Before Your First Visit to Sing Sing: A Practical Checklist
Your first visit goes smoother when you know the basics ahead of time—especially the weekend-only schedule and the odd/even rotation. Use this checklist to confirm you're showing up on the right day, at the right time, with the right group size.
Sing Sing holds regular (non-legal) visits on weekends only. Planning around work or school? Start by assuming Saturday or Sunday, then double-check which specific weekend applies for the person you're visiting.
Visiting hours run from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. That window covers arrival, check-in, and the visit itself - plan your day around it.
Sing Sing allows one non-legal (social) visit per week. A second visit in the same week won't be allowed under the standard limit, so plan accordingly.
Here's a quirk that trips people up: Sing Sing's "visitation week" doesn't follow a Monday-to-Sunday calendar. It runs Thursday through Wednesday. Keep that in mind when counting whether you've already used your one allowed visit.
There's also a daily cap - one non-legal visit per day. Visits depend on available space, so even if you're within the weekly limit, crowding can affect what's possible on a given day.
Special Housing Unit (SHU): If the person you’re visiting is in a Special Housing Unit, they’re allowed one non-legal visit within a seven-day period during normal visitation hours.
Who Can Visit Children
- ✓ Maximum visitors per visit: up to three visitors
- ✓ You may also bring one child under age five
- ✓ A child under five must sit on an adult’s lap
Sing Sing's weekend visitation runs on a rotating odd/even schedule tied to the last digit of the incarcerated person's DIN. Not everyone is scheduled every weekend - your weekend depends on whether their DIN's last digit matches the "odd" or "even" weekend on the schedule.
Tip: Use Sing Sing’s official visitation schedule PDF to confirm the correct weekend for the DIN odd/even rotation; holidays are marked in red on that PDF.
- Match the weekend to the DIN - Check the official visitation schedule PDF and confirm whether the person’s DIN last digit falls on an “odd” or “even” weekend; holidays are shown in red.
- Confirm you’re going on a weekend - Regular visiting days at Sing Sing are weekends only.
- Plan around the visiting window - Visiting hours are 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
- Count your group - Keep it to up to three visitors, plus one child under five (who must sit on an adult’s lap).
- Make sure you’re not doubling up - Only one non-legal visit per day is allowed, and only one non-legal visit per week is allowed.
Getting mixed information? DOCCS is the authority that develops and enforces the rules for New York State facilities. That's why DOCCS-published schedules and facility guidance are your safest sources.
For Sing Sing, the make-or-break detail is the rotating odd/even weekend schedule based on the DIN's last digit. Check the official visitation schedule PDF each time you plan a trip, and watch for holiday markings (in red) to avoid surprises.
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