How to write to someone at East Jersey State Prison
Personal letters for people at East Jersey State Prison go to New Jersey'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
Dashed lines are for you to fill in, in the department's own words.
Address the envelope in this order: Incarcerated Person's Name - SBI Number / East Jersey State Prison - 1401 / PO Box 96777 / Las Vegas, NV 89193. Mail goes to this Las Vegas box, not the prison's street address. Keep the 1401 on the facility line.
Legal mail from lawyers and courts has its own address or rules: see the department's mail page.
- City
- Rahway
- Where letters go
- To a department-wide mail center, not the prison
- What happens to them
- Scanned
- What they get
- A printed copy
“All incoming correspondence must be sent to Pigeonly Corrections at the address below:” Department source
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 1100 Woodbridge Rd, Rahway, NJ 07065
“Pigeonly will process the following non-privileged mail: Letters (including drawings) Greeting cards Postcards 4x6 Photos (limit to 10 per parcel) Unbound newsletters”
No one at East Jersey State Prison is listed yet. Know someone there who wants mail? List them for $50.
ViaPath ConnectNetwork Messaging
You start it from outside.
- Create a free account at connectnetwork.com and add the facility to your account.
- Open Messaging and search for the person by name or ID (booking) number, then add them as a contact.
- Buy message credits with a credit or debit card. The rate for that facility shows when you click Buy Credits.
- Write and send your message. Where the facility allows it, attach credits so the person can reply.
ViaPath ConnectNetwork Messaging's own page · All messaging apps
Pigeonly
You start it from outside.
- Create an account at pigeonly.com.
- Find the person with Pigeonly's inmate locator (name, ID number and facility).
- Type your letter online and add photos or a card if you want.
- Pigeonly prints, addresses and mails it for you. In Delaware and New Jersey it is scanned, screened by the DOC and printed for the prison.
New Jersey: New Jersey also uses Pigeonly Corrections to scan mail; the facility screens the scan and Pigeonly prints and ships it. Publications are not accepted by Pigeonly.
Questions
What is the mailing address for East Jersey State Prison?
Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Incarcerated Person’s Name – SBI Number, East Jersey State Prison - 1401, PO Box 96777, Las Vegas, NV 89193.
Is mail scanned at East Jersey State Prison?
Yes. Personal letters are scanned at a department-wide mail center. The person receives a printed copy.
Can I message someone at East Jersey State Prison electronically?
New Jersey uses ViaPath ConnectNetwork Messaging and Pigeonly. 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.
Can someone at East Jersey State Prison be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in New Jersey'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: East Jersey State Prison page, New Jersey 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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