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What is the mailing address for Riverview Correctional Facility?
P.O. Box 158, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0158, with the person's full name and DIN on the first line and your return address in the top left corner.
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Updated September 28, 2026
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Riverview Correctional Facility, NY
Physical Address
1110 Tibbits Dr., P.O. Box 158, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0158
A medium security prison for men in the city of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, on the St. Lawrence River across from Canada. Weekends and holidays are open to every family with no limit on the number of visits, and since Ogdensburg Correctional Facility closed in 2022, Riverview is the only state prison in the city.
Riverview Correctional Facility
City
Ogdensburg
County
St. Lawrence County
State
NY
Facility Type
state prison
Gender
Adult male
Custody Levels
Medium
Operator
New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Address
1110 Tibbits Dr., P.O. Box 158, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0158
Phone
315-393-8400
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Quick Facts
Every Weekend, No Limit
- 1 Weekend and holiday visits are open to all.
- 2 No DIN or surname split.
- 3 Unlimited visits during visiting hours.
- 4 Weekends and weekday holidays.
Hours and Arrival
- 1 Visiting runs 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
- 2 Latest arrival 2:30 PM.
- 3 Three visitors plus one child under five.
- 4 The child sits on an adult's lap.
P.O. Box 158
- 1 Letters go to P.O. Box 158, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0158.
- 2 One box, with no separate family box.
- 3 Use the box, not the Tibbits Dr. street address.
- 4 Full name and DIN on the envelope, your address in the top left.
The Ogdensburg Prison That Closed
- 1 Ogdensburg Correctional Facility closed in March 2022.
- 2 Riverview is now the only state prison in Ogdensburg.
- 3 An old Ogdensburg CF address is out of date.
- 4 Run the lookup to confirm where someone is now.
The North Country
- 1 Ogdensburg is in St. Lawrence County.
- 2 About forty minutes from Gouverneur.
- 3 About six hours from New York City.
- 4 No free state visitor bus serves it.
Calls Cost Nothing
- 1 Free from every New York state prison since August 1, 2025.
- 2 Three calls of up to fifteen minutes a week, credited Saturdays.
- 3 Calling window 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM.
- 4 Fifteen approved numbers, added from the inside.
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Articles for This Facility
Visitation
Every Weekend, No Limit on Visits
Open to all, and the long journey to plan for.
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Box 158 in Ogdensburg
One box, one ZIP, and the prison that closed.
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Inmate Lookup for Riverview, Not Ogdensburg CF
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Six Routes, and Only Two Are Free
A slip and a money order cost nothing. The quick ones carry a fee.
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Nothing to Fund, Nothing to Open
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Verified from NYSDOCCS: Riverview Correctional Facility
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Visits run 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM on weekends and weekday holidays, with the latest arrival at 2:30 PM. There is no DIN or surname split and no limit on the number of visits, so any weekend works. The distance from most of the state is the thing to plan around.
See the full breakdown Verified from NYSDOCCS: Riverview Correctional Facility
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Letters go to P.O. Box 158, Ogdensburg, NY 13669-0158. There is one box and no separate family box. An old address for Ogdensburg Correctional Facility, which closed in 2022, is not a Riverview address. Mail is opened and inspected at the prison and the paper is handed over.
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One statewide tool covers every New York state prison and takes a DIN or a last name and first name. It shows whether someone is at Riverview today, which matters in a city whose other state prison has closed.
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Six 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 in Miami, so the distance to Ogdensburg makes no difference.
See the full breakdown Verified from NYSDOCCS telephone calls
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Free 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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Can I visit on any weekend?
Yes. NYSDOCCS states that weekend and holiday visits at Riverview are allowed for all incarcerated individuals with no restrictions, and there is no limit on the number of visits during visiting hours.
Visitation
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What are the visiting hours?
8:00 AM to 3:00 PM on weekends and weekday holidays, with the latest arrival at 2:30 PM. Up to three visitors can come, plus one child under the age of five.
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Is Ogdensburg Correctional Facility still open?
No. Ogdensburg Correctional Facility closed in March 2022. Riverview, at 1110 Tibbits Dr., is the state prison in Ogdensburg today.
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What county is Riverview Correctional Facility in?
St. Lawrence County. Gouverneur Correctional Facility is in the same county, about forty minutes away, and the county runs its own jail outside the state lookup.
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Is there a free bus to Riverview?
No. The free state visitor bus programme covers 18 prisons and Riverview is not one of them. Ogdensburg is about six hours from New York City.
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How much do phone calls cost?
Nothing. 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.
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Where does money go?
To 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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