• Letters were written on colored paper; letters will only be accepted if it is written on standard white paper.
• Glued items, tape, glitter, gel pens, metallic ink, crayons, confetti, excessive ink, marker, or paint.
• Laminated items, musical cards, greeting cards larger than 8" x 10", padded greeting cards, manila envelopes, Tyvek envelopes.
• Pictures or drawings of nude, obscene, or sexually explicit material.
• Publications that contain nudity, obscene, or sexually explicit material.
• Mail proposed to be legal or privileged mail, but upon visible scanning for contraband is determined to be general correspondence.
• Police reports sent in through legal or privileged mail.
• Stamps or stickers or items glued or taped to the envelope or letter. Non-paper material,
including corrugated cardboard.
• Lipstick, perfume, cologne, or scented items.
• Plastic, metal items, paper clips, staples, or metal clasps.
• String, ribbon, white-out, or tape.
• Tobacco or tobacco products.
• Hardback books, CD's or DVDs.
• Newspapers, softcover books, and similar items, which are not sent directly from the publisher or book clubs.
• Polaroid type pictures.
• Multiple copies or pages representing more than just an excerpt from a publication.
• Gang-related material.
• Food, clothing items, stationary, envelopes, or stamps.
• Foreign/unidentifiable substances on paper, envelopes, photos, foil, or foil-lined envelopes.
• Correspondences items must be enclosed in no larger than a 4 ½ " X 9 ½ " envelope (no padded envelopes or packages).