Visiting Hale Creek Correctional Facility

The Last Digit of the DIN

Weekend visitation is divided into specific segments of the population by the last digit of the DIN number.

The 2026 calendar marks every weekend date with a group: 0 to 4 or 5 to 9. Look at the last digit of the DIN, then find the dates with that group. The two groups alternate, so a family usually has one weekend day in each weekend, but check the calendar, because the pattern shifts around some months.

Holidays are different. Holiday visitation is open to all incarcerated individuals regardless of DIN. The remaining 2026 holidays on the calendar are 12 October, 11 November, 26 November and 25 December.

Weekday Holidays

Under the NYSDOCCS visitation update that took effect on 7 September 2026, Hale Creek is one of the prisons that takes visits on weekday holidays.

Hours, and the 1:30 PM Line

Visits run 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM. The latest you can arrive is 1:30 PM, an hour before the room closes.

Visits are unlimited on a scheduled day, and a child under five has to sit on an adult’s lap.

When the Room Is Full

If space runs short, NYSDOCCS ends visits in a published order:

1. Visitors who volunteer to leave.
2. Local visitors, from within 100 miles, after three hours.
3. Visitors from further away, after three hours.

Visitors who have not seen the person in six months are given special consideration.

Three Visitors, and the Under Fives

Three visitors at a time, plus one child under the age of five, who does not count toward the three.

A child of five or older does count, so three adults and a six year old is a group of four and will not fit.

How a Visit Is Arranged

Nothing needs booking for a regular visit. Under NYSDOCCS rules you can visit during visiting hours with proper photo identification, as long as the person inside agrees to the visit.

On a first visit, staff take your photograph for the visitor identification system and you sign a statement agreeing to the visiting rules. Leave time for it before the arrival cutoff.

Some visitors need advance written approval: people on probation or parole, NYSDOCCS staff, volunteers, contract workers, and anyone with past or pending criminal cases.

Children are straightforward. Their own children can visit without written permission where the parent’s name is on the birth certificate. A child under eighteen visiting without a parent or guardian needs the parent’s written permission.

Getting to Hale Creek

The prison is at 279 Maloney Road in Johnstown, Fulton County. That is the address for the journey. Letters go to P.O. Box 950 instead.

From	Approximate journey
Albany	About an hour
Utica	About an hour and a quarter
New York City	About three and a half hours

The free state visitor bus does not serve Hale Creek, so plan the trip by car or with a group from home.

What to Bring

Photo identification for everyone over sixteen, and the visit does not proceed without it.

Phones, bags and electronics stay in the car.

If you are bringing money, the visitor lockbox takes $50 in cash a day in total, however many of you are visiting, and it takes money orders and checks as well.

Between Your Weekend Days

A DIN split means some weekend days are yours and some are not.

Calls from every New York state prison have been free since August 2025, and letters and photographs fill the rest. Pigeonly sends both from your phone, addressed to P.O. Box 950 in Johnstown, so the days between visits still carry something.