Mississippi inmate mail
Send a letter to an inmate in Mississippi
Confirm the Mississippi MDOC number, housing unit, and current institution address. PieterPost prints, addresses, stamps, and mails your physical letter.
Choose their Mississippi facilityMississippi state-prison addresses
Mississippi facility-specific address format
Mississippi personal mail goes to the recipient's current institution. Approved incoming mail is photocopied for delivery.
Use the institution's published inmate-mail address, not a street address unless MDOC identifies it for inmate correspondence.
Address format
Three simple steps
How to send a letter to an inmate in Mississippi
Choose the current facility and add the inmate's MDOC number. We help you carry the address into the letter flow.
- 1Choose their current facility
- 2Write and review your message
- 3We print, stamp, and mail it
Current Mississippi guidance
Helpful inmate-mail rules
- Letter length
- MDOC publishes no universal page limit for every personal letter. Keep it concise and check before sending an unusually long letter.
- Paper format
- Use clear, copy-friendly pages and images. Do not send an original you need returned.
- Envelope and address
- Include the full name, MDOC number, housing unit when known, institution mailing address, and your complete name and return address.
- How it arrives
- The recipient gets photocopies, including an image of the envelope. Originals are retained 14 calendar days and then scheduled for shredding.
Items that need another approved route
PieterPost is for ordinary written letters. To help avoid a mailroom rejection, do not add these items to the envelope:
- Irreplaceable original letters, drawings, or photographs
- Faint pages, glued layers, loose objects, or material that cannot be photocopied clearly
- Polaroids or photographs outside the current size, quantity, and content rules
- Cards with electronics, music, padding, layers, glue, glitter, scent, or movable parts
PieterPost takes care of the rest
You only need to write your message
No printer, paper, envelope, stamp, or trip to the post office. We prepare and mail the physical letter for you.
- Write your letter online from any device
- Check the finished letter before paying
- We format and print it for the facility
- We address, stamp, and mail the envelope
Mississippi facility finder
Find their prison or local jail
Choose the current facility on the map. We will carry the selected address into the letter flow for you to review.
Is the person in federal prison?
Search the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator and continue with the federal letter flow.
Common questions
How do I send a letter to someone in a Mississippi state prison?
Confirm the MDOC number, current institution, housing unit, and mailing address. Write online and PieterPost will format and print your letter, add an envelope and postage, and mail it.
Which Mississippi prison address should I use?
Use the inmate-mail address for the person's current institution, with the full name, MDOC number, and current housing unit when known. Do not substitute a map or visitor address.
How do I find the MDOC number and current institution?
Use the official Mississippi inmate search to confirm the MDOC number and current institution. Confirm the housing unit separately when possible and recheck after a transfer.
Will the recipient get my original Mississippi letter?
The recipient receives photocopies of approved mail and photographs, including a clear image of the original envelope. MDOC retains the originals for 14 calendar days and then schedules them for shredding.
Does this Mississippi guidance cover county and federal facilities?
No. This page covers adults in Mississippi Department of Corrections state prisons. County jails, federal facilities, juvenile custody, and other systems use different mail rules.