North Carolina: 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 to people in North Carolina prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. They are scanned, and the person receives a copy on their tablet.
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 North Carolina
Personal letters to people in North Carolina prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. They are scanned, and the person receives a copy on their tablet.
The department gives this address format for personal mail (each prison's page below fills in its own name):
Name and Opus Number Name of Prison (do not abbreviate) P.O. Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131“Non-legal mail sent to people incarcerated in NCDAC prison facilities is screened and scanned by TextBehind and delivered electronically to tablets.” Department source
“Non-legal mail sent to people incarcerated in NCDAC prison facilities is screened and scanned by TextBehind and delivered electronically to tablets.”
Electronic messages: On ViaPath ConnectNetwork Messaging, you make an account, add the person by name and ID number, and pay per message. Step by step for each app. Department page.
Source: North Carolina 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 North Carolina (53)
How to write to someone at each one: the mailing format, mail rules and messaging, from the department's own pages.
Find someone in North Carolina
Official North Carolina inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.