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How to write to someone at Reception and Treatment Center

Personal letters for people at Reception and Treatment Center go to Nebraska'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

Reception and Treatment CenterNebraska Department of Correctional ServicesIncarcerated Individual name & ID numberP.O. Box 247Phoenix, MD 21131

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

Address in this order: full facility name (no abbreviations), Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, person's name and ID number, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131. Include your full name and physical address. Mail is scanned to a tablet. The facility address is only for funds, publications, packages.

Custody
medium/maximum
City
Lincoln
Where letters go
To a department-wide mail center, not the prison
What happens to them
Scanned
What they get
A copy on their tablet

“All personal mail from family and friends, such as letters, pictures, and drawings, is digitally delivered via the tablet’s “Facility Messages” app under the free profile.” Department source

Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 3218 West Van Dorn Street, Lincoln, NE 68542

“All personal mail from family and friends, such as letters, pictures, and drawings, is digitally delivered via the tablet's "Facility Messages" app under the free profile.”
Pen pals at Reception and Treatment Center

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Messaging Reception and Treatment 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.

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Questions

What is the mailing address for Reception and Treatment Center?

Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Reception and Treatment Center, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, Incarcerated Individual name & ID number, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131.

Is mail scanned at Reception and Treatment Center?

Yes. Personal letters are scanned at a department-wide mail center. The person receives a copy on their tablet.

Can I message someone at Reception and Treatment Center electronically?

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

Can someone at Reception and Treatment Center be listed on a pen pal site?

We found no rule in Nebraska'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: Reception and Treatment Center page, Nebraska 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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