How to write to someone at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women
Personal letters for people at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women go to Iowa'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 sent directly to the prison is returned to sender. It goes to a central mail processing address instead, and the facility line is: Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW) - 1109. Confirm that address before you write.
Legal mail from lawyers and courts has its own address or rules: see the department's mail page.
- Where letters go
- To a department-wide mail center, not the prison
- What happens to them
- Scanned
- What they get
- A printed copy
“all incoming non-legal mail must be sent to a central mail processing facility at the following address:” Department source
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 420 Mill St. SW, Mitchellville, IA 50169
“Pigeonly will process the following non-legal mail at their offsite facility: Letters (including children's drawings), Greeting cards, Postcards, 4X6 Photos (limit to 10 photos), Unbound newsletters”
No one at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women is listed yet. Know someone there who wants mail? List them for $50.
CorrLinks
You start it from outside.
- Go to corrlinks.com (or the CorrLinks app), agree to the terms and create an account.
- Fund your account with a Visa or Mastercard credit card.
- Add the person to your address book using their state ID number.
- Write and send your message. Facility staff review it and deliver it on their schedule.
Iowa: Called O-mail. $0.25 per o-mail sent. The person inside buys their own o-mail credits to reply.
Questions
What is the mailing address for Iowa Correctional Institution for Women?
Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Incarcerated Individual Name - Offender ID Number, Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW) - 1109, PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193.
Is mail scanned at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women?
Yes. Personal letters are scanned at a department-wide mail center. The person receives a printed copy.
Can I message someone at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women electronically?
Iowa uses CorrLinks. On CorrLinks, you make an account, add the person by name and ID number, and pay per message.
Can someone at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in Iowa'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: Iowa Correctional Institution for Women page, Iowa mail rules, read 2026-10-07. Rules change; the department's page is the final word. Find someone: official inmate locator.