Sending Mail to Keen Mountain: How to Address It, Photocopy Limits, and Legal Mail Routing
Sending mail is one of the simplest ways to stay connected—but only if it's addressed correctly and you know what your loved one will actually receive. Here's how mail works at Keen Mountain under Virginia Department of Corrections procedures, including photocopy limits and where legal mail needs to go.
To get regular mail to the right person at Keen Mountain, your envelope needs a few specific pieces of information. Put your loved one's first and last name on the first line, along with their 7-digit state ID number. Missing that ID is one of the most common reasons mail gets delayed or misrouted. Since the exact street address isn't included here, verify the current Keen Mountain mailing address before you send anything - especially if you're working from an older letter or a third-party source. The name, 7-digit ID, and correct facility address with ZIP code give your mail the best shot at getting through without issues.
For general correspondence, VADOC photocopies incoming mail and delivers only the copies to inmates. There's a hard limit: a maximum of three 8.5" x 11" black-and-white photocopied pages per mailing, counted front and back. Send more than that - a long letter, multiple printed photos, several documents - and your loved one may only receive up to that cap.
Heads up: The photocopied envelope counts as one of the three front-and-back pages delivered for each mailing.
Legal mail follows a different path. Correspondence from attorneys and courts must go directly to the VADOC Central Mail Distribution Center, where it's screened before being routed onward. If you're helping with a court deadline or making sure an attorney's documents reach the right place, this routing detail is essential.
Tip: For legal correspondence, use the VADOC Central Mail Distribution Center address (not the facility address) so it goes through the required screening process.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Confirm the current facility street address and ZIP before you mail anything.
- ✓ Always include the inmate’s first and last name and their 7-digit state ID number on the address.
- ✓ Plan around the photocopy limit: only up to three 8.5" x 11" black-and-white pages (front and back) are delivered per mailing.
Sending something time-sensitive? Confirm the current mailing instructions before you drop it in the mailbox. Small details matter: the 7-digit state ID routes mail to the correct person, and the three-page photocopy cap can shrink what actually gets delivered. Remember that the envelope counts toward that limit too - keeping your letter short and focused helps ensure the important parts make it through.
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