How to Send Money to Smart Comm. SCI Pine Grove (PA)

General correspondence to a Pennsylvania DOC inmate goes through Smart Communications (a third-party mail processor), not directly to SCI Pine Grove's mailroom. Here's the addressing format: Smart Communications/PA DOC, Inmate Name, Inmate Number, State Correctional Institution, PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733. Getting the format right matters. It tells Smart Communications who the mail is for and which institution should receive it after processing.

Smart Communications opens and scans incoming letters and photos into an electronic document. The facility mailroom then prints that document and delivers it to the inmate. Your loved one won't receive your original envelope or photo prints. They'll get a printed copy of the scanned version.

Money-related items follow different rules than regular mail. Official documents, including checks and passbooks, should go directly to the inmate's institution Business Office (not Smart Communications). Use this format: "Attn: Business Office – Inmate name/inmate number" followed by the institution's address. Sending books or publications? Those don't go through Smart Communications either, and you can't send them directly from home. Publications and books must be sent to the DOC Security Processing Center (SPC) at 268 Bricker Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823-1667, addressed with the inmate's name and number.

Steps

• ✓ Use Smart Communications for general correspondence: Smart Communications/PA DOC, Inmate Name, Inmate Number, State Correctional Institution, PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733
• ✓ Write with the scan-and-print process in mind, since Smart Communications opens and scans mail and photos before the facility prints and delivers it
• ✓ If you’re sending a check or other official document, mail it directly to the institution’s Business Office using: Attn: Business Office – Inmate name/inmate number, Institution Address

Before mailing anything time-sensitive, confirm that Smart Communications is still handling SCI Pine Grove's general correspondence and that the scan-and-print workflow is still in place. These systems can change, and using the wrong routing can delay delivery.

1. Confirm where checks must go - Verify the institution still requires checks and other official documents to be mailed directly to the Business Office, and confirm the exact institution address format you should use.
2. Confirm the publications process - Verify publications still must be sent to the DOC Security Processing Center (SPC) in Bellefonte, and confirm any current vendor or content restrictions before you order anything.