PEN PAL AD RULES

• ONE ad per inmate! Please check to see if the inmate has an ad prior to posting a new one. If you post an ad for an inmate that already is listed here, the original one will remain and the new one will be removed.
• You must maintain your own ads. Please update addresses, text and photos yourself.
• Please provide the complete mailing address in the box labeled “address” because doing it that way is much easier for a writer to obtain the correct address. The City and State boxes must be filled out as well to ensure the correct position when sorted by state in the pen pal listings.
• If the inmate requires a DOC#, please provide one for them.
• Sexually suggestive and/or explicit photos will be altered and/or removed at LostVault Staff discretion.

PEN PAL AD POSTING TIPS

• To maximize the chance of your loved one obtaining a pen pal, please provide as much information as possible. Saying “Mr. X would like to write anyone” is normally not enough to entice someone to write. Be sure to include a description of the inmate’s interests and most importantly what they are seeking in a pen pal: gender(s), religious preferences, just friends or romance. None of these items are mandatory, but with thousands of ads posted on LostVault, the ad will need to have something to attract a pen pal.
• A photo greatly increases the likelihood of obtaining a pen pal; ads with photos are viewed approximately 10 times more than those without.
• If you have trouble uploading a photo, most likely it is too large. Please resize the photo to less than 800×800 pixels and try again.

• Should you have a problem you cannot resolve, send an email to penpals@lostvault.com for assistance.