The Rikers Island Anna M Kross Center in Queens County serves the city of East Elmhurst and other smaller towns in Queens. To visit an inmate at Rikers Island Anna M Kross Center, you’ll need to travel to East Elmhurst, NY, 11370-1383 in Queens. The address is 1818 Hazen St. It’s important to verify the location of your inmate before traveling.

Prisons in NY like Rikers Island Anna M Kross Center can often make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. Some prisons charge over $10 a minute to make a long distance phone call. The best way to avoid these fees is to set up a local phone number that will ring your phone number(s) no matter where you live. Securtel.us provides this service and you can reach them at inmate calls. To send mail to an inmate you can visit send postcards. Once you are able to communicate with your inmate, you can start making plans for visitation. There are many types of prison facility in NY. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries. Each will have it’s own rules and times for visitation, calls and mail.

Everything in prison costs money. Soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps and envelopes must all be purchased at the commissary. Step one is to get set up with phone service so you can communicate. Then you can learn what an inmate needs and how to properly send it.

It’s important for prison families to help each other to help their loved ones inside and out. By sharing information about Rikers Island Anna M Kross Center with other families, it will help them avoid mistakes and confusion that no one needs or wants.
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