How to write to someone at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
Personal letters for people at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution go to Tennessee'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: name of prison, the person's first and last name, TDOC ID number, P.O. BOX 247, Phoenix, MD 21131.
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 copy on their tablet
“Beginning November 3, 2025, we will transition from physical mail to scanned, digitized personal mail for inmates in all TDOC facilities.” Department source
Street address (not for letters unless the department says so): 7475 Cockrill Bend Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee 37209-1057
“Pictures will be scanned. Profanity and inappropriate photos will not be delivered.”
No one at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution is listed yet. Know someone there who wants mail? List them for $50.
Questions
What is the mailing address for Riverbend Maximum Security Institution?
Personal mail goes to the department's mail center: Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Inmate First Last Name, TDOC ID #, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131.
Is mail scanned at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution?
Yes. Personal letters are scanned at a department-wide mail center. The person receives a copy on their tablet.
Can someone at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution be listed on a pen pal site?
We found no rule in Tennessee'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Something wrong or out of date?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: Riverbend Maximum Security Institution page, Tennessee 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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