Locate Washington Correctional Facility Inmates

Washington State Prison Overview

Washington Correctional Facility is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). DOCCS identifies it as a medium-security male facility in Comstock, with Superintendent Aaron Torres listed on the official facility page. The population is sentenced adult male state-prison custody. That is the key distinction: people held here are not ordinary Washington County pretrial detainees, and the Sheriff's county jail phone line is not the right starting point for a state-prison inmate search after transfer.

The facility sits physically inside Washington County, but the custody record is statewide. A person generally reaches DOCCS after conviction, sentence to a state prison term, reception, classification, and placement. Family members may first see the person at the county jail as state-ready, then later in the DOCCS locator after state processing. Once the DOCCS record shows Washington Correctional Facility, the facility shown on the state record is the contact point for routine questions about that incarcerated individual.

Washington Prison Capacity

The official DOCCS facility page inspected for Washington Correctional Facility did not publish a current capacity figure or current population count. For that reason, no third-party or older capacity number should be substituted into a state prison record page. The reliable official details are the facility name, state operator, address, phone, superintendent, security level, and male state-prison custody type.

This differs from Washington County Correctional Facility, where county and DCJS jail population data give both capacity and a recent jail census. State prison custody is tracked through DOCCS systems, and published facility pages do not always expose a current headcount. Searchers should avoid mixing county jail statistics with this state prison.

Washington Correctional Lookup

The correct lookup for Washington Correctional Facility is the DOCCS incarcerated lookup. DOCCS says a search can use a Department Identification Number, a New York State Identification Number, or a name. DIN and NYSID searches are meant to be used alone. For name searches, DOCCS instructions say a last name can be used alone or with a birth year, and partial or full last-name searches without a birth year can return names beginning with the submitted text.

1. Open the DOCCS incarcerated lookup, not the county jail roster or VINELink county jail path.
2. Search by DIN or NYSID if known. Use that identifier by itself.
3. If no identifier is known, search by last name and add birth year when it helps narrow the result.
4. Review the record for the current facility. If it lists Washington Correctional Facility, contact that facility for routine facility matters.
5. If the person is under parole supervision rather than in prison, use the DOCCS Parolee Lookup instead.

The DOCCS locator screenshot is the matching successful image for state-prison lookup in the manifest.

The locator matters because Washington Correctional Facility records come from DOCCS, while recent Washington County arrests start with local jail and court channels.

Washington Correctional Contact

Washington Correctional Facility has a Comstock mailing address and a main facility phone number published by DOCCS. Use the full facility name, the incarcerated person's name, and DIN when writing or asking about an individual. The DOCCS lookup instructions also say the facility shown on a record is the contact point for matters about that person. If the person has not yet appeared in DOCCS, check whether sentencing and transfer have actually occurred.

For a person still in local custody after a Washington County arrest, use the county jail route instead. A useful dividing line is sentence status: pretrial and short local custody belong with the county jail channel, while sentenced state-prison custody belongs with DOCCS. The Washington County Correctional Facility page covers the local jail side of that split.

Washington Prison Visits

The inspected Washington Correctional Facility research did not include a facility-specific public visit schedule in captured text. Because this is a state prison, county jail weekday visit blocks do not apply. DOCCS visitation generally requires attention to approval, scheduling, identification, dress rules, and any current facility restrictions. The safe path is to verify current visit status directly through DOCCS and the facility before travel.

Victim notification is separate from ordinary family visitation. DOCCS uses VINE/VINELink for notifications about release, escape, death, furlough participation, and temporary or work release participation. Facility-to-facility transfers do not generate the same notification category in the research notes.

Washington Prison Mail

Mail for Washington Correctional Facility should use DOCCS state-prison format, not the county jail property rules. The research notes state that mail should include the person's name, DIN, and DOCCS facility mailing address format. The full facility address is 72 Lock Eleven Lane, P.O. Box 180, Comstock, NY 12821-0180. Before sending packages, money, or publications, verify current DOCCS vendor and package rules because those rules can differ from ordinary letters and can change.

The county jail's Access Corrections, GTL, clothing, and weekday visitation details should not be copied to Washington Correctional Facility unless DOCCS independently publishes the same rule for state prisons. State custody uses its own mail, visit, package, and account rules.

Washington Prison Intake

Washington Correctional Facility does not perform street-arrest booking for ordinary Washington County arrests. State prison intake follows sentencing, reception, classification, and placement. A person may be arrested locally, booked at the county jail, arraigned in court, prosecuted, sentenced, and then transferred into DOCCS custody. After DOCCS processing, the person may be assigned to Washington Correctional Facility or another state facility based on classification and system needs.

That timeline explains why a person may vanish from county jail channels and later appear in DOCCS. It also explains why a new arrest does not instantly produce a Washington Correctional Facility record. County custody looks at booking and local holds. State custody looks at sentence, DIN, facility placement, release data, and parole or supervision information.

DIN

Department Identification Number assigned by DOCCS after reception into state custody.

NYSID

New York State Identification Number, a state criminal-history identifier used in lookup systems.

Classification

The state process that helps determine security level, housing, programs, and facility placement.

Washington Correctional Records

DOCCS lookup records can include identifiers and facility information, but they are not the same as court files, county booking sheets, or local arrest releases. DOCCS data definitions explain that the facility shown is usually the current facility for a current incarcerated individual, or the release facility for a released individual. For court charges, docket status, and criminal case events after a Washington County arrest, use New York court channels rather than treating a prison locator result as a full case file.

DOCCS describes facility programs across the system as potentially including alcohol and substance abuse treatment, anger management, education, vocational programs, family development, guidance and counseling, library and law library access, recreation, religious services, sex offender treatment, temporary release, trauma programs, transitional services, veterans services, and volunteer services. The source describes program categories broadly, so program availability for one individual should be confirmed with the facility or DOCCS record staff.

For public records, route the request to the agency that maintains the record. DOCCS is the source for state-prison custody records. Courts maintain filed criminal case records. The Sheriff's Office handles county jail and local booking records. New York FOIL can apply to agency records, but access may be limited by sealing law, security rules, confidential information, or active record restrictions.