Ossining is home to the Sing Sing Correctional Facility. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Ossining and Westchester County Courts and courts of other cities in the Westchester County area areas. Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a Maximum prison facility. One of several in NY In order to visit inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, you'll be traveling to Ossining, NY, 10562-5400 in Westchester. The address of this facility is listed as 354 Hunter St. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.
Prisons in NY, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here:
jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here:
send postcards. Once you get set up with call service and can communicate with your inmate, it will be easier to start making plans for visitation. NY has many types of prison facility. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries will each have their own rules and times for visitation and even rules for sending and receiving inmate mail
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a State Prison facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Sing Sing Correctional Facility warden is Michael Capra. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Sing Sing Correctional Facility by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.