How to write to someone at SCI Pine Grove
Personal letters for people at SCI Pine Grove go to Pennsylvania'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.
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
- What they get
- A printed copy
“Smart Communications will open and scan mail and photos into an electronic document that will be printed by the facility mailroom. The mailroom will then deliver mail to the inmate.” Department source
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 189 Fyock Road, Indiana, PA 15701
“Photos are limited to 25 per mailing.”
No one at SCI Pine Grove 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.
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Questions
What is the mailing address for SCI Pine Grove?
Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Smart Communications/PA DOC, Inmate Name/Inmate Number, SCI Pine Grove, PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733.
Is mail scanned at SCI Pine Grove?
Yes. Personal letters are scanned at a department-wide mail center. The person receives a printed copy.
Can I message someone at SCI Pine Grove electronically?
Pennsylvania 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 SCI Pine Grove be listed on a pen pal site?
Pennsylvania forbids people in its prisons from buying advertising services, and names pen-pal advertising specifically. The rule does not mention listings paid for by family, but the department could treat one as breaking it. We still list people there after the family confirms they understand.
Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we fix it from the department's page. How we check.
Sources: SCI Pine Grove page, Pennsylvania 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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