How to write to someone at Mountain View Transformation Center
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.
Address your envelope in this order: line 1, the resident's last name and IDOC number; line 2, the facility and the resident's unit number; line 3, the PO Box; line 4, Boise, ID 83707.
Legal mail from lawyers and courts has its own address or rules: see the department's mail page.
- Where letters go
- To the prison
- What happens to them
- Opened and inspected; the letter itself is delivered
- What they get
- Your original letter
“Personal letters will be opened and searched for contraband; unacceptable items will be returned to the sender or given to proper authorities.” Department source
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 15505 S. Pleasant Valley Rd., Kuna, ID 83634
“The residents in our prisons may receive letters (no packages) and photos (no Polaroids or nudity) from family/friends.”
No one at Mountain View Transformation Center 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 Mountain View Transformation Center?
Resident's Last Name and IDOC Number, Mountain View Transformation Center, [unit number], PO Box 8509, Boise, ID 83707.
Is mail scanned at Mountain View Transformation Center?
No. Personal letters are opened and inspected, and the letter itself is delivered at the prison. The person receives your original letter.
Can I message someone at Mountain View Transformation Center electronically?
Idaho uses GettingOut. On GettingOut, either side can send the contact request, and both have to accept it.
Can someone at Mountain View Transformation Center be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in Idaho'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: Mountain View Transformation Center page, Idaho 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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