New Hampshire
Guides and facility information for New Hampshire's three state prisons — two in Concord, one in Berlin — which are separate from the county-run houses of corrections.
The New Hampshire Department of Corrections runs the state’s three prisons: the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord — the state’s oldest, where male intake happens — the New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women in Concord, opened in 2018, and the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility in Berlin, 120 miles north. Custody splits by sentence: a maximum term of more than one year is served in state prison, while a term of a year or less is served in the house of corrections of the county where the crime was committed. Those county facilities are run by the ten individual counties, set their own visiting and mail rules, and their populations do not appear in the NHDOC inmate locator — so a locator search that comes up empty can mean county custody rather than release. The department also runs transitional housing units in Concord and Manchester for people in the last two years of a sentence. Use the guides below for NHDOC’s state-specific rules, or jump to a specific facility.
State guides
Visiting in New Hampshire (NHDOC)
How NHDOC's notarized visitor application works, the unit-based walk-in schedules at all three state prisons, and the Family Connections Center's child-focused visits.
Mail & Packages in New Hampshire (NHDOC)
NHDOC's photocopy-and-shred mail handling, the ID-number addressing rule, the greeting-card ban, and the Union Supply package program.
Phone & Video Calls in New Hampshire (NHDOC)
How the ViaPath (GTL) phone system works in NHDOC — the 20-number list, call limits, video visits through GTL VisitMe, and tablet messaging.
Sending Money in New Hampshire (NHDOC)
How deposits reach an NHDOC resident account — ConnectNetwork channels, kiosks, mailed money orders, the fee table, and the separate collections address.
Medical & Mental Health in New Hampshire (NHDOC)
How healthcare works in NHDOC custody — the $3 sick-call co-pay, medication continuation, pregnancy care, the Secure Psychiatric Unit, and how families raise concerns.
Transfers & Facility Placement in New Hampshire (NHDOC)
Where NHDOC places people — men's intake in Concord, the Berlin transfer, transitional housing — and how to track someone who moves.
Facilities
New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women
Concord · Minimum (C2) through maximum (C5) (women)
New Hampshire State Prison for Men
Concord · Medium (C3) through maximum (C5), plus intake and special housing (men)
Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility
Berlin · Minimum (C2) through close custody (C4) (men)
Organizations that help families
Independent organizations in this state that support families of incarcerated people. They are not affiliated with this site, and their services and contact details can change — contact an organization directly to confirm what it offers.
Waypoint (Waypoint NH)
A statewide New Hampshire human-services nonprofit (HQ Manchester) that runs the "Family Ties Inside Out" program — a partnership with the NHDOC Family Connections Center and NH jails connecting children and caregivers to local family resource centers during a parent's incarceration — and provides resources for caregivers of children of incarcerated parents.
Kairos of New Hampshire
New Hampshire chapter of Kairos Prison Ministry; runs Kairos Inside in NH prisons and Kairos Outside, a retreat program specifically for the spouses, parents, and relatives of incarcerated people.
New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity (NHCJE)
A Manchester-based nonprofit advancing racial, economic, and health equity in NH; criminal justice/law enforcement is one of its named sectors of work, and it builds capacity for and convenes the state's justice-focused community organizations.