Elmira Correctional Facility | Elmira, New York

PO Box 500
Elmira, NY 14902-0500

(607) 734-3901
Elmira Correctional Facility
Ronald Miles
1876
maximum
State Prison

Elmira Correctional Facility

Elmira is home to the Elmira Correctional Facility. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Elmira and Chemung County Courts and courts of other cities in the Chemung County area areas. When NY residents are sentenced to a maximum prison, they are often sent to Elmira Correctional Facility. The listed address of Elmira Correctional Facility is PO Box 500. This is facility is located in Elmira, NY, 14902-0500. This city is in Chemung. Before traveling, you should always call the jail to verify your inmate is still located at this address and that they can receive visitors.

Prisons in NY, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Elmira Correctional Facility. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here: jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here: send postcards. Calling your inmate is the best way to get details about mail and visitation rules for Elmira Correctional Facility. They can provide you with their individual allowed prison call times and visitation hours and open days. Every prison facility in NY has its own rules. Your loved one will generally be informed of the rules for that facility and any individual restrictions applied.

Elmira Correctional Facility is a State Prison facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Elmira Correctional Facility will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.

Elmira Correctional Facility is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Elmira Correctional Facility warden is Ronald Miles. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Elmira Correctional Facility by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Elmira Correctional Facility. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.
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