A medium security prison for men at Rome, in Oneida County, near Utica. Two details decide how families get things right here: the post box that reaches a person inside is one digit from the box printed on the address, and weekends alternate between odd and even DINs.
City
Rome
County
Oneida County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male
Custody Levels
Medium
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
6514 Rt. 26, P.O. Box 8451, Rome, NY 13442
Phone
315-339-5232
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One digit between the family box and the prison's own. Nothing else separates them.
View ArticleThe DIN's last number decides which weekends belong to you.
View ArticleOne statewide tool, and what the official record says about this prison.
View ArticleA slip and a money order cost nothing. The quick ones carry a fee.
View ArticleCalls went free across New York in August 2025 and need no account.
View ArticleLetters go to P.O. Box 8451. NYSDOCCS prints the prison's own box, P.O. Box 8450, first on the address line with the family box in brackets after it, and the two differ by a single digit. That is the narrowest margin for error of any address in this guide. Mail is opened and inspected at the prison and the paper is handed over.
See the full breakdownWeekends and weekday holidays, 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, arriving by 2:30 PM, with no cap on visits in a day. Seven hours is the longest window of the three Oneida County prisons. Weekends alternate between odd and even DINs, so half of them belong to the other group, and weekday holidays are open to everyone.
See the full breakdownOne statewide tool covers every New York state prison and takes a last name and first name. Worth knowing before you read anything else about this facility: NYSDOCCS lists Mohawk as medium security, and several directory listings get that wrong, which matters because security level shapes what families expect of the rules.
See the full breakdownSix routes in, and the two free ones are a money order by post and the visitor lockbox at the prison. Online, the JPay app and the phone all carry a fee and post faster. Every deposit is matched to the DIN, not a name, so the consecutive box numbers never affect the money.
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 8451, Rome, NY 13442, with their full name and DIN on the envelope and your return address in the top left corner. The P.O. Box 8450 printed on the facility's address line is the prison's own box, and a single digit is all that separates them.
Mail & PhotosBecause NYSDOCCS publishes a business address and a separate incarcerated mail box for its prisons, and prints them on one line as P.O. Box 8450 with Box 8451 in brackets. The numbers being consecutive makes this one especially easy to get wrong.
Mail & PhotosNo. Mohawk divides its weekends by the last number of the DIN and alternates between odd and even, so roughly half the weekends belong to the other group. Weekday holidays are open to all incarcerated individuals.
Visitation8:30 AM to 3:30 PM on weekends and weekday holidays, with the latest arrival at 2:30 PM. That is a seven hour window, the longest of the Oneida County prisons, and there is no cap on visits within a day.
VisitationNo. NYSDOCCS lists Mohawk as a medium security facility for adult men. Some directory and map listings describe it as maximum security, and the department's own facility page is the authority.
Inmate SearchNo. The free state visitor bus programme covers 18 prisons and none of the three Oneida County state prisons is on the list. Rome is about four and a half hours from New York City and fifteen minutes from Utica.
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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All information on this page comes directly from official government and facility sources. How we verify information › Last verified September 25, 2026. Official source: doccs.ny.gov/location/mohawk-correctional-facility ›