Central Reception and Assignment Facility
Central Reception & Assignment Facility is the intake and central processing facility of male inmates for the New Jersey Department of Corrections. It was opened in 1997, and it is located in Trenton, New Jersey. This facility can hold approximately 700 inmates of all security levels.
When an inmate goes through processing, they undergo psychological and educational testing and are given medical and dental exams before they are classified. Once an inmate is processed at the Central Reception & Assignment Facility, they are transferred to their permanent facility to serve their sentence.
This facility also has a satellite work camp called Jones Farm. This is a minimum-security facility which houses low level, non-violent offenders who are serving short sentences, and they work in supporting roles for the main facility in the areas of janitorial and building maintenance, laundry, and landscaping.
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Central Reception and Assignment Facility
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Visiting Hours and Rules
Visiting hours at the Central Reception & Assignment Facility CADRE Unit and Jones Farm Unit are on Saturdays and Sundays in two sessions. The morning session is from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, and the afternoon session is from 12:30pm-2:30pm.
Registration for the visiting sessions is between 7:45 am and 8:15 am for the first session, and 11:45 am and 12:15 pm for the second session.
The following persons may be approved to visit an offender: Relatives, Close Friends, Clergy, and persons who have a constructive influence. Children under the age of 18 are not permitted to visit unless accompanied by an adult.
For more details about visiting an inmate at Central Reception & Assignment Facility, click here.
Physical Address
Central Reception & Assignment Facility
2401 Stuyvesant Avenue
Trenton, New Jersey 08628
Driving Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/rr99XY5AQHRm74vB7
General Phone Number
(609)-984-6000
Inmate Mailing Address(es)
Inmate Name, DOC Number
Central Reception & Assignment Facility
P.O. Box 7450
Trenton, New Jersey 08628-7450
How to Call an Inmate
Inmates at the Central Reception & Assignment Facility can’t receive incoming calls, but they have access to phones during daytime hours for outgoing calls. For complete details on how to call an inmate in New Jersey, please click here.
How to Send Money
To send money to an inmate at Central Reception & Assignment Facility, you must use JPay. Once you open a free account, you can send money to your inmate via their website, mobile app, or by telephone.
JPay is a self-help kiosk system where Incarcerated individuals can access their funds, download digital books, programming, music, access stamps, send, and receive electronic correspondence and so much more.
There is also a money order option with JPay. You must use their deposit slip and make the money order payable to JPay and mail it to:
JPay
P.O. Box 170770
Hialeah, FL 33017
Money Order Deposit Form (English)
Money Order Deposit Form (Spanish)
Programs For Inmates
Because this is an intake facility and the inmates are only here for a short amount of time, there are no programs at Central Reception & Assignment Facility. Instead, the inmates go through testing before being transferred to their permanent facility.
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Careers at Central Reception and Assignment Facility
If you are interested in a career with the New Jersey Department of Corrections and would like to work at the Central Reception & Assignment Facility, you can find out more information by clicking here.
