Hartford Correctional Center Inmate Roster

Hartford Correctional Center Overview

Hartford Correctional Center is the state-run Level 4 pretrial facility serving Hartford-area courts. The Connecticut Department of Correction operates it. Level 4 means high security. Pretrial means a person is held while a case is still open, before any trial or plea. The Hartford jail sits at 177 Weston Street in Hartford. HCC holds mostly adult men. Some are sentenced, and a small group are held on federal status, but the core mission is pretrial custody.

The court reach is wide. Hartford Correctional Center serves Superior Courts in Bristol, Enfield, Hartford, Manchester, Middletown, New Britain, Rockville, and West Hartford. That is why an arrest in one of those Hartford County towns can land a person in this one jail. Hartford Correctional Center opened in 1977 as a Level 4 pretrial facility for men. The site covers 10 acres. Dormitories 1 and 2 opened in 1990. Dormitories 3 and 4 opened in 1991. The 2025 PREA audit listed eight housing units.

Staffing runs deep. The facility page reports a current staff of 337. Warden Devonia Long leads the Hartford jail. Deputy wardens William Foote and Eric McKenzie support her. Hartford Correctional Center also has a medical role. It oversees a small secure ward at UConn Health, covered further below.

The official facility page gives the clearest picture of the Hartford jail's mission and layout. You can read the source at the Connecticut Department of Correction's Hartford Correctional Center page. The image below comes from that same official page.

The page sets out the Hartford jail's history, court service area, and housing layout in one place. It is the anchor source for most facts on Hartford Correctional Center.

Hartford Correctional Center Capacity and Population

The Hartford jail is large but rarely full. The 2025 PREA final audit listed a designed capacity of 1,124 at Hartford Correctional Center. PREA is the Prison Rape Elimination Act, a federal law that sets audit standards for jails and prisons. That same audit gave a 12-month average daily population of 931. Average daily population is the mean head count over a year. None of the prior twelve months ran over capacity.

Recent custody counts sit below capacity too. CT Open Data's daily count on June 2, 2026 listed 907 total at Hartford CC, with 689 accused or other and 218 sentenced. The CT DOC monthly statistics for June 1, 2026 reported 903 confined, all male, split as 662 accused, 219 sentenced, and 22 federal. The May 2026 average was 874. By race and ethnicity, the June 1, 2026 monthly figures showed 267 White, 332 Black, 296 Hispanic, 5 American Indian, and 3 Asian.

The mix leans pretrial. On June 2, 2026, 689 of the 907 people were accused or other, not sentenced. That fits the Hartford jail's stated role. Read every figure with care, since custody counts move from day to day and sources use slightly different dates and methods.

How to Look Up an Inmate Here

There is no Hartford County sheriff roster. The correct tool is the Connecticut Department of Correction inmate search. You can look up current Hartford Correctional Center inmates by CT DOC number, name, and date of birth. The number is the most exact way to find a match. CT DOC updates the data daily, but custody status can change fast, so the screen may lag real custody. The inmate search leaves out youthful offender records and people held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

1. Open the CT DOC inmate search page or the direct inmate locator portal.
2. Search by CT DOC number first when you have it. If not, search by name and add a date of birth to narrow results.
3. Check the listed facility. A Hartford-area pretrial case often points to Hartford Correctional Center, but a sentenced person may be elsewhere in the state.
4. Open the record for status, legal class, and facility. Read accused status and sentenced status as different things.

Some people will not show up at once. A new arrestee may still be in police custody or court processing. A federal or immigration detainee may fall outside the public database. When the inmate search comes up empty, use a fallback channel. Call the Hartford jail at (959) 200-3000 for time-sensitive checks. Reach the CT DOC Public Information Office at (860) 692-7780, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For records not shown online, use the CT DOC Freedom of Information portal. The same roster how-to is laid out in more depth on the jail inmate records page.

Note: Custody data is updated daily and can change within hours, so confirm any release, transfer, or court date with Hartford Correctional Center before you act on a search result.

Hartford Correctional Center Address and Contact

Hartford Correctional Center sits in Hartford's North Meadows area, off the highways and not at a courthouse. The main line handles facility calls. For broader offender questions, the Connecticut Department of Correction Public Information Office is the backup. Use the card below for the core address and numbers.

Getting there is simple by car. The state's directions point to Exit 33 for Jennings Road off I-91. From I-91 South, take Exit 33, turn right onto Jennings Road, then right onto Weston Street, pass the Post Office, and the Hartford jail is on the left. From I-91 North, take Exit 33, turn left onto Jennings Road, then right onto Weston Street, and look past the Post Office. From I-84 east or west, connect to I-91 North first, then follow the same exit. The full route is on the official Hartford CC directions page.

Visitor parking, transit, and accessible-entry details were not listed on that page. Call Hartford Correctional Center before you travel if you need parking or accessibility help.

Visiting Someone at Hartford Correctional Center

All visits at Hartford Correctional Center are non-contact. That means a barrier sits between the visitor and the inmate. Each inmate may have two civilian visitors per visit. Effective March 18, 2024, in-person visits for General Population inmates are no longer prescheduled. They run first come, first served. Inmates in SRG and PC units still get scheduled in-person visits. SRG stands for Security Risk Group, a gang or threat-group classification. PC means protective custody. Video visits are scheduled for every inmate.

