How to write to someone at Waiawa Correctional Facility
Mail personal letters to the address below, filling in the person's name and ID number where marked.
Checked against the department's own pages . How we check, and corrections
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Dashed lines are for you to fill in, in the department's own words.
The facility's listed mailing addresses are 94-560 Kamehameha Highway, Waipahu, HI 96797 or P.O. Box 1839, Pearl City, HI 96782. The department doesn't say these addresses are for personal mail; check with the facility before you write.
- Where letters go
- The department doesn't say
- What happens to them
- The department doesn't say
- What they get
- The department doesn't say
“Mail shall be addressed in the following format:” Department source
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 94-560 Kamehameha Highway, Waipahu, HI 96797
“Mail may be returned for the following reasons: first/last name and return address not listed, envelope has stickers, ink stamps, glitter, glue, drawings, bookmarks, lipstick/kiss marks, or inappropriate content (i.e. pornography, threatening remarks).”
No one at Waiawa Correctional Facility is listed yet. Know someone there who wants mail? List them for $50.
GettingOut
Either of you can send the request; both accept.
- Create an account at gettingout.com or in the GettingOut app, then activate it from the email they send you.
- Add the person as a contact. In some states the person inside can instead send you an email invitation that links to GettingOut.
- The person inside must accept your contact request (or you accept theirs) before you can message.
- Deposit funds into your Friends & Family account, then send messages from the Message tab.
Questions
What is the mailing address for Waiawa Correctional Facility?
[Full name], [ID number], P.O. Box 1839, Pearl City, HI 96782.
Is mail scanned at Waiawa Correctional Facility?
Hawaii's pages don't say whether letters are scanned or copied. Check its mail page.
Can I message someone at Waiawa Correctional Facility electronically?
Hawaii uses GettingOut. On GettingOut, either side can send the contact request, and both have to accept it.
Can someone at Waiawa Correctional Facility be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in Hawaii'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Something wrong or out of date?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: Waiawa Correctional Facility page, Hawaii 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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