How to write to someone at Correctional Reception Center
Mail personal letters to the address below, filling in the person's name and ID number where marked.
Checked against the department's own pages . How we check, and corrections
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Dashed lines are for you to fill in, in the department's own words.
Write to the person at this facility's own mailing address for incarcerated people, not the OMPC Youngstown address.
Legal mail from lawyers and courts has its own address or rules: see the department's mail page.
- 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): 11271 State Route 762, Orient, OH 43146
“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 Correctional Reception Center 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 Correctional Reception Center?
Incarcerated Persons name and number, P.O. Box 300, Orient, OH 43146.
Is mail scanned at Correctional Reception Center?
Yes. Personal letters are scanned or photocopied at a department-wide mail center.
Can I message someone at Correctional Reception Center 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 Correctional Reception Center 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: Correctional Reception Center page, Ohio mail rules, read 2026-10-07. Rules change; the department's page is the final word. Find someone: official inmate locator.