How to Address Mail to Someone at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution (Why It Goes to Las Vegas)

HRYCI uses a centralized mail process for non-legal mail - that's why your envelope goes to Las Vegas instead of the jail. A company called Pigeonly Corrections opens the mail, scans it into a color digital copy, then prints and delivers that copy to the prison. This system has been in place at HRYCI since April 15, 2024. So even though the person you're writing to is housed in Delaware, the mailing address looks out of state.

Address your envelope to the Las Vegas P.O. box. Include the facility code, the incarcerated person's name, and their SBI number. Here's the format: Inmate Name – SBI Number Howard R. Young Correctional Institution – 1202 PO Box 96777 Las Vegas, NV 89193

This Las Vegas routing started on April 15, 2024, when HRYCI began requiring all non-legal mail to go through central processing.

Always include a clear return address. HRYCI requires one on all mail. Skip it, and your letter could get held up in processing - or lost entirely if it can't be delivered.

• ✓ Write the incarcerated person’s full name
• ✓ Include their SBI number (don’t leave it off - it’s part of the required addressing format)
• ✓ Add the facility code “1202” with the institution name line

Legal mail and official documents skip the Las Vegas scanning address entirely. Attorney correspondence and official documents - passports, birth certificates, Social Security cards - go directly to the prison, not through Pigeonly.

• ✓ Use letter paper no larger than 8.5 x 11 inches
• ✓ Use envelopes no larger than 4 x 9.5 inches
• ✓ Send only commercially produced greeting cards made of standard card stock
• ✓ Skip battery-operated cards, non-standard materials, embellishments, and multi-fold designs
• ✓ Keep cards within the same size limits used for regular mail

You can send photos through the central mail process, but keep it to 10 photos at a time. That's the limit when processing through Pigeonly.

1. Write the address exactly - include the person’s name and SBI number, and list “Howard R. Young Correctional Institution – 1202” with PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193.
2. Add your return address - mail must have a return address to be accepted and properly handled.
3. Match the size limits - letters should be on 8.5 x 11 inch paper (or smaller) and mailed in an envelope no larger than 4 x 9.5 inches.
4. Keep enclosures simple - stick to permitted, commercially produced card stock greeting cards without batteries, embellishments, or multi-fold designs.
5. Don’t include money orders - send money only through the vendor (ViaPath/GTL) as directed by the DOC.