Inmate Mail Regulations

• All letters and correspondence for inmates must be sent through the United States Postal Service.
• Full name and return address must be on envelope or mail will not be delivered to the inmate.
• Certified or Registered mail will not be delivered to or from the Post Office by jail staff.
• Monetary funds for inmates must be mailed as a money order or cashier's check - do not send cash or personal checks.

Returning Mail

Mail will be returned to sender if it contains any of the following:

• Polaroid type pictures.
• Pictures or drawings of nude, obscene, or sexually explicit material.
• Stamps, stationery, or envelopes.
• Magazines, newspapers, soft cover books, and similar items which are not sent directly from the publisher and pre-approved in writing by Corrections Sergeant.
• Hardbound books.
• Padded, musical, electronic, or laminated greeting cards.
• Non-paper material, including corrugated cardboard.
• Food or clothing items.
• Foreign/unidentifiable substances.
• Threats of physical harm against a person, blackmail, extortion, or any other criminal activity.
• Plans to escape, or depictions or description of blueprints or operational details on an institutions security.
• Material that threatens or is detrimental to the security, safe operation, or discipline of the facility.
• Plans which indicate criminal activity or violation of jail rules.
• Correspondence that is in code.
• Gang related material.
• Mail from another Penal Institution.
• Mail that violates a No Contact order, Protection Order, or any other court order prohibiting communication with an inmate.