How to Send Mail to Someone at Ordnance Road — Allowed Paper, Addressing, and What Happens If Mail Is Non-Compliant
Mail rules at Ordnance Road are strict. Small details can decide whether your letter actually gets delivered. Here's what you need to know about envelopes, paper, addressing, and what happens when something doesn't meet the requirements.
Keep your materials simple. All incoming mail must be sent in plain white envelopes, legal or letter size. Your letter itself needs to be written on plain or lined white paper.
How you address the envelope matters just as much as what's inside. Every piece of mail must include the inmate's first and last name. You also need to include your own first and last name plus a complete return address. The facility uses this to identify the sender and return the letter if needed.
If your mail doesn't follow the facility's rules, it gets processed as contraband. That's not just a harmless mistake on paper. It's treated as a rule violation, and it can affect whether the mail is delivered at all.
- ✓ The facility may return the mail to you.
- ✓ The facility may destroy the mail if it presents a health or safety hazard to a person or the facility.
- ✓ The facility may confiscate the mail as evidence in a criminal investigation.
Heads up: Depending on the severity of the violation, the facility may restrict all future correspondence between you and the inmate.
There's also a legal side to this. Under Md. Code, CR § 9-412, introducing contraband into a correctional facility is a crime punishable by up to 3 years imprisonment, a fine up to $1,000, or both.
Quick Checklist
- ✓ Use a plain white envelope that is legal or letter size.
- ✓ Write only on plain or lined white paper.
- ✓ Include the inmate’s first and last name, plus your first and last name and complete return address.
Reminder: Non-compliant mail is processed as contraband. It may be returned, destroyed for safety reasons, or confiscated as evidence. If the violation is serious enough, the facility may also restrict your future correspondence.
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