103 CMR, § 481.17 - Return Address on Outgoing Mail

(1) It shall be the inmate's responsibility to place their return address on the outside of all outgoing mail. The return address shall include the inmate's name and the address designated by the institution for inmate non-privileged mail. Mail without a return address, or where the inmate denies that they are the sender of outgoing non-privileged mail bearing their name, will not be forwarded to the post office.

(2) In addition, all outgoing mail shall be stamped on the reverse side of the envelope with language indicating that the mail is sent from a correctional institution. Mail shall be stamped in blue ink only; the stamp shall read as follows: "This correspondence is forwarded from a Massachusetts Correctional Institution. The contents may not have been evaluated and the Department of Correction is not responsible for the substance or content of the enclosed material. If you have received unwanted correspondence from this inmate, call 1-866-684-2846 to stop future correspondence."

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103 CMR, § 481.17

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1338, eff. 5/5/2017. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1440, eff. 4/2/2021. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1483, eff. 11/25/2022.