How to Write to Someone at ICIW: The Pigeonly Central Mail Process and ICIW Code 1109
Sending a personal letter to someone at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW)? It won't go directly to the prison. Iowa DOC routes all non-legal mail through Pigeonly's central processing center in Las Vegas. You'll need to include ICIW's facility code—1109—so your letter gets delivered to the right place.
Iowa DOC sends all incoming non-legal mail to Pigeonly's central processing facility in Las Vegas. This keeps contraband screening consistent across the system. Skip the central process and mail directly to ICIW? Your letter will be returned.
Here's what happens once your letter reaches Pigeonly: staff open it and scan it into a digital color copy. That copy gets printed and delivered to the appropriate Iowa DOC facility. Your paper original stays with Pigeonly - it's held temporarily, then securely destroyed per Iowa DOC policy.
- Send your non-legal mail to the central address - your envelope goes to Pigeonly’s mail processing location in Las Vegas.
- Pigeonly opens the letter - non-legal mail is opened as part of the screening process.
- They scan it into a digital color copy - your pages are converted to a digital version.
- A printed copy is created for delivery - the digital copy is printed.
- The printed copy is delivered to the Iowa DOC facility - the facility receives the printed version, not your original pages.
- Originals are stored temporarily, then destroyed - originals are kept for a short time and then securely destroyed per Iowa DOC policy.
Note: Your original letter won’t be returned. If you need to keep an original for your records, make a copy before you mail it.
Address Format Code
- ✓ Incarcerated Individual Name – Offender ID Number
- ✓ Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW) – 1109
- ✓ PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193
ICIW's facility mailing code is 1109. Write it on the facility line as
Because mail is scanned and printed, your loved one will receive a printed color copy rather than the original paper you sent. The key takeaway is simple: for non-legal mail to reach ICIW, it has to go through the central Las Vegas processing address - sending it straight to the institution will get it returned.
You may also hear about other mail options like O-mail and Pelipost. Those are separate channels with their own steps, so use the instructions for that specific service if you choose one of those instead of standard US Mail.
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