Orleans Correctional Facility

Orleans Correctional Facility is a medium-security facility for male inmates that is located in Albion, New York. It is operated by the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and can house approximately 1,100 inmates.

This facility has a re-entry program for inmates who are nearing their release date, and an alcohol and substance abuse treatment program for inmates with addiction issues.

Prison Insights

Visiting Hours and Rules

Visiting hours at Orleans Correctional Facility are 8:00AM to 3:15PM on weekends and holidays. You must arrive by 2:00PM to visit with your inmate.

Special Housing Unit Visiting Days & Hours (Inmates in SHU custody are allowed one non-legal visit within a seven day period):

• SHU200 5:00PM to 9:00PM Saturday (Latest Arrival Time 8:00PM)
• PIMS Level 3 5:00PM to 9:00PM Sunday if inmate also had a visit on Saturday
• SHU 8:30AM to 3:00PM Weekends and Holidays (Latest Arrival Time 2:00PM)

The maximum number of visitors per visit is six: three adult visitors (age 4+) and three children (age 3 and under). For more detailed visiting information, click here.

Visitor Checklist

To make sure you are prepared for your visit, please look over the following checklist:

• Confirm that the offender has not been transferred and has visitation privileges.
• Bring valid photo identification.
• If you have made special arrangements with the facility, call before leaving to ensure that plans for your visit have been made and are in place.
• Check clothing and jewelry for compliance with visiting regulations.
• If you are bringing a child and you are not the legal guardian or parent, be sure you have a notarized statement from the child’s parent or legal guardian.
• Before leaving home, check your vehicle for contraband and/or hazardous items and be sure to remove these items before entering correctional facility grounds. 
• Arrive on the designated day during proper visiting hours.
• Leave purses, wallets, and electronic devices in the glove compartment or in the trunk of your car. Be sure to lock your car!
• Do not leave minor children waiting in the car or your visit will be ended.
• Do not have any contraband on you when you enter the facility.

Inmate mail may include personal letters and photographs. However, you are not allowed to send: nude photographs, Polaroid photos, postage stamps, and letters from other people, except children

A limit of five pages is allowed per envelope. An individual newspaper clipping will be considered one page. Do not tape, glue or paste clipping or pages together or to other pages.

How to Call an Inmate

Inmates at the Orleans Correctional Facility can’t receive incoming calls, but they do have access to phones during daytime hours for outgoing calls. For complete details on how to call an inmate in New York, please click here.

How to Send Money

Programs For Inmates

The inmate programs at Orleans Correctional Facility include:

Adult Basic Education

The Adult Basic Education Program is provided to meet the needs of incarcerated individuals who have reading and math scores below the sixth grade level on the Department's selected standardized test in reading, mathematics, and language arts in the context of real life adult problems and situations.

Aggression Replacement Training (ART)

A cognitive behavioral intervention program designed to assist individuals in improving social skills, moral reasoning, coping with and reducing aggressive behavior through the use of self-regulating exercises and mindfulness.

Carpentry

The Carpentry program covers many skills, ranging from framing walls, hanging doors, insulating, and installing sheetrock and exterior trim to laying floors. The course also involves reading blueprints and understanding building codes and weatherization.

Custodial Maintenance

The Custodial Maintenance Course emphasizes custodial services, including floor care, carpet and fabric care, upholstery care, window care, restroom care, and the safe use and operation of power cleaning equipment and sanitation chemicals.

Electrical Trades

This course provides instruction in basic electricity with emphasis on installing and servicing of all types of residential and commercial wiring systems. Skills taught include code interpretation, installation and servicing of circuits and controls, use of testing equipment, reading of architectural drawings, and wiring schematics.

Floor Covering

The Floor Covering Course covers the installation of most floor covering materials including types of carpeting, floor tile, sheet goods, wall tile, and quarry slate. Students learn layout and measurement, floor preparation, maintenance and repair, and job estimation.

General Business

The General Business course provides students with instruction on using computers, calculators, and printers. Students become familiar with software applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations, and desktop publishing. In addition, instruction is offered in filing, mailing procedures, bookkeeping, and business correspondence.

Painting and Decorating

Students in this program learn techniques of paint application to both interior and exterior surfaces. Skills taught relate to preparation of the surface, and application of stains, clear finishes, and pigmented paint. Students learn techniques of wallpapering and wood refinishing. Instruction is given in safety procedures in handling paints, ladders, and scaffolding.

Small Engine Repair

The Small Engine Repair course provides training in the repair and maintenance of lawn and garden equipment, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles. Students learn troubleshooting, including testing, diagnosis, and repair. 

Waste Management

The Waste Management Program provides recycling and organic waste diversion and avoided cost services for the Department and selected municipalities. The program employs up to 1100 incarcerated individuals at various levels in facilities and regional recycling processing centers. 

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