How to send messages, photos, and packages
Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead uses Securus for inmate phone calls. Friends and family work through Securus to set up, fund, and manage calling accounts before receiving calls. For legal video sessions, the facility's Resource Management Section coordinates and schedules video conferencing between incarcerated people and courts or attorneys. A privacy note: phone calls and video sessions are typically monitored and recorded, and vendor systems commonly retain recordings. Some facilities offer tablet-based messaging or video through vendor accounts—check whether Riverhead provides tablet services before relying on it. You'll generally need a valid government-issued photo ID for registration or official sessions.
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Want to get a photo or letter to someone at Suffolk County Correctional Facility quickly? The facility recommends LIAM Safe—it's the option they direct families to for secure mail and photo delivery.
Trying to send a letter or photos to someone at Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead? You have two main options: LIAM Safe (a digital upload that prints on-site) or traditional USPS mail. Here's how each works, what it costs, and the photo rules that catch people off guard.
Mail rules can feel picky. But getting the basics right means the difference between your letter arriving or getting rejected. Here's what you need to know to make sure your mail reaches someone at Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead.
Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead has a clear list of what can't go in inmate mail. Check the list below before you send anything—it'll save you from delays, returns, or confiscation.
Suffolk County Correctional Facility uses Securus for inmate phone calls.
Video conferences with the courts or attorneys are coordinated and scheduled by the facility’s Resource Management Section.
Yes. Phone calls and video sessions are typically monitored and recorded, and vendor systems commonly retain recordings.
Use LIAM Safe to upload letters and photos; submissions are encrypted and can be printed at the facility for possible same-day delivery depending on when you send them. Access it at SuffolkCountyNY.LiamSafe.com. LIAM’s fees are $1.19 per photo and $0.60 per letter page.
The prohibited list includes colored envelopes and any stamps or other postage on incoming mail. Polaroids and photos larger than 5" x 7" aren’t accepted. Pornographic or graphically offensive images, hard-covered publications with the cover attached, and mail with instructions for making explosives, weapons, alcohol, poisons, or drugs are also banned.
Yes, but only if they’re sent directly from the publisher or from reputable online vendors (for example, Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com).
Heading to Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead for the first time? The fastest way to avoid getting turned away is showing up with the right ID—and the right documents if you're bringing kids. Here's what you need.
Suffolk County Correctional Facility uses Securus for inmate phone calls. That means any payment or billing setup you do for phone calls will go through Securus and its account options.
Adding money to someone's commissary account at Suffolk County Correctional Facility is quick once you know your options. The facility uses Keefe/AccessCorrections, and you can deposit funds through lobby kiosks, online, or by phone.
