuga County.
VisitationAuburn publishes no cap, subject to the visitor limit and the overcrowding policy. Coxsackie allows two a day and Green Haven allows one. Each visit is limited to three adult visitors plus one child under five who sits on an adult's lap.
VisitationPossibly intake. Directive 0045 names Auburn as an intake facility for men 18 and over committed from ten counties: Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Madison, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Seneca and Wayne. It is also a detention centre and holds a transit unit, so someone may be here briefly rather than permanently.
Inmate SearchNothing. New York made all state prison calls free on August 1, 2025, and there is no provider account for families to open or fund. Three calls a week of up to fifteen minutes are credited on Saturdays, later calls run to thirty minutes, and the window is 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM.
Phone CallsYes. Auburn appears on the DOCCS Family Reunion Program list, as does Green Haven, while Coxsackie does not. Eligibility normally requires three visits in the previous twelve months to establish a visiting pattern, with discretion for families living more than 300 miles away.
VisitationNot yourself. New York permits packages from approved vendors only, shipped by USPS, FedEx or UPS, and nothing can be brought to a visit. The limits are three food packages a month at 40 pounds combined and two non-food a year. DOCCS publishes a disapproved vendor list rather than an approved one.
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