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Robinson Correctional Institution Overview

Robinson Correctional Institution is a Connecticut Department of Correction prison in Enfield. The state runs it, not a county or a sheriff. It carries a Level 3 medium-security rating. The address is 285 Shaker Road, P.O. Box 1400, Enfield, CT 06082. The main phone line is (860) 253-8000, and the fax line is (860) 253-8317. The administration listed on the official Robinson CI facility page includes Warden Zelynette Caron and Deputy Wardens Nathan Alexander and Kimberly Such. Present staffing is 311.

The population here is sentenced adult male offenders. A small number of people may show an accused or other status in the daily count, but Robinson is overwhelmingly a sentenced facility. It is not a pretrial jail. Most men arrive after a court has convicted and sentenced them, and after the state has classified them to a medium-security setting. Because Connecticut unified its jails and prisons under one department in 1968, the same statewide system that runs the county-area jail also runs Robinson.

The official Department of Correction page for the facility is a useful starting point for visitors and families. The following sentence links to that source. The Connecticut Department of Correction publishes facility details for Robinson Correctional Institution on its public portal.

That page lists the address, the Level 3 security status, the warden, the visiting links, the staffing figure, and the program list. It is the record the public can rely on when a third-party site or an old listing disagrees with current details.

Robinson Correctional Institution Population

The official Connecticut Data daily count is the freshest public figure for this prison. As of June 2, 2026, the dataset listed Robinson Correctional Institution at 1,233 total people. Of those, 43 were accused or other status, and 1,190 were sentenced. That puts the accused share at about 3.5 percent. In plain terms, more than 96 of every 100 people here have been sentenced. The Connecticut Sentencing Commission reported a close figure for January 14, 2026, listing 1,224 total and 4.2 percent unsentenced. Both numbers point the same way.

The Department of Correction does not publish a rated capacity for Robinson on its current facility page. So the build here uses the daily population figure and avoids inventing a capacity number. The population has grown over the past several years. The table below shows the average daily population by year from official Connecticut Data queries. The 2026 figure runs through June 2 only.

The rise is steady. The yearly average nearly doubled between 2021 and 2026. You can confirm or update these counts through the Connecticut Data daily population dataset, which is refreshed close to each business day. Statewide totals remain far below the 2008 peak even as some Hartford County prisons fill.

How to Look Up a Robinson Inmate

There is no separate county roster for Robinson Correctional Institution. The right tool is the statewide Connecticut DOC Inmate Information Search. That one search covers every Department of Correction facility, so it returns people held at Robinson, at the county-area jail, and at other prisons across the state. It includes both sentenced people and those held on accused status. It does not include Youthful Offender records or people held only for federal immigration authorities.

The fastest search uses the CT DOC inmate number when you have it. If you do not, a last-name search works, and you can add a first name and date of birth to narrow the matches. The steps below walk through a standard lookup.

1. Open the Connecticut DOC Inmate Information Search at ctinmateinfo.state.ct.us, or reach it through the state service page.
2. Enter the CT DOC inmate number if you know it. That number alone is enough to find the person.
3. If you do not have the number, type the last name. Add the first name and a date of birth in month, day, year form to cut down extra matches.
4. Read the Current Location field. For someone at this prison, it should read as Robinson. A location that begins with "PO" means parole supervision, not facility custody.
5. Open the profile to review the inmate number, status, admission date, controlling offense, sentence and release fields, and any detainer.

A full how-to for the statewide locator, including a field-by-field breakdown of what each profile shows, lives on the jail inmate records page. The Department of Correction warns that the data updates daily but can shift quickly, so a result is a snapshot rather than a guarantee.

Robinson Correctional Institution Address and Contact

Use the facility line for visit logistics, housing questions after a move, or status confirmation that the locator does not answer. For documents that are not online, the Department of Correction routes requests through its records channels rather than the front desk. The card below holds the public contact details for the prison.

When the search result is unclear or a record is excluded, the DOC Public Information Office can help during business hours. The driving route to Robinson runs through the Enfield prison cluster, and the official Robinson CI directions page notes the blue and gold "CORR." highway signs that mark the way to the institutions. Confirm housing and visit status by phone before you travel, since a move can change both.

Visiting Someone at Robinson

Robinson allows two in-person visits and one video visit each week. The week resets on Monday. A total of three visitors is allowed across the in-person and video visits. Every visitor must already be on the inmate's approved active visiting list before a visit can happen. Getting on that list usually takes two to three weeks, because the inmate submits the name, the counselor mails an application, and the visitor signs and returns it. Robinson is a Level 3 facility, and Level 3 facilities allow up to seven approved visitors on the list.

