Alaska: pen pal rules and how to send mail
We found no rule in this department's published policies that stops people here from being listed on a pen-pal site. Normal mail rules still apply, and no one may ask pen pals for money.
Personal letters go to the person at their prison's mailing address, with their full name and ID number. They are opened and inspected; the letter itself is delivered, and the person receives your original letter.
Checked against the department's own pages . How we check, and corrections
Pen pal listings
We found no rule in this department's published policies that stops people here from being listed on a pen-pal site. Normal mail rules still apply, and no one may ask pen pals for money.
Sending mail to someone in Alaska
Personal letters go to the person at their prison's mailing address, with their full name and ID number. They are opened and inspected; the letter itself is delivered, and the person receives your original letter.
“Mail to prisoners should be addressed as follows:” Department source
“Incoming mail must be written on white paper or white lined paper and mailed in a white envelope with no labels or stickers.”
Source: Alaska mail page, read 2026-10-07. Rules change; the department's page is the final word.
See also: prison mail rules and your first letter.
Prisons in Alaska (16)
How to write to someone at each one: the mailing format, mail rules and messaging, from the department's own pages.
Find someone in Alaska
Official Alaska inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.