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How to Send Mail to Someone at Wayne Scott Unit (TDCJ Digital Mail)

Sending mail to someone at the Wayne Scott Unit works differently than it used to. Most personal mail now goes through TDCJ's digital mail system—it's scanned at a processing center and delivered to your loved one's secure tablet.

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How to Send Mail to Someone at Wayne Scott Unit (TDCJ Digital Mail)

As of September 6, 2023, all TDCJ units use a digital mail platform. Personal mail gets sent to a central processing center, where staff sort and scan it, then upload everything to the incarcerated person's secure tablet. Photos and messages are scanned in color, and your loved one can save them on the tablet to keep.

How to Send Mail to Someone at Wayne Scott Unit (TDCJ Digital Mail)

For personal letters, greeting cards, and photos for someone at the Wayne Scott Unit, you’ll address your envelope to the TDCJ Digital Processing Center (not the unit). Use this format exactly, including the person’s full first and last name and their TDCJ number: Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + TDCJ Number PO Box 660400 Dallas, TX 75266-0400

  • ✓ Write the inmate’s full first and last name
  • ✓ Include the inmate’s TDCJ number
  • ✓ Use the Digital Processing Center address: PO Box 660400
  • ✓ Use the city/state/ZIP format: Dallas, TX 75266-0400

Some items skip the digital system entirely and go straight to the unit. Legal mail and media mail fall into this category, along with books, magazines, packages, and subscriptions from verified vendors or publishers. If you're sending something other than a personal letter or photos, check whether it belongs in one of these exception categories - those items should be mailed to the unit, not the Digital Processing Center.

Tip: Don’t send books, magazines, publisher packages, or other verified-vendor subscriptions to the Digital Processing Center - those are meant to be mailed directly to the unit.

No tablet? Your mail still gets through. People without a tablet receive black-and-white printed copies of their scanned correspondence.

Before sealing the envelope, double-check the address. Including the person's full name and TDCJ number helps ensure your letter, card, or photos get routed and scanned correctly at the Digital Processing Center.

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