Buffalo (Batavia) Service Processing Center

Visitation hours: Visitation Hours are as follows Mondays - Fridays, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m, Saturdays & Sundays, 9 a.m. - 11 a.m, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. To ensure adequate time to process visitors through security, all visitors must be checked in by 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. respectively. - Visitors must present a valid verifiable government-issued identification card to enter the facility. - Visits shall not exceed 1 hour. - Minors who are visiting the facility must be accompanied by an adult guardian (18 years or older). Minors must not be left unaccompanied in the waiting room, visiting room or any other area. - Adult visitors must present a valid, verifiable government-issued identification card to enter the facility.

Legal representatives of detainees are authorized to visit their clients during the following hours: In-Person Visitation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Please note that a G-28 must be on file for any information to be disclosed.

An attorney needs a signed G-28 on file to be recognised. See finding and helping a detained person.

Letters sent to detainees must include the last four digits of the detainee's A-number (File Number), plus the sender's name and address. A mail pick-up and delivery schedule is posted in all housing units. Indigent detainees (those who have no means of financial support and no funds in their facility account) will be provided postage allowance at government expense. To enhance the safety of the facility, all incoming mail is subject to screening for contraband.