Hey everyone,

I've really found a penpal I've connected with and I want to send him a picture. I don't have any regular pictures I like, so I was just thinking of printing out a picture from my saved pictures on regular printing paper and folding it, and then putting in my envelope along with my letter. He's says that's fine with them.

Do most prisons have any rules against that? Just curious.

Thanks.

not that i know of . Most units will not allow like Polaroids of that nature.

I have myself have sent paper pics before. I was like you didnt have no recent one so I sent one off the puter.

Good luck

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this mod needs coffee

Paper pics are accepted at any prison, makes it better for the inmate due to each prison has its own rule on how many pics allowed to keep with them.
That only applys to regular pics" not paper pictures. A good thing !!!

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Have a couple of pps in Florida, the pic on regular paper is considered "an extra" page which they are only allowed 5 and they are only allowed 10 pics in their cells. Got around it by sending it in the body of my letter as an "insert picture" with Word and discussing my hair cut etc. Other states have different regs, TX is pretty okay with as many pages as you want to send outside a letter and the Fed facilities really don't seem to care as long as you're not trying to bust them out LOL. Just my experience but it might be best to call the mailroom, make nice and ask, never hurts and may help. A max sec mailroom in CA is awesome in answering numerous questions, I was just nice, respectful and asked, they've been great.

Thanks so much everyone. I really love this site, you people are so helpful.

Oh here's an extra question, my PP said a picture of my face would be fine. And since I'm a little wary of sending full length pictures I thought maybe I'd print out and send him this one of me...

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...fdfgfsdgds.jpg

Would that be okay for a prisoner? I sound so dumb lol but I've never done this before, I don't want to break any rules!

Your picture should be just fine..

flyhigh you're sooo cute ;DDD your pp will be very happy to get a pic like that ;DD haha..offtopic sorry. i just had to say it. x) ...i myself just sent 8 photos for my pp! 2 of myself and others were pictures of finland ;D..im so stupid, i never though that they may not be allowed to keep more than 5 pics or so!!...but he asked for pictures of finland..so maybe there arent any regulations.. if there are will my pics be just tossed into a trashcan?? ;'D

Fly that's a great picture to send most inmates just need a picture to write to like us on the Internet we can correspond with people online and sometimes send pictures so we can place a face with a screen name they do the same a face with a letter sort of speaking. Just make sure its not a Polaroid picture.

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Capribou,

Hopefully not. If there is any limitation on the amount of photos he can have in his cell at any given time, most likely they will hold on to any excess. They will probably give him the option of paying to return what he can not have. Honestly, I have only heard of that rule pertaining to certain circumstances which have to do with the inmate's crime. It’s not across the board. Chances are he can receive all of them if he didn’t mention to you that there was a limit.

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"Thats it then, they will go on double, secret, probation..."

asha, ok, i hope he can at least pick the ones he wants to have ;D ...but yea, it would be crazy if they just tossed them into trash. ..well, we'll see