Free Inmate Search for Washington 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. Washington is one, so an inmate search for Washington 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.

Which Washington?

“Washington Correctional” turns up three different things.

	Covered by the New York state search?
Washington Correctional Facility, Comstock NY	Yes
Washington County Correctional Facility, Fort Edward NY (county jail)	No, it runs its own roster
Washington State prisons	No, Washington State runs its own search

If the case went through a New York state court and ended in a state sentence, the New York search is the one to use.

Great Meadow Has Closed

Great Meadow Correctional Facility, also in Comstock, closed in November 2024. If an old letter or court paper says Great Meadow, the person is somewhere else now, possibly Washington, possibly another prison. The search shows where.

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 a move changes the address completely.

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 180 in Comstock, so the envelope never goes to the county jail or the closed prison.