Wisconsin: pen pal rules and how to send mail
We found no rule in this department's published policies that stops people here from being listed on a pen-pal site. Normal mail rules still apply, and no one may ask pen pals for money.
Personal letters to people in Wisconsin prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. The department's pages don't say whether letters are scanned or copied.
Checked against the department's own pages . How we check, and corrections
Pen pal listings
We found no rule in this department's published policies that stops people here from being listed on a pen-pal site. Normal mail rules still apply, and no one may ask pen pals for money.
Sending mail to someone in Wisconsin
Personal letters to people in Wisconsin prisons go to a department-wide mail center, not to the prison. The department's pages don't say whether letters are scanned or copied.
The department gives this address format for personal mail (each prison's page below fills in its own name):
PIOC full name (first and last) DOC Number Correctional Facility (do not abbreviate) P.O. Box 189 Phoenix, MD 21131“Personal mail sent through the US Postal Service must be sent to TextBehind for processing.” Department source
“Personal mail sent through the US Postal Service must be sent to TextBehind for processing.”
Electronic messages: On CorrLinks, you make an account, add the person by name and ID number, and pay per message. On GettingOut, either side can send the contact request, and both have to accept it. Step by step for each app. Department page.
Source: Wisconsin mail page, read 2026-10-07. Rules change; the department's page is the final word.
See also: prison mail rules and your first letter.
Prisons in Wisconsin (36)
How to write to someone at each one: the mailing format, mail rules and messaging, from the department's own pages.
Find someone in Wisconsin
Official Wisconsin inmate locator
We check every profile's name and ID number against this locator within a day of it going live.