The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision runs the search for people in New York state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
- Official search
- Incarcerated Lookup
How to search the DOCCS inmate list
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) runs a public search called Incarcerated Lookup.
- The lookup runs in the browser. If it shows an error, try again later.
New York state prisons we list
We do not copy the New York prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our New York directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Adirondack Correctional Facility State prison in Ray Brook
- Albion Correctional Facility State prison in Albion
- Altona Correctional Facility State prison in Altona
- Attica Correctional Facility State prison in Attica
- Auburn Correctional Facility State prison in Auburn
- Bare Hill Correctional Facility State prison in Malone
- Bedford Hills Correctional Facility State prison in Bedford Hills
- Brentwood Residential Center State prison in Dix Hills
- Brooklyn Community Correctional Center State prison in Brooklyn
- Brookwood Secure Center State prison in Claverack
- Cape Vincent Correctional Facility State prison in Cape Vincent
- Cayuga Correctional Facility State prison in Moravia
- Central New York Psychiatric Center State prison in Marcy
- Clinton Correctional Facility - Annex State prison in Dannemora
- Clinton Correctional Facility - Main State prison in Dannemora
- Collins Correctional Facility State prison in Collins
- Coxsackie Correctional Facility State prison in Coxsackie
- Eastern Ny Correctional Facility State prison in Napanoch
- Edgecombe Residential Treatment Facility State prison in New York
- Elmhurst Hospital Prison Ward State prison in Queens
- Elmira Correctional Facility State prison in Elmira
- Finger Lakes Residential Center State prison in Lansing
- Fishkill Correctional Facility State prison in Beacon
- Five Points Correctional Facility State prison in Romulus
- Franklin Correctional Facility State prison in Malone
- Goshen Secure Center State prison in Goshen
- Gouverneur Correctional Facility State prison in Gouverneur
- Great Meadow Correctional Facility State prison in Comstock
- Green Haven Correctional Facility State prison in Stormville
- Greene Correctional Facility State prison in Coxsackie
- Groveland Annex State prison in Sonyea
- Groveland Correctional Facility State prison in Sonyea
- Hale Creek Asactc State prison in Johnstown
- Harriet Tubman Residential Center State prison in Auburn
- Highland Residential Center State prison in Highland
- Hudson Correctional Facility / Work Release State prison in Hudson
- Industry Residential Center State prison in Rush
- Industry Secure Center State prison in Rush
- Lakeview Shock Incarceration CF - Annex State prison in Brocton
- Lakeview Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility State prison in Brocton
- Maccormick Secure Center State prison in Brooktondale
- Marcy Correctional Facility State prison in Marcy
- Mid-State Correctional Facility State prison in Marcy
- Mohawk Correctional Facility State prison in Rome
- Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility State prison in Mineville
- Nassau County Mercyfirst-Whiston Hall Nsd State prison in Syosset
- Ogdensburg Correctional Facility State prison in Ogdensburg
- Orleans Correctional Facility State prison in Albion
- Otisville Correctional Facility State prison in Otisville
- Queensboro Correctional Facility State prison in Long Island City
- Riverview Correctional Facility State prison in Ogdensburg
- Shawangunk Correctional Facility State prison in Wallkill
- Sing Sing Correctional Facility State prison in Ossining
- Sullivan Correctional Facility State prison in Fallsburg
- Taconic Correctional Facility State prison in Bedford Hills
- Ulster Correctional Facility State prison in Napanoch
- Upstate Correctional Facility State prison in Malone
- Wallkill Correctional Facility State prison in Wallkill
- Washington Correctional Facility State prison in Comstock
- Wende Correctional Facility State prison in Alden
- Woodbourne Correctional Facility State prison in Woodbourne
- Woodfield Secure Cottage State prison in Valhalla
- Wyoming Correctional Facility State prison in Attica
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our New York page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in New York. Will they be in the DOCCS search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Incarcerated Lookup, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. How the search works and what it covers.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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