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Visiting Someone in Special Housing at Sing Sing: What's Different

Visiting someone in Special Housing at Sing Sing works differently than general visitation. The main difference? Frequency. People in Special Housing can have one non-legal visit per seven-day period, and it happens during normal visitation hours.

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Visiting Someone in Special Housing at Sing Sing: What's Different

Special Housing visits at Sing Sing operate under their own rules. You can't visit as frequently as you would during regular visitation - the facility limits Special Housing to one non-legal visit within a seven-day period, and it must fall during normal visitation hours.

"Normal visitation hours" at Sing Sing means weekend visiting, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Your Special Housing visit needs to fit inside that window.

Plan for one non-legal visit per seven-day period. Sing Sing schedules these during normal visiting hours - weekend visitation at the facility.

There's also a daily cap: Sing Sing allows a maximum of one non-legal visit per day, based on available space. If you're coordinating with other family members or eyeing a popular day, keep that space limitation in mind when choosing your date.

  • ✓ Up to three visitors per visit
  • ✓ Plus one child under age five (the child must sit on an adult’s lap)

When counting that "one visit in seven days," use Sing Sing's visitation week - not a standard Monday-to-Sunday calendar. The facility defines each visitation week as Thursday through Wednesday. Your Special Housing visit needs to fall within that Thursday–Wednesday window.

Note: Weekend visitation at Sing Sing runs on a rotating odd/even schedule based on the last number of the incarcerated person’s DIN, so not every weekend will be available for every person.

Visiting Someone in Special Housing at Sing Sing: What's Different
  1. Count your week Thursday through Wednesday - that’s the visitation week Sing Sing uses when it limits Special Housing to one non-legal visit within a seven-day period.
  2. Pick one visit day that fits normal hours - your Special Housing visit still has to take place during normal visitation hours.
  3. Match the weekend to the DIN schedule - weekend visitation rotates odd/even based on the last digit of the DIN, so confirm you’re planning for the correct weekend.

If you have flexibility, plan ahead. Sing Sing caps non-legal visits at one per day and ties availability to space, so your first-choice day may fill up faster than you expect - especially if multiple people are trying to visit that same day.

  • ✓ Keep your group to three visitors, plus one child under five (on an adult’s lap)
  • ✓ Coordinate ahead of time so you don’t exceed the per-visit limit
  • ✓ Make sure everyone who’s going is on the same plan for who will attend that day

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