Arkansas: 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 to people in Arkansas prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. They are scanned, and the person receives a printed copy or a copy on their tablet.
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 Arkansas
Personal letters to people in Arkansas prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. They are scanned, and the person receives a printed copy or a copy on their tablet.
The department gives this address format for personal mail (each prison's page below fills in its own name):
Inmate’s Name and ADC Number ARDOC P.O. 25918 Tampa, FL 33622“All incoming mail (with exception of the items listed below) will be sent to the digital mail processing center where it will be sorted, scanned, and uploaded to the eMessaging app on the incarcerated individual’s tablet.” Department source
“Pictures, drawings, or other paper items that exceed 8.5 x 11 inches and non-paper items will not be accepted for scanning.”
Electronic messages: On Securus eMessaging, you make an account, add the person by name and ID number, and pay per message. Step by step for each app. Department page.
Source: Arkansas 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 Arkansas (24)
How to write to someone at each one: the mailing format, mail rules and messaging, from the department's own pages.
Find someone in Arkansas
Official Arkansas inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.