What You Can (and Can’t) Send to an Inmate at Ordnance Road: Envelopes, Paper, and Addressing Rules
Keep it simple: plain white paper in a plain white envelope. That's your best shot at getting mail through screening at Ordnance Road.
Ordnance Road requires incoming letters to be sent in plain white, legal- or letter-sized envelopes, and written on plain or lined white paper. If you use anything else, the facility can treat the mail as contraband and it may not be delivered.
S2
- ✓ Plain white envelopes only, in legal or letter size.
- ✓ Plain or lined white paper only for what you write inside.
- ✓ Avoid envelopes larger than a standard business envelope (4" x 9 1/2"); those are prohibited.
- ✓ Don’t use envelopes with metal clasps; those are prohibited.
Every envelope needs three things: the inmate's first and last name, your first and last name, and your complete return address. Put "Inmate First Last" on the recipient line. Your name and full return address go in the upper left corner. Don't skip the return address - mail without one won't be delivered.
S4
- ✓ Stickers of any kind - prohibited adhesive material.
- ✓ Tape - prohibited adhesive material, even if you’re “just sealing” something.
- ✓ Return address labels - labels count as prohibited adhesive material.
- ✓ Decals - prohibited adhesive material.
- ✓ Wax seals - prohibited adhesive material.
- ✓ Oversized envelopes (larger than 4" x 9 1/2") - prohibited, even if they’re plain.
- ✓ Envelopes with metal clasps - prohibited.
Want to send photos? Ordnance Road only accepts photos from approved facility vendor(s), and they can't be larger than 4" x 6". Anything else gets rejected.
Mail that breaks these rules gets treated as contraband. When that happens, one of three things follows: it gets returned to you, destroyed if it poses a health or safety risk, or confiscated as evidence in a criminal investigation.
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