You must have a return address showing your complete name and address. All mail to a prisoner must have his legal name, as it appears on the Alaska Department of Correction’s records (i.e. no nicknames), and his offender number. All mail should be addressed with the following format.

Prisoner First Name, Last Name, & Offender Number
Spring Creek Correctional Center
3600 Bette Cato Avenue
Seward, Alaska 99664

• Prisoners, including prisoners in segregation, are permitted to send and receive mail unless it can be determined that such mail may present a threat to the safety and security of the public, staff, prisoners, and the facility. (See the question below.)
• When the prisoner pays the mailing cost, there is no limit on the volume of letters the prisoner can send or receive except when limitation is necessary to protect the public or institutional order and security.
• All mail, unless it meets the definition of "Privileged Mail," will be opened outside the presence of the prisoner and inspected for contraband. (See Policy and Procedure 810.03 Prisoner Mail.) If it appears to contain information that is prohibited, it will be read for content and the prisoner will be provided written notification that the mail was read unless notice would hamper an investigation of criminal activity referred to in the communication.
• Prisoners may receive through the mail correspondence and photos. The prisoner is only allowed to retain a limited amount of photographs please verify with the prisoners on amounts allowed.
• Prisoner may only receive books, newspapers, and books through the publisher. The prisoner must make the order for books, newspapers and books.
• There are two methods family/friends can deposit money to a prisoner's account. Money orders or cashier's checks with prisoner's name and offender number can be mailed into the institution. The sender's name and address must be on the money order or cashier's check as well the envelope or it will be treated as unacceptable mail. Personal checks and cash will not be accepted and will be returned to the sender at the prisoner's expense or destroyed. The second method is to have a family member/friend drop off cash, money order or cashier's check at the facility. A copy of the receipt will be given to that person for their records. Deposits on a prisoner's account may not exceed $500 in a single month. Per the memorandum that went out to the prisoner population on September 2, 2015, prisoners may only receive money from verifiable immediate family members and persons on their approved visiting list. Policy 810.02 (Visitation) defines immediate family as: mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, wife or husband.

You may contact the Spring Creek Correctional Center Security Department by telephone or mail and request that the prisoner ceases his communications and/or notify the Security department the prisoner is violating a court no contact order.

Prisoners will not receive any mail that contains:

• threats of physical harm against any person or threats of criminal activity;
• contraband, plans for sending contraband in to or out of the institution;
• contents that written is written in code that the reader can not understand;
• contents that is gang hand signs, symbols or slang;
• contents that show frontal nudity. Frontal nudity includes either the exposed female breast(s) and/or the genitalia of either gender;
• plans for activities in violation of facility rules, or criminal activity;
• information that, if communicated, would create a risk of mental or physical harm to a person;
• material that could reasonably be expected to aid an escape, or incite or encourage any form of violence;
• magazines, books, audio or video tapes, music or game compact discs, or movie DVDs;
• contents that are in violation of a court order or probation/parole condition prohibiting contact with an individual or class of individuals;
• contents that depicts or describes procedures for construction or use of weapons, ammunition, bombs or incendiary devices;
• plans for activities in violation of facility rules, or criminal activity;
• postage stamps;
• musical cards, recordable cards, over-sized cards (any card larger than 8" X 11") , or cards made out of a non-paper material;
• decorative stickers;
• glue, white out, perfume, paint, lipstick, crayon, or other unidentifiable substances;
• cash or personal checks

or any mail with an envelope/box that:

• is made of non-paper material;
• has decorative stickers, address labels or seals;
• has no return sender and/or complete return address.

The prisoner will be notified of the rejected mail and is required to disburse the entire contents of the correspondence at his expense or all the contents will be disposed of.

Contact Spring Creek Correctional Center at 907-224-8200.