Video visits use Microsoft Teams. They are free. You need a valid email address, and the visit is not set until you get a confirmation. Every visitor must be on the inmate's approved active list. Bring valid photo ID. Arrive at least 15 minutes early. Cell phones and electronics are not allowed inside. No visits are held on state holidays. The visiting room seats up to 20, plus five video booths. The official rules are on the CT DOC visiting page.

That page sets the statewide rules, while each Connecticut jail keeps its own schedule. The 2026 visiting windows at Hartford CC fall in set bands by housing unit and day.

Housing units in the schedule include Center, Dorms 1 through 4, East, West, SRG, RHU/Chronic 1, and Special Accommodations. Attorneys may visit Monday through Sunday, 8:45 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Professional non-attorney visits run Monday through Friday, 8:45 to 10:45 a.m., 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., and 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. For those, email Hartford.ProfVisit@ct.gov. The contacts are Carmen Gonzalez at (959) 200-3060 and Counselor Christopher Pizarro at (959) 200-3046.

Note: Visit rules and windows shift, so confirm the inmate's current housing unit and the active visiting schedule with Hartford Correctional Center before you drive to the jail.

Mail, Phone, and Money

Money for a Hartford Correctional Center inmate runs through the Inmate Trust Fund. Connecticut accepts funds by U.S. mail in set check forms. These include a certified check, cashier's check, attorney check, employer check, refund check, Social Security check, tax refund check, unemployment check, or Veterans Administration check. Make the check payable to the inmate. Include the inmate's first name, middle initial, and last name, the inmate number, the date of birth, and your full name and address. The family handbook says credit is not allowed. The funds must be in the account when an order is processed.

Calls and tablets use private vendors. Friends and family set up a Securus account online or by phone to receive calls from a Hartford Correctional Center inmate. CT DOC contracts with JPay for tablets and e-messaging. To send an e-message, you and the inmate both need accounts and approved-list status. Commissary covers hygiene items, over-the-counter medicine, food and snacks, clothing, writing materials, footwear, religious items, and approved electronics. The exact list varies by security level.

Mail format needs care. A current official general-correspondence mail page was not located in this research. Many systems now scan or route mail through a vendor. Confirm the current mailing rules with Hartford Correctional Center before you send a letter, and do not assume an old format still holds.

Booking and Intake at Hartford CC

Hartford Correctional Center is a direct admission facility under CT DOC Administrative Directive 9.3. Direct admission means staff can book a person straight into the Hartford jail from court or transport. The directive requires a set admitting area at Hartford Correctional Center with bathing and toilet space, potable water, secure property handling, monitored phones, private screening rooms, and online booking terminals.

The paperwork drives the process. A person may be admitted on a continuance mittimus, a judgment mittimus, a remand to custody, a bench warrant, a capias, a governor's warrant, an interstate detainer, an ICE detainer notice, or similar documents. A mittimus is a court order that commits a person to custody. A detainer is a hold one agency places so another can take custody later. Staff must confirm the person's identity before custody is accepted.

Health and safety screening come early. The transporting officer completes a Detainee Behavior Questionnaire, Form JD-MS-5, noting behavior, condition, and statements. Health screening happens before admission. Risk of self-harm, detox needs, medical issues, or mental illness can trigger referral and special housing. PREA screening is done at intake or within 72 hours to gauge risk of sexual victimization or abuse.

Photos and locator cards close the intake. Under Administrative Directive 9.10, each Hartford Correctional Center inmate is photographed on admission. The images include a full facial shot and both profiles, plus tattoos if any. At least two inmate locator cards are completed within 24 hours. The public locator is updated daily after that.

Hartford CC and the UConn Health Ward

Hartford Correctional Center has a duty beyond a normal jail. HCC oversees a secure Medical-Surgical Ward at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. CT DOC describes that ward as a Level 5 co-ed inpatient and outpatient program. Level 5 is the highest security tier. Co-ed means it serves both men and women under custody.

The ward is small but busy. The HCC page lists it as a 12-bed unit. It processes nearly 350 inpatients and more than 2,200 outpatients each year. The ward serves incarcerated patients who need secure medical or surgical care. It is not a place to call for a routine custody search. Start with the CT DOC inmate locator, then call Hartford CC if the person needs ward confirmation. More detail sits on the UConn Health Medical-Surgical Ward page.

About Hartford Correctional Center

The Hartford jail has run since 1977. Hartford Correctional Center offers a range of programs through its January 27, 2026 compendium. These include USD #1 Adult Basic Education, Medication Assisted Treatment with Narcan training, a Mental Health Transition Group for men new to the system, reentry and discharge planning, religious services across several faiths, and HIV Support Services. Reentry Welcome Centers refer people 30 to 60 days before a sentence ends for housing, health, and basic-needs support.

Oversight has flagged real concerns. The 2025 Office of the Correction Ombuds Conditions of Confinement Report documented mold in shower areas, ventilation deficiencies, and condensation on floors and walls during heat inspections. The same report noted summer 2025 rodent activity severe enough that the kitchen closed for about three to four weeks. Food preparation was rerouted to MacDougall-Walker during that time. The Ombuds recommended sanitation and environmental-health fixes with stronger follow-up.

Heat is a separate issue. A March 2024 study recommended rooftop air handler units for the kitchen and laundry and courtyard-mounted units for housing blocks. Reporting from October 2025 said the Hartford HVAC project was moving forward and expected by summer 2027. The Hartford jail's official page also links PREA audit reports from 2015, 2022, and 2025. Use restrained language: these are reported and documented findings, not final conclusions.