OAR 291-131-0020
Outgoing Mail

(1)

Outgoing mail must be written with lead or color pencil, pen, nontoxic markers or be typewritten or photocopied.

(2)

Outgoing mail shall be enclosed in an approved Department of Corrections envelope with U.S. Postage. The envelope shall contain the inmate’s court name, SID number, and return address, and the recipient’s name and address on the front of the envelope free from obstruction. Official or legal mail must be labeled as such in accordance with OAR 291-131-0030 (Examination/Inspection of Legal and Official Mail). If the sender cannot be identified, the mail will be destroyed.

(3)

Business mail to Department of Corrections officials in Central Administration requires the inmate’s court name, SID number, and return address, and the official’s name and/or title and address. Business mail sent to Central Administration may be sent through the interagency mail system.

(4)

Inmates shall not send any item “prohibited from receipt by mail” as described under OAR 291 131 0035, except as authorized by the functional unit manager.

(5)

Inmate-to-Inmate Correspondence:

(a)

Inmates are authorized to correspond with other inmates if the correspondence is otherwise in compliance with department rules.

(A)

Inmates may send only the following items to another inmate:
(i)
Correspondence;
(ii)
One drawing per envelope; and
(ii)
One photograph per envelope.

(B)

Inmates shall not send newspaper or magazine clippings, photocopies, printed web pages, or any other material not listed in subsection (A) above to another inmate through the mail.

(b)

All inmate-to-inmate correspondence shall be routed through the U.S. Postal Service.

(c)

Inmates shall not enclose correspondence other than from the inmate sender whose name and return address appears on the front of the envelope. Inmates shall not request another inmate to forward correspondence beyond the immediate addressee.

(d)

Inmates shall not send a package to another inmate.

(6)

Inmates shall not send correspondence or any item to themselves through the mail.

Source: Rule 291-131-0020 — Outgoing Mail, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=291-131-0020.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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