A medium security prison for men in the village of Albion, Orleans County, about forty minutes west of Rochester. It publishes the clearest visiting rule of any New York state prison, matching the last digit of the DIN to the date on the calendar, and it shares its village with a women's prison.
City
Albion
County
Orleans County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male
Custody Levels
Medium
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
3531 Gaines Basin Road, Albion, NY 14411-9199
Phone
585-589-6820
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View ArticleMost New York prisons take a post box. Neither prison in this village does.
View ArticleTwo state prisons share the village. One holds men, one holds women.
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 ArticleWeekends and weekday holidays, 8:00 AM to 3:15 PM, arriving by 2:00 PM. The rule that decides the date is unusually clean: an odd last digit on the DIN means odd-numbered calendar dates and an even one means even dates, with a tie-break when two odd dates fall together on a weekend. Holidays are open to everyone.
See the full breakdownLetters go to 3531 Gaines Basin Road with no post box, which is unusual across New York. The detail that matters is the ZIP+4, because Albion Correctional Facility is two miles away in the same village and ends 9399 where Orleans ends 9199. Mail is opened and inspected at the prison and the paper is handed over.
See the full breakdownOne statewide tool covers every New York state prison and takes a last name and first name. At Orleans the DIN it returns does double duty, because the last digit of that number is what decides which calendar dates a family can visit on.
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 ZIP confusion in this village never affects 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.
See the full breakdown6 of 8 questions
It depends on the last digit of the DIN. An odd last digit means visits on odd-numbered calendar dates, and an even last digit means even-numbered dates. If two odd dates fall together on a weekend, the second one counts as an even day. Weekday holidays are open to everyone regardless of DIN.
Visitation3531 Gaines Basin Road, Albion, NY 14411-9199, with their full name and DIN on the envelope and your return address in the top left corner. There is no post box here, so the street address is the address.
Mail & PhotosNo. Both are state prisons in the village of Albion, about two miles apart. Orleans holds men at 3531 Gaines Basin Road, ZIP 14411-9199. Albion holds women at 3595 State School Road, ZIP 14411-9399. Neither publishes a post box, so the last four ZIP digits are the clearest difference on an envelope.
Inmate Search8:00 AM to 3:15 PM on weekends and weekday holidays, with the latest arrival at 2:00 PM. On a date that belongs to your DIN group there is no limit on visits.
VisitationYes. Orleans is one of 18 New York prisons served by a free roundtrip visitor bus run in partnership with the state, and Albion two miles away is on the same list. Albion village is about forty minutes west of Rochester and roughly seven hours from New York City.
VisitationThree visitors, plus one child under the age of five. A child of five or older counts toward the three.
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/orleans-correctional-facility ›