The Kansas Department of Corrections will not accept any item mailed into a correctional facility other than letters or photographs. Residents may purchase postage only through their facility’s canteen. The Department does not allow a resident to receive stamps.
Please note that any incoming or outgoing mail other than legal, official or privileged mail may be inspected or read at any time in accordance with KAR 44-12-601.
Incoming resident mail should be addressed as follows:
Remember to include the resident’s KDOC registration number with the resident’s full name in the address of the correspondence or the mail will not be delivered. The envelope also must contain the sender’s name and address as well or the letter will not be delivered.
You may check a resident’s location and status on the Department’s Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository (KASPER). Facility mailing addresses are available from the facilities index.
For more information about resident mail, please review Kansas Administrative Regulation (K.A.R.) 44-12-601, Resident Writing and Other Resident Communications or Publications. Also, Internal Management Policy and Procedure (IMPP) 12-120 Security and Control: Control of Resident Personal Property provides additional information.
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Since 2010, HCF has diverted more than 1.5 million pounds of solid waste from local landfills. In 2012, the U.S. EPA presented HCF with its WasteWise State Government Partner of the Year Award for its aggressive recycling programs. As the only mattress recycling center in Kansas, the facility has recycled more than 17,000 mattresses, which consisted of 46,000 pounds of foam, 287,000 pounds of steel, 22,000 pounds of wood and 46,000 pounds of cotton. In addition, the facility recycles used resident jeans that are made into quilts and donated to charitable organizations. The residents have made more than 1,085 quilts, which amounts to more than 12,000 pounds of clothing being diverted from a local landfill. Other recycling efforts include the use of recycled ink cartridges, toilet paper and paper towels. 
