North Dakota: 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 Dakota 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 Dakota
Personal letters to people in North Dakota 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):
Resident Legal Name and Resident ID Number Securus Digital Mail Center – ND Department of Corrections P.O. Box 21408 Tampa, FL 33622“Effective June 1, 2021, personal mail will no longer be accepted by the North Dakota Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation at any of its facilities.” Department source
“The maximum amount of pictures allowed in an envelope is 30; the sender may send in more than one envelope in a day with the maximum amount of pictures.”
Electronic messages: On Securus eMessaging, 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 Dakota 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 Dakota (6)
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 Dakota
Official North Dakota inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.