New Jersey: 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 New Jersey prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. They are scanned, and the person receives a printed copy.
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 New Jersey
Personal letters to people in New Jersey prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. They are scanned, and the person receives a printed copy.
The department gives this address format for personal mail (each prison's page below fills in its own name):
Incarcerated Person’s Name – SBI Number Name of Facility – Facility Code PO Box 96777 Las Vegas, NV 89193“All incoming correspondence must be sent to Pigeonly Corrections at the address below:” Department source
“Pigeonly will process the following non-privileged mail: Letters (including drawings) Greeting cards Postcards 4x6 Photos (limit to 10 per parcel) Unbound newsletters”
Electronic messages: On ViaPath ConnectNetwork Messaging, you make an account, add the person by name and ID number, and pay per message. On Pigeonly, 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: New Jersey 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 New Jersey (9)
How to write to someone at each one: the mailing format, mail rules and messaging, from the department's own pages.
Find someone in New Jersey
Official New Jersey inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.