How to write to someone at Oregon State Penitentiary
The department lists the address below for Oregon State Penitentiary but doesn't label it for personal mail. Check the department's mail page before you write.
Checked against the department's own pages . How we check, and corrections
MAIL TO
Dashed lines are for you to fill in, in the department's own words.
Your envelope must include the person's name exactly as it appears in Oregon DOC records (no nicknames), their state offender ID number (SID#), the correct facility name and complete address, and your complete return address.
- City
- Salem
- Phone
- (503) 378-2453
- Where letters go
- To the prison
- What happens to them
- The department doesn't say
- What they get
- The department doesn't say
“Correct facility name and complete address” Department source
“Incoming mail must be standard-weight white paper (20 lbs or less)”
No one at Oregon State Penitentiary is listed yet. Know someone there who wants mail? List them for $50.
GettingOut
Either of you can send the request; both accept.
- Create an account at gettingout.com or in the GettingOut app, then activate it from the email they send you.
- Add the person as a contact. In some states the person inside can instead send you an email invitation that links to GettingOut.
- The person inside must accept your contact request (or you accept theirs) before you can message.
- Deposit funds into your Friends & Family account, then send messages from the Message tab.
Oregon: Oregon says ICS Corrections, Inc. offers messaging through GettingOut. Messages may be delayed for content review.
Questions
What is the mailing address for Oregon State Penitentiary?
[Full name], [ID number], 2605 State St, Salem, OR 97310.
Is mail scanned at Oregon State Penitentiary?
Oregon's pages don't say whether letters are scanned or copied. Check its mail page.
Can I message someone at Oregon State Penitentiary electronically?
Oregon uses GettingOut. On GettingOut, either side can send the contact request, and both have to accept it.
Can someone at Oregon State Penitentiary be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in Oregon'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Something wrong or out of date?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: Oregon State Penitentiary page, Oregon 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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