How to Send Mail to Someone at Bolduc Correctional Facility (checklist)
Follow this checklist to make sure your letters and cards meet Bolduc's mail rules—and actually reach your person without delays or discarded items.
Quick Checklist
- ✓ Write your letter on 8½" x 11" white paper (general correspondence for adult residents).
- ✓ Use only white paper for your envelope and your correspondence - skip colored stationery.
- ✓ Write or print using black or dark blue ink.
- ✓ Put a verifiable sender name and return address on the envelope.
- ✓ Don’t send cash.
- ✓ Address it exactly like this: Resident’s Name, Bolduc Correctional Facility, 516 Cushing Rd., Warren ME 04864.
- ✓ If you’re sending a greeting card, use a single piece of card stock with one fold, white on the back and inside (except the printed message), and a front that has a white background.
- ✓ Leave out “extras” like glitter, ribbons, food, paper clips, or blank colored paper - those items can be immediately disposed of.
Keep it simple for general correspondence. Letters and notes must be on 8½" x 11" white paper - both the letter itself and the envelope. Colored stationery, colored envelopes, or anything other than white paper won't make it through. Ink matters too. Use black or dark blue ink only. Red ink, markers, or decorative colors will get your mail flagged.
Sending a greeting card? Bolduc only allows single card stock with one fold. The back and inside must be white (except for the printed message), and the front needs a white background - photos or designs can't completely cover it. Cards that are layered, heavily printed, or have non-white interiors are the ones that get rejected.
Address the envelope like this: Resident's Name Bolduc Correctional Facility 516 Cushing Rd. Warren ME 04864 Write it clearly. A clean, legible address helps your mail move through processing without unnecessary delays.
- ✓ Include a verifiable sender name and return address on all incoming resident mail.
- ✓ Do not send cash to any resident.
Prohibited and Disposed Items
- ✓ Glitter (including glittery decorations)
- ✓ Ribbons or similar add-ons
- ✓ Food items
- ✓ Paper clips
- ✓ Blank pieces of colored paper
- ✓ Other non-allowable items with no substantial monetary value - these can be immediately disposed of without notifying the resident
All mail at Bolduc gets inspected for contraband and security concerns. If staff suspect incoming mail contains contraband, information tied to criminal activity, rule violations, or anything that threatens facility safety - the entire piece of mail, envelope and all, goes to a facility law enforcement officer for investigation.
Note: When mail is turned over for investigation, expect delays - staff may keep the envelope and contents together as part of what’s reviewed.
Two different things can happen with problem mail. If your envelope contains non-allowable items that don't raise suspicion - glitter, ribbons, food, paper clips - staff will toss those items immediately. The resident won't be notified. If mail gets secured for investigation, the resident should receive written notice about what happened. The exception: when prosecuting attorney approval is needed, notification may be withheld until that approval comes through.
- Assume “extras” were the problem first - If you included things like glitter, ribbons, food, or paper clips, those items can be disposed of without the resident being notified.
- Have the resident watch for a written notice - When mail is secured for investigation, the resident should be promptly notified in writing, unless notification requires prosecuting attorney approval.
- Resend a clean letter - Send a fresh copy that follows the format rules (white paper, correct ink) and contains only the correspondence, with no added items.
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