Evening in-person hours changed to 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. effective February 18, 2025. Video visits use a request form and require facility confirmation before they are set. The schedule below reflects the documented rules. Always confirm the current day-by-day times on the facility page, since the prison can adjust them.

Plan a few practical points ahead of time. Visitors must show a valid photo ID, dress modestly, and arrive at least 15 minutes early. Cell phones and electronic devices are not allowed inside. Video visits require the request form at the DOC visit request portal and a confirmation from the facility, and a visit is not set until that confirmation arrives. The statewide rules behind these limits are spelled out on the DOC visiting page.

Note: A visit can be cancelled or rescheduled if the inmate moves housing, so call the facility before you drive out to confirm both the visit and the current location.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Robinson

All mail must show the inmate's full name and inmate number along with the facility address. Without the inmate number, mail and deposits can be delayed or returned. There is no limit on the number of personal letters at the inmate's own expense, but padded envelopes slow delivery and are discouraged. Books and magazines must be new and shipped straight from a publisher, bookstore, or book club. Family and friends cannot send in or drop off clothing packages, because the prison provides clothing.

Phones run one direction. Inmates cannot receive incoming calls. They place outgoing collect calls or calls billed through Securus, and each person keeps a calling list of up to ten numbers. The table below lays out the mail format, the phone vendor, and the ways to add money to an account.

For mailed funds, include the remitter information and send nothing else with the money order or check, since cards, letters, and photos will not be forwarded. Account questions go to the Inmate Trust Fund line. Full deposit instructions and vendor details are on the DOC inmate accounts page, and the broader rules on mail, calls, and packages are on the DOC FAQ.

Note: Allow at least ten working days for a mailed money order to post to an inmate account before asking about the deposit.

Programs and Community Role at Robinson

Programming is the signature of Robinson Correctional Institution. The Department of Correction runs an intensive in-patient substance-abuse treatment track here, which is a major part of the medium-security mission. Education and vocational training fill out the rest. Men can take community college courses and learn trades that travel into the job market after release. The list below covers the core offerings.

• Intensive in-patient substance-abuse treatment.
• Culinary arts.
• Machine tooling.
• Small engine repair.
• Community college courses.

The prison also reaches into the surrounding towns. Robinson takes part in the Town of Enfield Adopt A Spot program, provides community service to several towns, and helps municipal and nonprofit agencies by printing flyers and similar material. These work and service assignments give the population a structured day and tie the institution to Enfield in a way a pretrial jail does not. The treatment and trade focus is the main reason the state classifies many sentenced men to this site rather than a higher-security prison.

Intake and Classification at Robinson

People do not arrive at Robinson straight off a street arrest. They get here after a court sentences them and the Department of Correction classifies them. Many transfer in from a pretrial center such as the county-area jail covered on the Hartford Correctional Center page. Once a sentence is set, classification weighs the sentence length, custody and security needs, program needs, protective-custody concerns, and medical or mental-health factors before assigning a facility.

Because Robinson is a Level 3 medium-security program prison, the system tends to route men who fit a treatment, education, or work track here. The same statewide locator that tracked a person while pretrial keeps working after the transfer, so the search path does not change when someone moves from a jail to Robinson. The security level itself shifted to medium in January 1990 under the Inmate Objective Classification System, which is the framework still used to match people to facilities today.

This is reception and classification, not booking. The intake here is about placing an already-sentenced person, not processing a fresh arrest. That difference is why Robinson reads so heavily sentenced in the daily counts.

History of Robinson Correctional Institution

The prison is named for Carl Robinson. He served as warden of Somers State Prison from 1972 to 1983 and was the first African American warden appointed in Connecticut. The institution opened on November 8, 1985. It stands on the site of an historic Shaker farm community that dates back to 1792, which gives the Enfield grounds a long history well before any prison existed. The Shaker roots set Robinson apart from a standard modern facility built on cleared land.

The facility started at a different security posture and shifted to medium in January 1990 under the new objective classification system. Building 7 has its own thread in the story. In 1996 it was turned over to the Judicial Department for juvenile use, returned in 1997 and reopened for 71 outside-clearance inmates, then closed again in 2008. Robinson also sits in the Enfield prison cluster near the Massachusetts line, the same area affected when the state closed the Willard Correctional Institution on April 1, 2023 and moved that population to nearby reentry beds.