Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Operations Manual

Chapter 1 – General Administration

Article 10 – State Business Mail

Revised March 6, 1995

Institution mailroom supervisors shall ensure timely processing and delivery of employee mail on a daily basis.
All intra-institutional mail shall be processed through the mailroom. Inmates shall not be used for delivery of mail. All inter-institutional mail and correspondence with the public shall be handled by the USPSUnited States Postal Service by the institution mailrooms.
Institutions shall also restrict the use of express mail in accordance with the provisions of DOMDepartment Operations Manual 12050.3.
Mailrooms shall not meter personal mail.
Employees who have business or private letters which will be mailed by institutional mailrooms shall deliver their mail to the mailroom in person or shall place their title or rank with the return address on the outside of the envelope. Use of institution business mailing address for personal mail, however, is discouraged.
Inmate mail is addressed in DOMDepartment Operations Manual 54010 of this manual.