Find George R. Vierno Center Custody

George R. Vierno Center Overview

George R. Vierno Center is listed on the official NYC DOC facilities page at 09-09 Hazen Street in East Elmhurst. DOC says GRVC houses detained and sentenced male adults. That means the population can include people awaiting trial, people with short city jail sentences, and people held on legal authority recognized by the courts or DOC custody process.

GRVC opened in 1991, was named after a former Chief of Department and Acting Commissioner, and was expanded in 1993. The facility is part of the Rikers Island system serving all five boroughs. For New York County readers, the key point is geography: the arrest, court, and prosecutor may be in Manhattan, while the custody location shown in the DOC lookup may be this Queens facility.

George R. Vierno Center Population

The research did not locate a current rated capacity on the DOC facility page. The Board of Correction public meeting minutes reported 967 people at GRVC on July 17, 2024. That sourced count is a census snapshot and should be presented with its date. It does not replace a current lookup for an individual person or a current citywide DOC population report.

Facility populations can shift as DOC moves people for classification, medical care, restrictive housing status, court production, safety, or bed management. GRVC also appears in city oversight discussions because Board of Correction and Comptroller reports often address Rikers conditions, deaths, violence, and service delivery by facility or command. The population count therefore belongs beside its source and date, not in the intro or contact card.

George R. Vierno Center Lookup

The right local jail search is the NYC DOC Person in Custody Lookup. The lookup is citywide and covers DOC custody, so it can find a New York County defendant housed at GRVC. It is not a state prison, BOP, ICE, or police booking search. A person released more than 30 days ago may not display in the public DOC detail page.

1. Enter NYSID or book-and-case number if available.
2. Use first and last name when no identifier is known.
3. Open the correct result and check holding location, court date, charges, and bail or bond fields.
4. Use DOCCS, BOP, ICE, WebCrims, or DOC FOIL when the DOC lookup does not match the custody situation.

The book-and-case number is especially useful after the search. It supports money transfers, mail routing, and follow-up records requests through DOC or OpenRecords.

GRVC lookup results should be read with the same caution as other DOC records. A jail charge can differ from the charge later filed or changed by the Manhattan District Attorney. A pending charge is not a conviction, and the court record is the better place to check formal charge status, future appearances, and dispositions.

George R. Vierno Center Contact

The research lists the general DOC/OCGS number for public custody questions and notes that older public contact lists gave a GRVC number. Because the official facility page did not publish a facility-specific public number, use DOC's current public contact channel first. Call 311 for city routing or use DOC FOIL for records that are not available in the public lookup.

George R. Vierno Center Visits

GRVC follows the general Rikers Island visit framework unless DOC posts a different instruction for the person. Most visitors use the Benjamin Ward Visit Center. DOC schedules are monthly and are based on the first letter of the person's last name, so a current schedule check is required before travel.

All visits are one hour under the research summary. Visitors need valid identification and must arrive within registration hours. Start times can be delayed by operational conditions.

George R. Vierno Center Mail and Money

Mail, money, package, and account rules are DOC system rules. Use the jail mailing address returned by the lookup rather than guessing from the facility address alone. NYC311 says deposits may be made by phone, online, mail, or in person, while DOC says transfer-agent fees are not paid to the department.

George R. Vierno Center Context

GRVC is part of the Rikers Island jail system that is monitored by the Board of Correction. The research notes that recent BOC and Comptroller discussions include facility-level concerns about Rikers conditions, violence, deaths, population pressure, staffing, and service provision. Those oversight reports should be used for facility context rather than unsourced summaries.

For court status after a New York County arrest, the jail lookup is only one piece. Court records may be in WebCrims, Manhattan Criminal Court, New York County Supreme Court Criminal Term, or clerk records depending on the case stage. Custody at GRVC does not prove a conviction; it means DOC currently holds the person at that command.

Families should also separate records requests from urgent custody questions. DOC OCGS is the practical starting point for general information, while FOIL and OpenRecords are written records channels. Allegations of abuse, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment may be reported to OCGS or 311 under DOC's contact guidance, and the report can be made without leaving name or contact details.