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How to write to someone at South Bend Community Re-entry Center

Personal letters for people at South Bend Community Re-entry Center go to Indiana'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

Incarcerated Individual's Name, DOC#South Bend Community Re-entry CenterPO Box 460Phoenix, MD 21131

Dashed lines are for you to fill in, in the department's own words.

Put the person's full legal name and DOC # on the first line, then the facility name, then the processing center address. Attorney-client mail and packages go directly to the facility; after July 31, 2026, personal mail sent to the wrong place is returned to sender.

Legal mail from lawyers and courts has its own address or rules: see the department's mail page.

Custody
Re-Entry Center
Type
Adult Male
City
South Bend
Where letters go
Depends on the prison
What happens to them
Scanned
What they get
A printed copy or a copy on their tablet

“Most facilities use a centralized mail processing center.” Department source

Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 4650 Old Cleveland Road, South Bend IN, 46628

Indiana has a pen pal rule. Indiana bans incarcerated people from placing ads soliciting pen pals, including ads posted with someone else's help, and can discipline them. They may still write to pen pals. Read it
“All general correspondence (not legal mail or privileged correspondence) is scanned in full color and uploaded directly to the inmate's tablet.”
Pen pals at South Bend Community Re-entry Center

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Messaging South Bend Community Re-entry Center

GettingOut

Either of you can send the request; both accept.

  1. Create an account at gettingout.com or in the GettingOut app, then activate it from the email they send you.
  2. Add the person as a contact. In some states the person inside can instead send you an email invitation that links to GettingOut.
  3. The person inside must accept your contact request (or you accept theirs) before you can message.
  4. Deposit funds into your Friends & Family account, then send messages from the Message tab.

Indiana: You can create the account early, but you can only add the person as a contact once they receive their new tablet.

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Questions

What is the mailing address for South Bend Community Re-entry Center?

Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Incarcerated Individual's Name, DOC#, South Bend Community Re-entry Center, PO Box 460, Phoenix, MD 21131.

Is mail scanned at South Bend Community Re-entry Center?

Yes. Personal letters are scanned. The person receives a printed copy or a copy on their tablet.

Can I message someone at South Bend Community Re-entry Center electronically?

Indiana uses GettingOut. On GettingOut, either side can send the contact request, and both have to accept it.

Can someone at South Bend Community Re-entry Center be listed on a pen pal site?

Indiana bans incarcerated people from placing ads soliciting pen pals, including ads posted with someone else's help, and can discipline them. They may still write to pen pals. We still list people there after the family confirms they understand.

Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we fix it from the department's page. How we check.

Sources: South Bend Community Re-entry Center page, Indiana 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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