You may have some precious moments that you want to share with someone who is incarcerated. By sending photos to an inmate, it can be a longing release for your loved one in jail. Moreover, if the photos are funny or there is a funny story behind it, it may be able to entertain the inmate.
You are able to send pictures to your incarcerated one by using Shutterfly. However, you have to make sure that the facility where your loved one is incarcerated permits you to send pictures and permits you to send them through it.
If you want to send pictures to your loved one in a correctional facility, you have to make sure to follow the requirements.
- Make sure that the pictures that you send meet the standard institutional requirements.
- The pictures that you send also must not contain violent, graphic, or restricted content.
- The size of the pictures needs to be 4×6 or smaller.
The pictures need to be sent to the correct address and also you have to include the name of the inmate and the ID number on the same line. After that, don’t forget to follow them with the name and address of the facility.
Before you send pictures for your loved one in a correctional facility, it is better if you contact the institution first. It is done to verify mailing requirements and limitations.
If you have been sure about the requirements and you also have contacted the correctional facility about everything that you need to know about sending pictures to the correctional facility, now it’s time to send your pictures.
Where do you have to send the pictures? Of course, you have to send it to the correctional facility where your incarcerated one resides. You are able to contact the correctional facility to know the correct address or you can search on Google or the official website of it if it has an official site.
Here is an example of the address of a correctional facility.
George, 54321
Ulster Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 800
Napanoch, New York 12458-0800
As explained above, knowing the limitations and requirements of sending pictures to the correctional facility is important so that your mail will not be rejected. According to a source, sending polaroids to an inmate is prohibited in any jail or prison. In some facilities, the maximum size of the photos that you can send is 8”x10” and in some other facilities, the maximum size is 4”x6” and as you have read earlier, if you want to send pictures through Shutterfly, the maximum size is 4”x6”. In some facilities, inmates are also permitted to be sent to 10 pictures in a day, but some other facilities only permit them to have 5 pictures a day.
Some facilities also do not permit pictures of sexual or complete nudity. So, have you really known the limitations and requirements of sending photos in the correctional facility where your loved one is incarcerated? You can contact the facility now to make sure about it so that the pictures that you send will not be rejected.
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