How to write to someone at Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution
Personal letters for people at Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution go to Ohio'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.
Personal letters and cards go to the mail center, not the prison: name and number (e.g. Jane Smith W012345), Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Mail Processing Center (OMPC), 884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, Ohio 44505. Legal, business and printed mail go to the prison's address.
Legal mail from lawyers and courts has its own address or rules: see the department's mail page.
- City
- Lima
- Phone
- 419-224-8000
- Where letters go
- To a department-wide mail center, not the prison
- What happens to them
- Scanned or photocopied
- What they get
- Depends on the prison
“All first-class letters, front of envelopes, pictures, greeting cards, and brochures up to 8 ½ x 11 will be copied and/or scanned into an electronic format.” Department source
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 2338 North West Street, Lima, OH 45801
“All first-class letters, front of envelopes, pictures, greeting cards, and brochures up to 8 1/2 x 11 will be copied and/or scanned into an electronic format.”
No one at Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution 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.
Ohio: Ohio says people inside have no direct email access; families correspond by enrolling in a subscription with ViaPath (read from an Internet Archive capture dated 2025-10-07; drc.ohio.gov returned 404 today).
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Questions
What is the mailing address for Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution?
Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Incarcerated Persons name and number, ODRC Mail Processing Center (OMPC), 884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, Ohio 44505.
Is mail scanned at Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution?
Yes. Personal letters are scanned or photocopied at a department-wide mail center.
Can I message someone at Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution electronically?
Ohio uses ViaPath ConnectNetwork Messaging. On ViaPath ConnectNetwork Messaging, you make an account, add the person by name and ID number, and pay per message.
Can someone at Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in Ohio'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: Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution page, Ohio mail rules, read 2026-10-07. Rules change; the department's page is the final word. Find someone: official inmate locator.