Easy Inmate Lookup for Groveland 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. Groveland is one, so an inmate lookup for Groveland is this search with a name typed into it.

Is There a Groveland Inmate List?

No, and this is the thing people most often search for.

The state tool does not let you browse by facility. You cannot pull up everyone at Groveland and scroll. It answers one question at a time: where is this person, and what is their DIN?

So you need a starting point, either a name or a number. With that, the search is quick.

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.

Reading the Result

A result showing Groveland means the person is at the medium security state prison for men at 7000 Sonyea Road.

The place names can make that look less certain than it is. Groveland is the town, Sonyea is the postal address, Livingston County is the county, and some map listings say Dansville. They all describe the same prison. The facility line on the result is what counts.

What County Is Groveland In?

Livingston County. That matters for one reason: the county runs its own jail, and the state lookup does not cover it.

	Groveland Correctional Facility	Livingston County Jail
Run by	NYSDOCCS	The county
Who is held	People serving state sentences	People recently arrested, awaiting trial or on short sentences
In the state lookup	Yes	No

Someone arrested in Livingston County is usually in the county jail first. Only after sentencing to state time do they move into a prison such as Groveland, 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.

Nothing Came Back

In this order.

1. Spelling, then variants, then a maiden name.
2. Still in the 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

A transfer changes the address 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 50 in Sonyea, so the Dansville address that some maps show never ends up on your envelope.