Quick facts

System

Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C)

Inmate ID

DPS&C number (also called DOC number)

General mail goes to

The incarcerated person’s facility mailing address

Recipient receives

Actual mail (opened and inspected; not a statewide digital-mail center)

Page limit

No published page cap — length may be limited for storage or security

Ordinary letter timing

Generally held no more than 48 hours after facility receipt (excluding weekends, holidays, and emergencies)

Family may not send

Packages, publications, greeting cards, or postcards (correspondence only)

Where to send mail

Personal correspondence from family and friends (including printed PDFs)

Use LA VINE or the Imprisoned Person Locator (225-383-4580) for the DPS&C number and current facility, then look up that facility’s mailing address on DPS&C’s facility locations page. The envelope must include your complete return address, the person’s name and DPS&C number, and the facility name and mailing address.

[Full Name] [DPS&C Number]
[Facility Name]
[Facility mailing address]
[City, LA ZIP]

Send elsewhere or use approved channels

• Packages and care packages → Union Supply Direct / Access Securepak — not USPS to the facility

  People in prison may not receive packages from family or friends through the mail. Order approved packages through the department’s vendor (e.g., LAinmatepackage.com / Access Securepak).

• Books, magazines, and other publications → Publisher or approved vendor — not packed into personal letters

  Publications must generally be received directly from the publisher. Up to five newspaper/magazine clippings or internet-printed articles may be included in a piece of regular correspondence, but inclusion can delay delivery.

• Greeting cards and postcards → Not accepted in general correspondence from family/friends

  DPS&C FAQs state family and friends may not send greeting cards or postcards. Mail printed PDF pages as ordinary correspondence in a standard envelope instead.

• Privileged / legal mail → Facility, under privileged-mail procedures

  Mail from courts, attorneys, and other listed officials is opened in the person’s presence for contraband inspection. If the sender’s official status is not verifiable on the envelope, it is treated as general correspondence.

• Funds → JPay and other approved deposit channels — not in the envelope

  Do not send cash, stamps, checks, or money orders with correspondence. Cash may be confiscated; other funds in general mail are rejected per policy.

Format & content rules

• There is no statewide scan center — mail the packet to the facility where the person is housed. Non-privileged mail is opened, inspected for contraband, and may be read.
• Incoming general correspondence must include your return address, the person’s name and DPS&C number, and the facility name and mailing address on the envelope.
• Do not enclose cash, stamps, checks, or money orders. Use JPay or other approved channels for deposits.
• Family and friends may not send greeting cards, postcards, packages, or publications through personal mail. Print your PDF pages as ordinary letter correspondence.
• Decorative stationery or stationery with stickers is prohibited in general correspondence.
• Hard-backed or laminated photographs may be rejected. Do not send photos with hard backings.
• Sexually explicit material, threats, escape plans, and similar content may be rejected under La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § I-313.
• Very long mailings may be limited when there is reasonable belief that length affects storage or security — split unusually large PDFs into multiple envelopes if needed.

Document mailing checklist

1. Confirm the person is in DPS&C custody and look up their DPS&C number and current facility (LA VINE or 225-383-4580).
2. Look up the facility mailing address on DPS&C’s facility locations page.
3. Print your PDF as ordinary correspondence — not as a greeting card, postcard, or publication mailing.
4. Address with full name + DPS&C number + facility name and mailing address, include your return address, and mail as personal correspondence.

Look up a DPS&C number (LA VINE) →

Send with PrisonPDF

• Upload a multi-page PDF or DOCX and we print and mail it for you.
• When you select Louisiana, you provide the facility mailing address; there is no centralized processing address.
• We do not review PDFs — DPS&C may still reject or withhold mail that violates policy.

Official sources

• DPS&C — FAQs (packages and mail)
• DPS&C — Locate a person / communication options
• DPS&C — Facility locations (mailing addresses)
• La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § I-313 — Inmate Mail and Publications