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Can a Federal Inmate Update Your Address to Send You Mail?

I sent a letter to my friend whose at the Big Sandy Prison. He wrote me back and it had a pre made sticker with my address already on it. Since then my address changed. Will my friend be able to send letters to my new address if I put it as the return address without it being a problem or is it hard for them to send mail to different addresses that they didn't have before.

Federal inmates must use their Trulinks account to create outbound address labels.
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Answered by a former federal inmate · 14+ years advising families
✓ Verified answer July 21,2014 · Send Inmate Mail
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Federal inmates must use their Trulinks account to create outbound address labels. If your address has changes, you should notify him of the change. They can make new stickers to mail you in the future. If your post office has a change of address, the letter should get forwarded to you.

Accepted Answer Date Created: July 21,2014
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