- State Prison
- New York
- P.O. Box 618, Auburn, NY 13024-9000
- 315-253-8401
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NYSDOC – Auburn Correctional Facility basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 315-253-8401
This facility is for adult inmates.
The inmates housed at Auburn Correctional Facility located at 135 State St in Auburn, NY are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.
Auburn Correctional Facility is a maximum security state prison that houses adult males on State Street in Auburn in Cayuga County, New York. It was built on land that was once a Cayuga village.
Constructed in 1817 as Auburn Prison, it was the second state prison in New York (after New York City's Newgate, 1797–1828), the site of the first execution by electric chair in 1890, and the namesake of the "Auburn system," a correctional system in which prisoners were housed in solitary confinement in large rectangular buildings, and performed penal labor under silence that was enforced at all times. The prison was renamed the Auburn Correctional Facility in 1970. The prison is among the oldest functional prisons in the United States.
The current capacity of this facility is 1,821 offenders. Inmates are housed in five blocks A, B, C, D, and E. Today this prison has three correctional industries, license plate manufacturing, furniture manufacturing, and upholstery.
Vocational programs offered at Auburn Correctional Facility include building and custodial maintenance, flooring installation, drafting, electrical, masonry, general business, painting, and welding. Inmates can also receive adult basic education and GED courses, or they can take college classes offered by the College Prison Education Program at Cornell University and an associates degree program offered through Cayuga Community College.
Notable inmates
- Abraham Greenthal, notorious pickpocket; incarcerated 1877-1884, sentence commuted by Governor Grover Cleveland on Friday, May 16, 1884.[19]
- William Kemmler, the first person executed in the electric chair.
- Robert Chambers, the "preppy murderer."
- Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, electrocuted in Auburn on October 29, 1901.
- Lucchese crime family mob associate Jimmy Burke.
- Colombo crime family caporegime Joe Gallo.
- Contract killer Donald Frankos.
- Chester Gillette, convicted for the murder of Grace Brown, electrocuted in 1908.
- Craig Godineaux, an accomplice in the Wendy's Massacre
- The Post Card Killer, J. Frank Hickey.
- Robert F. Garrow: Serial rapist/murderer; transferred to Auburn twice from Clinton Correctional Facility: 1963 while serving for a rape conviction, and 1977 while serving for second-degree murder (transferred to Fishkill Correctional Facility in 1978).
- Austin Reed, the reputed author of the first prison memoir by an African-American.
- Matias Reyes, serial rapist sentenced to life in prison.
- David Sweat, Dannemora escapee.
NYSDOC – Auburn Correctional Facility – Handbook for Families of Inmates
| UNIT | PROGRAM | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|
| Correctional Industries | Furniture Manufacturing | |
| Correctional Industries | License Plate Shop | |
| Correctional Industries | Upholostry | |
| Education (Academic) | College Programs | See Description |
| Education (Vocational) | Building Maintenance | |
| Education (Vocational) | Custodial Maintenance | |
| Education (Vocational) | Drafting | |
| Education (Vocational) | Electrical Trades | |
| Education (Vocational) | Floor Covering | |
| Education (Vocational) | General Business | |
| Education (Vocational) | Masonry | |
| Education (Vocational) | Painting & Decorating | |
| Education (Vocational) | Welding | |
| Guidance and Counseling | Incarcerated Veterans Program | Level II |
| Ministerial, Family & Volunteer Services | Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) | Volunteer Services |
| Ministerial, Family & Volunteer Services | Alternatives for Violence Project (AVP) | Volunteer Services |
| Ministerial, Family & Volunteer Services | Family Reunion Program | |
| Ministerial, Family & Volunteer Services | Family Services Programs | |
| Ministerial, Family & Volunteer Services | Visitor Hospitality Centers | |
| Resource Management | Waste Management | Composting Operation |
| Special Subjects | Youth Assistance Program | |
| Substance Abuse Treatment Services | Alcohol/Substance Abuse Treatment (ASAT) | |
| Substance Abuse Treatment Services | Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) | ICP |
| UNIT | PROGRAM | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|
| Guidance and Counseling | EEP/MT/Presumptive Release/SMT/LCTA | |
| Ministerial, Family & Volunteer Services | Children’s Play Areas | |
| Ministerial, Family & Volunteer Service | Ministerial Services | |
| Resource Management | Waste Management | Recycling Activities |
| Special Subjects | Art/Handicrafts and Music | As Staffing Allows |
| Special Subjects | Inmate Organizations | |
| Special Subjects | Recreation | |
| Special Subjects | Special Events Program | |
| Temporary Release | Temporary Release Programs | |
| Transitional Services | Transitional Services Program |
| UNIT | PROGRAM | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|
| Education (Academic) | Adult Basic Education | |
| Education (Academic) | High School Equivalency (HSE) | |
| Guidance and Counseling | Incarcerated Veterans Program | Level I |
| Transitional Services | Phase I | |
| Transitional Services | Moving On | Phase II |
| Transitional Services | Phase III | |
| Transitional Services | Inmate Program Associate (IPA) | |
| Transitional Services | Aggression Replacement Training (ART) Program | |
| Transitional Services | Thinking For a Change (T4C) |
visitation Info
NY DOC – Auburn Correctional Facility – Visitation
VISITING DAYS & HOURS
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Weekends and Holidays Latest Arrival Time 2:00 PM
One non-legal visit per week, Sunday through Saturday
Latest Arrival Time 2:00PM
SPECIAL HOUSING UNIT VISITING DAYS & HOURS (Inmates in SHU – 1 visit within 7 day period)
9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday to Friday Weekends/Holidays Latest Arrival Time 2:00 PM SHU/Long-Term Keeplock schedule: starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday
NUMBER OF ALLOWABLE VISITS
Unlimited number of visits during visiting hours.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VISITORS PER VISIT/DAY (How many people at a visiting table at one time)
Six/Weekends; Four/Holidays Children are counted as adults. Infants are not counted.
In special circumstances, with prior approval, more than four visitors may be allowed to visit at one time.
