The Rochester Federal Medical Center is operated and managed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

If you need any information on an inmate from where they are located to what they were charged with, or to when they will be released, you can count on the Federal Bureau of Prisons to have that information in their inmate roster.

Their inmate roster is updated on a regular basis and easy to use. All you really need is the inmate’s full name or the BOP number that is assigned to the inmate.

Incoming mail in the Rochester Federal Medical Center will be classified in one of two ways.

The first way is general correspondence. General correspondence is where the mail will be opened in the mailroom by a prison staff member, but not in front of an inmate. Once it gets checked by the prison staff member, the mail then will be delivered to the inmate it is addressed to.

The second way is a special mail. Special mail is typically the inmate’s counsel sending them legal documents. This will be opened in the mailroom by a prison staff member but in front of an inmate. Once it gets checked by the staff member, it will be given to the inmate right then and there.

Every calendar month inmates will have the pleasure of spending no more than $360.oo in the commissary. The commissary is where inmates can purchase the following items:

• Snacks

• Beverages

• Clothing

• Personal Hygiene Products

• MP3 Players

• Radios

• Sneakers

Inmates will also need funds to use for their telephone account as well.

Family and friends of inmates who are in the Rochester Federal Medical Center will have the chance to fund the inmate's account in a few different ways.

The easiest and fastest way to put money into an inmates account in the Rochester Federal Medical Center will be to use either MoneyGram or Western Union. These services will charge a service fee, but inmates will receive the funds either that day or within a day or two.

If time is not a factor, you can opt-in to sending a money order to the following address:

Keep in mind if you choose this route it can take up to a month before the funds are deposited into the inmate’s account.

All federal prisons give their inmates 300 minutes every calendar month between January to October. Once these minutes are used, inmates will have to wait to the next calendar month to use the phone. Even if they have money on their phone account.

In the months of November and December, inmates will receive 400 minutes to allow inmates to talk to family over the holidays.

All outgoing calls from the Rochester Federal Medical Center will be recorded and monitored. You will not be allowed to use any of your call features you may have on your telephone.

If you would like to visit an inmate in the Rochester Federal Medical Center, you will first and foremost need to fill out the following application and wait to be approved.

Once your application gets approved by the Rochester Federal Medical Center staff, you will be able to visit the inmates on Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays from 8 am to 3 pm.

VISITATION HOURS

• Monday

  8:15 AM - 2:30 PM

• Tuesday

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• Wednesday

  –

• Thursday

  –

• Friday

  8:15 AM - 2:30 PM

• Saturday

  8:15 AM - 2:30 PM

• Sunday

  8:15 AM - 2:30 PM