How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
Visits at Greene Correctional Facility happen on weekends. Your visiting day depends on the last digit of your loved one's DIN—check the posted weekend calendar (holidays are marked with an asterisk). General population hours run 9:00 AM–3:30 PM. You can arrive as early as 7:30 AM, but no later than 2:00 PM. Each incarcerated person gets one visit per visiting day, with up to three visitors plus one child under five (the child must sit on an adult's lap). For those in SHU or RRU, one non-legal visit is allowed per seven-day period (Saturday through Friday), including Saturday evening hours from 5:00 PM–9:00 PM with latest arrival at 7:30 PM. If the visiting room gets crowded, staff will first ask for volunteers to end their visits early. If that's not enough, visits may be cut short based on distance traveled and time already spent. Check the calendar ahead of time and arrive early for screening.
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Your first visit to Greene Correctional Facility will go smoothly if you plan around three things: the weekend schedule, the DIN-based visitation calendar, and arrival cutoffs. Here's what you need to know before you drive in—so you don't get turned away at the gate.
If your loved one is in Greene's SHU or RRU, visiting works differently than general population. The schedule runs on a Saturday-to-Friday week, and there's a strict one-visit limit.
When Greene's visiting room gets too crowded, staff follow a specific process to free up space. First, they ask for volunteers willing to end their visits early. If that doesn't work, visits are terminated after three hours—local visitors first, then long-distance—on a first-in, first-out basis. Some visits get special consideration before being cut short, including those granted by special permission or when the incarcerated person hasn't had a visitor in six months.
General population visiting hours at Greene are 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM. The earliest you can arrive is 7:30 AM, and the latest arrival time is 2:00 PM.
Your visiting day depends on the last digit of your loved one's DIN. Greene posts a PDF weekend calendar showing which dates correspond to each last-digit group—holidays are marked with an asterisk.
When the visiting room gets overcrowded, staff first ask visitors to voluntarily end their visits. If it's still too full, Greene may end local visits (within 100 miles) after three hours on a first-in, first-out basis. Visits from those who traveled over 100 miles are ended last, with special consideration for approved-permission visits or people who haven't had a visit in six months.
Greene Correctional Facility splits weekend visiting dates into groups based on the last digit of the incarcerated person's DIN. Know which group your loved one falls into, and the 2026 calendar becomes easy to read—no more showing up on the wrong weekend.
Trying to get records about someone incarcerated at Greene Correctional? New York's Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) is typically your starting point. But the details matter—especially when it comes to medical records, response timelines, and appeals.
