
Explainer: What is Jail Mail?
While every facility's rules are different, this article provides a good overview of what "jail mail" rules usually look like.
While every facility's rules are different, this article provides a good overview of what "jail mail" rules usually look like.
When you go to prison, you lose a lot of your privacy, including in your communications, but do guards read prisoner mail?
There are two types of mail in prison: general and special mail. Officers conduct a visual inspection of all mail for contraband.
BOP's transition to scanning prison mail and sending original mail and pictures to incarcerated people raises privacy concerns.