Ulster Correctional Facility

Ulster Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison for male inmates that is located in Naponich, New York. This facility is operated by the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, and it is an intake center for new inmates in the state’s corrections system.

Because this is in an intake and processing facility, most inmates are only at Ulster for a few weeks. 

Prison Insights

Visiting Hours and Rules

Visiting hours at Ulster Correctional Facility are on weekends and holidays from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM. You must arrive by 2:00 PM to visit with your inmate. A maximum of three visitors are allowed to visit an inmate at one time. 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. 

Dress Code

Visitors should wear clothing that enhances a family atmosphere. The dress code requires visitors to wear complete modest attire with appropriate undergarments and comfortable footwear (bare feet are not allowed).

Inappropriate clothing will result in being denied entry into the facility. Please be sure to understand the dress code for visitors. It will help to have a change of clothing with you if you have any reservations about the clothes you are wearing.

Inmate mail may include personal letters (a maximum of five pages per envelope) and photographs. However, you are not allowed to send: nude photographs, Polaroid photos, postage stamps, and letters from other people, except children.

How to Call an Inmate

Inmates at the Ulster Correctional Facility can’t receive incoming calls, and since they are going through processing they may not be able to call home for weeks. The inmates do eventually get access to phones during daytime hours to make outgoing calls. For complete details on how to call an inmate in New York, please click here.

How to Send Money

Visitors can leave cash, money orders, and checks in the visitor deposit lockbox located at Ulster Correctional Facility. In addition, DOCCS has contracted with JPay to offer additional ways for family and friends to deposit money.

Online and Mobile App
Log into JPAY to deposit money using your credit or debit card or make deposits anytime, anywhere by downloading the free app at the APP STORE or GOOGLE PLAY.

Phone
Make deposits using a credit card by calling 1-800-574-5729.

MoneyGram
Make deposits in person using cash at MoneyGram locations using Receive Code 1317.

Mail
A check or money order utilizing a JPay deposit slip can be mailed to the JPay Lockbox:
JPay
PO Box 531190
Miami, Florida 33153
Deposit slip: ENGLISH ESPANOL

Programs For Inmates

The inmate programs at Ulster Correctional Facility are limited because most inmates are at the facility temporarily for processing. 

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.

Family Reunion Program

The Family Reunion Program (FRP) provides approved incarcerated individuals and their families the opportunity to meet for a designated period of time in a private home-like setting.

The goals of the program include:

• Preserving and strengthening family ties that have been disrupted as a result of incarceration.
• Fostering positive and responsible conduct.
• Facilitating post-release reintegration into the family and community, thereby reducing the likelihood of recidivism.

Horticulture

Horticulture refers to the production, care, management and marketing of plants such as flowers, shrubs, trees, bulbs and turf. Training includes instruction and practice in techniques and methods of plant propagation, transplanting, pruning, cultivation, fertilization, and greenhouse production, as well as plant identification and insect control.

Senior Living Program

The Senior Living Program (SLP) is a unique and innovative program designed to meet the needs of the older male incarcerated population. The SLP participants reside in one housing unit to facilitate the community setting. A computer lab, classrooms, meeting rooms, recreation/exercise rooms, and staff offices have all been designed and built in the same unit. SLP residents participate in programs together to develop cohesive, pro-social skills to prepare them well for community reentry.

Pictures of Ulster Correctional Facility

Careers at Ulster Correctional Facility

If you are interested in a career with the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and would like to work at the Ulster Correctional Facility, you can find out more information by clicking here.