A medium security prison in Beacon, Dutchess County, holding roughly the population of a small town on the grounds of the old Matteawan State Hospital. Fishkill runs a Regional Medical Unit, a long-term care unit and a unit for the cognitively impaired, so it houses people whose classification would otherwise put them somewhere else entirely.
City
Beacon
County
Dutchess County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male
Custody Levels
Medium
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
18 Strack Drive, Beacon, NY 12508
Phone
845-831-4800
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New York's statewide lookup finds someone by DIN but will not show which unit they are housed in, which is the piece a family needs before planning a visit.
View ArticleThree separate visiting schedules by unit, and weekend visits split by the last digit of the DIN. No application, no approved-visitor list, just photo ID and a body scanner.
View ArticleA money order to the Miami lockbox is free with a deposit slip, capped at $999.99. Online and phone deposits post faster for a fee, and MoneyGram receive code 1317 also works.
View ArticleNew York made all calls free on August 1, 2025. Three calls a week of up to fifteen minutes are credited on Saturdays, with a 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. calling window.
View ArticleLetters go to 271 Matteawan Road, P.O. Box 1245, not the street address. Packages must ship from an approved vendor rather than from a family member directly.
View ArticleNew York runs one statewide lookup keyed on the DIN, the Department Identification Number. It tells you which facility someone is in, and at Fishkill it will not tell you which unit, which is the piece you need before you plan a visit. People move between general confinement, the Regional Medical Unit and the rehabilitation units, and the visiting hours differ for each.
See the full breakdownWeekends and weekday holidays, with three separate schedules by unit and a weekend split by the last digit of the DIN. No application, no approved-visitor list, current photo ID and a body scanner. Three visitors plus one child under five who sits on a lap, one visit a week, two in a week containing a holiday.
See the full breakdownJPay handles deposits for every New York prison. A money order to the Miami lockbox costs nothing but needs a deposit slip from the facility and caps at $999.99. Online and phone deposits post faster and carry a fee of $1.75 to $4.75. MoneyGram receive code 1317 takes cash for $4. The department itself takes no cut.
See the full breakdownFree since August 1, 2025, which changed what families need to do more than any other policy in the state. There is no account to open and no balance to keep topped up. 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 on fifteen approved numbers.
See the full breakdownLetters go to 271 Matteawan Road, P.O. Box 1245, not to the street address, and they arrive as paper because New York inspects mail at the prison rather than scanning it elsewhere. No Polaroids, no stamps, no letters passed on from a third party, and printed or photocopied material is capped at five pages. Cash or a money order in the envelope is returned to sender.
See the full breakdown6 of 9 questions
271 Matteawan Road, P.O. Box 1245, Beacon, NY 12508. That is not the same as the prison's street address at 18 Strack Drive, and NYSDOCCS publishes both. Put the person's full name and DIN on the envelope, and your own return address in the top left corner.
Mail & PhotosIt depends which unit your person is in. General population visits run 8:15 AM to 3:00 PM with a 2:15 PM last arrival. The Regional Medical Unit runs 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM with a 1:00 PM last arrival. The Residential Rehabilitation Unit and Special Housing Unit visit 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Saturdays only. Visiting is weekends and weekday holidays, effective June 9, 2026.
VisitationWeekend visits at Fishkill are divided by the last digit of the incarcerated person's DIN, odd on some dates and even on others. Holidays are open to everyone. The parity for every date is published in the facility's annual visiting schedule, so check the date against the DIN before you travel.
VisitationNo. New York does not operate a visitor application or an approved-visitor list, which makes it unusual among state systems. You need current photo identification and you need to arrive inside the window for your person's unit. Every visitor passes a body image scanner, and declining it means a non-contact visit rather than no visit.
VisitationNothing. New York made all calls free on August 1, 2025, and families no longer need an account with the phone provider. Each person gets three calls a week of up to fifteen minutes, credited on Saturdays, and calls after those are capped at thirty minutes. The calling window is 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM.
Phone CallsThrough JPay. The free route is a money order or check posted to the lockbox at JPay, PO Box 531190, Miami, FL 33153, with a deposit slip from the facility, capped at $999.99 per instrument. Online, app and phone deposits carry a fee. MoneyGram receive code 1317 also works. NYSDOCCS takes no commission on any of it.
Send MoneyBecause Fishkill's units accept different classifications. General confinement takes medium or lower, but the Regional Medical Unit and the Unit for the Cognitively Impaired accept maximum B or lower, and the S Block Special Housing Unit and Residential Rehabilitation Unit accept maximum A or lower. DOCCS Directive 0051 sets this out unit by unit.
Inmate SearchNot directly. New York moved to approved vendors only, so packages have to ship from a vendor by USPS, FedEx or UPS rather than from you. Nothing can be brought to a visit or posted by a family member. DOCCS publishes a disapproved vendor list rather than an approved one, which is worth reading before you order.
Mail & PhotosNo, and the two are easy to confuse. Fishkill Correctional Facility is at 18 Strack Drive in Beacon. Downstate Correctional Facility is on Red Schoolhouse Road in the town of Fishkill, a different site. Green Haven Correctional Facility is also in Dutchess County, at Stormville. Confirm the facility in the DOCCS lookup before you post anything or set off.
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All information on this page comes directly from official government and facility sources. How we verify information › Last verified September 15, 2026. Official source: doccs.ny.gov/location/fishkill-correctional-facility ›