Massachusetts: pen pal rules and how to send mail
We found no rule in this department's published policies that stops people here from being listed on a pen-pal site. Normal mail rules still apply, and no one may ask pen pals for money.
Personal letters go to the person at their prison's mailing address, with their full name and ID number. How letters are handled depends on the prison.
Checked against the department's own pages . How we check, and corrections
Pen pal listings
We found no rule in this department's published policies that stops people here from being listed on a pen-pal site. Normal mail rules still apply, and no one may ask pen pals for money.
Sending mail to someone in Massachusetts
Personal letters go to the person at their prison's mailing address, with their full name and ID number. How letters are handled depends on the prison.
“We open all incoming mail for inspection.” Department source
“We open all incoming mail for inspection. Under certain conditions, outgoing mail may also be read.”
Electronic messages: On CorrLinks, you make an account, add the person by name and ID number, and pay per message. One-way start: the person inside cannot email first and can only reply to people who have emailed them. Step by step for each app. Department page.
Source: Massachusetts mail page, read 2026-10-07. Rules change; the department's page is the final word.
See also: prison mail rules and your first letter.
Prisons in Massachusetts (13)
How to write to someone at each one: the mailing format, mail rules and messaging, from the department's own pages.
Find someone in Massachusetts
Official Massachusetts inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.