Inmate Lookup for Eastern Correctional Facility

The Tool, and What It Costs

Nothing. The lookup is at nysdoccslookup.doccs.ny.gov, the state runs it, and anyone can use it. No sign-up, no fee, no cap on searches.

It returns people held in New York state prisons. Eastern NY is one, so an inmate lookup for Eastern NY is this search with a name typed into it.

Searching by Name

With a DIN in hand, enter that. Exact, and fastest.

Without one, the search takes a last name and first name:

• Use the legal name before any nickname.
• Try a maiden name if one might be on record.
• Check the spelling letter by letter, because the tool matches what you type exactly.

A result gives you the facility, the DIN and custody details. It does not give a housing unit, and no New York result does.

You Search the Person, Not the Prison

The state tool has no facility filter and no list of everyone at Eastern. It answers one question: where is this person, and what is their DIN?

Eastern, New York

“Eastern Correctional” turns up prisons in several states.

Facility	State
Eastern NY Correctional Facility	New York, Napanoch
Eastern Correctional Institution	North Carolina, Maury
Eastern Correctional Institution	Maryland, Eastern Shore
Eastern prisons in Missouri, Kentucky and Oregon	Their own states

Each state runs its own search tool, and none of them returns the others’ people. If the case was in a New York state court, the New York lookup is the right one.

Eastern or Ulster?

Both are New York state prisons in Napanoch, with the ZIP 12458.

	Eastern NY	Ulster
Security	Maximum	Medium
Street	30 Institution Rd	750 Berme Road
Post box	P.O. Box 338	P.O. Box 800
Phone	845-647-7400	845-647-1670

The facility line on the result settles it.

County Jails Are a Different System

The DOCCS lookup covers state prisons only. Someone recently arrested or awaiting trial is usually in a county jail, which runs its own roster. After sentencing to state time they move into a prison such as Eastern, and from then the state lookup finds them.

What the DIN Is For

Where you need it	What happens without it
The envelope	Mail is not matched to a person
The JPay deposit slip	Deposits are matched to the DIN, not a name
Any call to the prison	It is the first thing you will be asked
Any form or request	Staff work from the number

Write it down once, carefully, together with the exact spelling of the name.

Nothing Came Back

In this order.

1. Spelling, then variants, then a maiden name.
2. Still in a county jail. Sentencing comes first, then transfer to state custody.
3. Wrong state. Each state runs its own lookup.
4. Transferred. New York moves people between prisons, and the lookup follows them.

Run It Again Before You Act

New York moves people between prisons, including between the two in Napanoch, and a move changes the post box completely.

Re-run the lookup before you post a letter and before you send money. It takes under a minute.

Once You Have the Number

With the DIN written down, everything else opens up. Pigeonly takes the name and the facility and sends letters and photos from your phone, addressed to P.O. Box 338 in Napanoch, so the envelope does not pick up Ulster’s box next door.