The 5-Page Rule and Other Mail Restrictions at J. Reuben Long (Checklist)

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• ✓ Put the inmate’s name, inmate account number, and your return address on every envelope and on the correspondence itself (at the top).

• ✓ Use standard 8.5" x 11" paper only (don’t send anything larger).

• ✓ Keep your letter to 5 pages or fewer.

• ✓ Write on the front side of each page only (leave the back blank).

• ✓ Include no more than 1 photo per mailing.

Missing the inmate's name, account number, or your return address? The mail can't be matched and routed. That kind of mistake stops delivery before your letter ever reaches your loved one.

Paper must be 8.5" x 11" or smaller. Anything oversized gets rejected - it simply doesn't fit the facility's accepted format.

There's a strict 5-page maximum. Send more than five pages, and the whole thing gets returned to you - nothing delivered.

Only write on the front of each page. The scanner doesn't capture the back, so any letter with writing on both sides gets returned instead of delivered.

You can include one photo per mailing - that's it. Include more than one, and the facility returns the entire letter. Nothing gets scanned or delivered.

Mail sent to PO Box 591 in Longview, Texas goes through processing. After it's scanned and delivered electronically to the inmate, the physical items are destroyed. You won't get them back.

1. Choose one photo - send a maximum of 1 photo in the entire mailing.
2. Don’t add “just one more” - if you include more than one photo, the whole letter gets returned and nothing is delivered.

1. Write on the front only - the scanner enters mail into the system front side only.
2. Keep backs completely blank - any writing on the back can cause the correspondence to be returned to you.

1. Use 8.5" x 11" pages - the facility accepts mail only up to that size.
2. Count your pages - stop at 5 pages total.
3. Make every page “front-facing” - since only front sides are scanned, keep everything you want read on the front.

1. Write the inmate’s full name and account number clearly - put it at the top of your correspondence.
2. Add a complete return address - include it on the envelope so the mail meets requirements.

Got your mail returned? Check the basics: paper larger than 8.5" x 11", more than 5 pages, writing on the back, or more than 1 photo. Any of these can trigger a return.

Sent items to PO Box 591 in Longview, Texas? There's no getting them back. Once mail is processed and delivered electronically, the physical copies - including photos - are destroyed.

• ✓ Confirm the inmate’s name, inmate account number, and your return address are included.
• ✓ Use paper no larger than 8.5" x 11".
• ✓ Keep the letter to 5 pages or fewer.
• ✓ Write on the front side only (no back-side writing).
• ✓ Include no more than 1 photo per mailing.