How to mail a PDF to someone in a New Jersey prison

Quick facts

System

New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC)

Inmate ID

SBI Number

General mail goes to

Pigeonly Corrections — Las Vegas (central processing)

Recipient receives

Printed copy from scan (originals held 45 days, then destroyed)

Required on envelope

Name + SBI number + facility name and Pigeonly facility code

Envelope size

No larger than 4″ × 9½″ (standard #10)

Letter paper

No larger than 8½″ × 11″

Photos

4″ × 6″ only; up to 10 per parcel

Typical timing

Scanned within ~24 hours of receipt; printed mail to the facility in ~1–3 days after shipment

Where to send mail

Personal correspondence from family and friends (including printed PDFs)

Include the person’s full name, SBI number, and the NJDOC facility name with its Pigeonly code (e.g. “New Jersey State Prison – 1400”). A complete return name and address is required. For satellite facilities, use the parent facility’s code (per NJDOC FAQ). Facility codes: ADTC 1407 · Bayside 1403 · East Jersey 1401 · Edna Mahan 1405 · Garden State 1408 · Mid-State 1404 · NJ State Prison 1400 · Northern 1406 · South Woods 1402 · Special Treatment Unit 1409.

[Full Name] [SBI Number]
[Facility Name] – [Facility Code]
PO Box 96777
Las Vegas, NV 89193

Send to the facility instead

• Legal / privileged mail → Facility legal-mail address — not Pigeonly

  Courts, attorneys, government offices, and other privileged senders mail directly to the institution. Mark the envelope “Legal Mail,” “Attorney/Client,” “Confidential,” or similar. Privileged mail received by Pigeonly is returned to the sender.

• Books, magazines, newspapers, publications → NJDOC facility — from publisher, vendor, or distributor only

  Publications with a spine, newspapers, and periodicals are not accepted at Pigeonly. They must ship from the source of sale to the facility. Used publications are temporarily suspended statewide.

• Official documents → Not via Pigeonly

  NJDOC lists “official documents” among items Pigeonly will not accept. Do not mail birth certificates, court filings, or similar records through the personal-mail vendor unless NJDOC confirms another channel.

• Packages and oversized mail → Centralized Search and Sorting Center (CSSC) — from Sept 2026

  Beginning September 15, 2026, approved packages, books, magazines, and privileged mail must go to CSSC at 55 Hogback Rd, Crosswicks, NJ 08515 from approved vendors. General personal letters continue through Pigeonly.

Format & content rules

• All non-privileged USPS mail — including printed PDF pages mailed as correspondence — goes to Pigeonly. Mail is opened, screened for contraband, scanned (including color), printed, and shipped to the NJDOC facility on the envelope. Originals are held 45 days; senders may request return within that window via support@pigeon.ly.
• Envelope must be no larger than 4″ × 9½″. Letter paper must be no larger than 8½″ × 11″. Greeting cards max 5″ × 7″ (no pop-up, 3D, electronic, or overly thick cards). Postcards must be 5″ × 7″.
• Return name and address are required on every piece. Envelopes written in light or colored ink, or that are illegible, may be rejected.
• No stapled items, newspaper clippings, wax-paper letters, glitter, rhinestones, stickers, glued items, or shaped-cut papers. No Express, Priority, bubble, padded, or oversized thin-paper envelopes.
• Photographs must be 4″ × 6″, limit 10 per parcel. No Polaroids or third-party vendor photo prints (e.g. Shutterfly). If any photo in a batch is inappropriate, all may be rejected.
• Do not enclose cash, checks, coins, gift cards, unused stationery, stamps, or official documents you cannot afford to lose. Money belongs in the approved trust-account deposit channel (ViaPath / ConnectNetwork), not in the envelope.
• Content can still be withheld for nudity, explicit sexual material, violence, contraband, or other policy violations. Unauthorized publications may be rejected under N.J.A.C. 10A:18-4.

Document mailing checklist

1. Look up the person’s SBI number and confirm they are in NJDOC custody (not a county jail).
2. Identify the correct facility and Pigeonly code from NJDOC Staying Connected.
3. Print on letter-size paper (8½″ × 11″ or smaller) and use a standard #10 envelope (4″ × 9½″ or smaller).
4. Address to Pigeonly with name, SBI number, facility name + code, and your return address; mail as personal correspondence.

Look up an SBI number →

Send with PrisonPDF

• Upload a multi-page PDF or DOCX and we print and mail it for you.
• When you select New Jersey, we use the Pigeonly Las Vegas address and the facility name and code from our list (or a typed name for Other).
• We do not review PDFs — NJDOC or Pigeonly may still reject mail that violates policy.

Official sources

• NJDOC — Staying Connected (mail & correspondence)
• NJDOC — Mail Security press release
• NJDOC — Centralized Search and Sorting Center (CSSC)
• N.J.A.C. 10A:18-2.6 — Inspection of incoming correspondence
• NJDOC Inmate Search