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Damien: Mail Information

REMINDER: Damien's Birthday is December 11, 1974

Write to Damien at:

Damien Echols #SK931
Varner Unit
PO Box 400
Grady Arkansas 71644

Please remember his prisoner ID number (#SK931) must be included in the address. The prison mail rules are below, and we strongly suggest everyone take the time to read them.

The Arkansas Dept. of Corrections prohibits the use of email or the internet so prisoners can only be contacted via mail. There is an extensive list of guidelines to follow when writing someone who is incarcerated so please read the following:

Unacceptable items include hardback photos, negatives, photos larger than 4" X 6" and Polaroid photos. (They are only allowed to have a total of five photographs at any one time.) No picture frames. Pre-printed special occasion cards are fine but don’t send anything made of construction paper. Regular white 20 LB bond paper in a regular white envelope is ideal. Plastic is not allowed. CDs, videos and cassettes are not allowed. Books and magazines must be mailed by a publisher, bookstore or other commercially recognized outlet – do not send them from your home or they will be returned. They are only allowed to keep a few magazines at a time for one month after the cover date and are not allowed to have posters or fold-out pictures. Stories or scripts bound with brass brads are not allowed. No padded envelopes, laminated items, stickers or glued items. No trading cards. No calling cards. Items depicting gang activity (such as hand signs or logos), weapons, drugs, fighting techniques or unlawful activity are not allowed. Pictures, drawings, magazines or books depicting Satanic rituals, symbols or images are not allowed. Nothing that appears "coded" is allowed. No clothing and other cloth items. No jewelry, pens, pencils, or other property. Do not send prisoners cash or money orders -- all money orders must be sent to Pine Bluff with a deposit slip made out in their name. Anything sent that cannot be examined without being destroyed is not allowed. No food or personal hygiene items of any kind. Anything of an unknown substance is not allowed. Also -- anything printed that is about, or depicting their case may be rejected.

You can use stamps on your correspondence to prisoners, but they will be removed by prison staff before delivery. Don't send loose stamps or self-addressed stamped envelopes or postcards to them, stamps are not allowed. Prisoners must buy preposted envelopes and stationery from the prison commissary. It would be helpful to send a money order to their commissary account to help out with postage and writing supplies -- it is the only way they can obtain them. (Click here for commissary account information)

Also keep in mind that the above terms (i.e. gang related, Satanic, unlawful activity, etc.) are all defined at the discretion of the prison postal staff. Many of the rejected items seem to have been rejected arbitrarily, so please don't mail anything questionable unless you want it to come back to you.