Inmate Lookup for Lakeview 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. Lakeview is one, so an inmate lookup for Lakeview 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 Lakeview. It answers one question: where is this person, and what is their DIN?

The Facility Line May Say Shock

Lakeview’s full name is Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility. It runs New York’s six month Shock programme and a 90 day drug treatment programme. On a lookup result, the facility line may show the longer name or a short form of it. Either way it is the prison in Brocton.

Because the programmes are short, people move on from Lakeview sooner than from most prisons, to release under supervision or to another facility. Check the lookup again before you post anything.

Other Places Called Lakeview

A Warner Creek Correctional Facility sits in the town of Lakeview, Oregon, run by that state. It has nothing to do with this prison and is not in the New York lookup.

County Jails Are a Different System

The DOCCS lookup covers state prisons only. Someone recently arrested, awaiting trial or serving a short sentence is usually in a county jail, and Chautauqua County runs its own. After sentencing to state time they move into a state prison, 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, and the short Lakeview programmes mean a move can come quickly.

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 T in Brocton.