A medium security prison for men in the Town of Groveland, Livingston County, at the postal place Sonyea, about an hour south of Rochester. It allows two visits a month, the tightest cap of any New York prison in this guide, and only on dates whose parity matches the DIN.
City
Sonyea
County
Livingston County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male
Custody Levels
Medium
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
7000 Sonyea Road, P.O. Box 50, Sonyea, NY 14556-0050
Phone
585-658-2871
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The monthly cap, and the dates the DIN allows.
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View ArticleVisits run 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM on weekends and weekday holidays, with the latest arrival at 2:15 PM. Two limits stack here. The DIN fixes which dates are possible, odd DINs on odd dates and even on even, and then only two visits a month are allowed.
See the full breakdownLetters go to P.O. Box 50, Sonyea, NY 14556-0050. Unlike many New York prisons there is no second family box, so the risk here is the place name. Sonyea, Groveland, Livingston County and nearby Dansville all get attached to this prison, and only Sonyea belongs on the envelope.
See the full breakdownOne statewide tool covers every New York state prison and takes a DIN or a last name and first name. It finds one person at a time, so there is no public list of everyone held at Groveland, and Livingston County's jail sits outside it.
See the full breakdownSix routes in, and the two free ones are a money order by post and the visitor lockbox at the prison. With two visits a month the lockbox is a rare option, so the post is the route most families use. Every deposit is matched to the DIN in Miami.
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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P.O. Box 50, Sonyea, NY 14556-0050, with the person's full name and DIN on the first line and your return address in the top left corner. The street is 7000 Sonyea Road, but letters go to the box.
Mail & PhotosTwo visits per month, on weekends and weekday holidays, and only on calendar dates whose parity matches the last digit of the DIN. Odd DINs visit on odd dates, even DINs on even dates.
Visitation8:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with the latest arrival at 2:15 PM. Up to three visitors can come, plus one child under the age of five who sits on an adult's lap.
VisitationNo. The postal address is Sonyea, NY 14556, in the Town of Groveland in Livingston County. Dansville is a separate village nearby, and a Dansville address on an envelope is wrong.
Mail & PhotosLivingston County. The prison is in the Town of Groveland, at the postal place Sonyea. Livingston County runs its own jail, which the state lookup does not cover.
Inmate SearchNo. The free state visitor bus programme covers 18 prisons and Groveland is not one of them. Sonyea is about an hour south of Rochester.
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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