How to write to someone at Phoenix West
Personal letters for people at Phoenix West go to Arizona's mail center below, not to the prison. Fill in the person's name and ID number where marked.
Checked against the department's own pages . How we check, and corrections
PERSONAL LETTERS GO TO
Dashed lines are for you to fill in, in the department's own words.
Personal mail goes to the department's Digital Processing Center, with the prison complex and assigned unit in the address. Don't use the older P.O. Box 18640, Phoenix, AZ 85005-8640. It predates the December 15, 2025 digital mail change.
Legal mail from lawyers and courts has its own address or rules: see the department's mail page.
- Custody
- minimum custody (per ADCRR page)
- Type
- private prison contracted to ADCRR
- City
- Phoenix
- Where letters go
- To a department-wide mail center, not the prison
- What happens to them
- Scanned
- What they get
- A printed copy or a copy on their tablet
“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
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 3402 W Cocopah St, Phoenix, AZ 85009
“Only the following mail items will be accepted for scanning: Written correspondence (letters), Greeting cards, Drawings, Photos”
No one at Phoenix West is listed yet. Know someone there who wants mail? List them for $50.
Questions
What is the mailing address for Phoenix West?
Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + ADCRR Number, Phoenix West, [assigned unit], PO Box 211309, Dallas, TX 75211.
Is mail scanned at Phoenix West?
Yes. Personal letters are scanned at a department-wide mail center. The person receives a printed copy or a copy on their tablet.
Can someone at Phoenix West be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in Arizona's published policies against it, and normal mail rules still apply. Rules change; the department's page is the final word.
Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we fix it from the department's page. How we check.
Sources: Phoenix West page, Arizona mail rules, read 2026-10-07. Rules change; the department's page is the final word. Find someone: official inmate locator.
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