Arizona: 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 Arizona 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 Arizona
Personal letters to people in Arizona 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):
Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + ADCRR Number Prison Complex, Assigned Unit PO Box 211309 Dallas, TX 75211“Beginning December 15, 2025 , the above-mentioned mail must be sent to the Digital Mail Processing Center in Texas where it will be sorted, scanned, and uploaded to an inmate’s secure tablet.” Department source
“Only the following mail items will be accepted for scanning: Written correspondence (letters), Greeting cards, Drawings, Photos”
Source: Arizona 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 Arizona (15)
How to write to someone at each one: the mailing format, mail rules and messaging, from the department's own pages.
Find someone in Arizona
Official Arizona inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.