What You Can and Cannot Mail to Someone at Bay County Jail (Checklist)
Mail rules at Bay County Jail can feel picky when you're just trying to help. Use these checklists to send what actually gets accepted—and skip the items that get rejected.
Bay County Jail accepts a few things through the mail - most importantly, money orders. Send one correctly and it gets credited to the inmate's account. Legal paperwork from attorneys is also allowed, though it's handled differently than regular mail.
- ✓ Use a money order (this can be mailed to the facility)
- ✓ Make the money order payable to the inmate
- ✓ Write the inmate’s name on the money order
- ✓ Include the inmate’s control identification number on the money order
- ✓ Include the purchaser’s name on the money order
- ✓ Include the purchaser’s address on the money order
Legal mail gets special treatment. Bay County Jail opens attorney correspondence in front of the inmate rather than screening it like personal mail.
Photos are one of the most common things families send - and one of the easiest to get rejected. Bay County Jail only accepts photographs that aren't offensive, sexual, or gang-related. No guns, drugs, drug paraphernalia, or intoxicants in the images. Sending photos electronically through GettingOut? The facility reviews them before delivery. Anything with nudity, profanity, paraphernalia, or inappropriate content gets denied.
Note: Photos sent through GettingOut are reviewed by the facility, and denied photos are rejected without a refund.
Here's something to plan for: original photographs may be scanned into the kiosk system for inmate access. After scanning, the originals are discarded. Don't send anything you can't afford to lose.
Prohibited Items
- ✓ Food
- ✓ Medicines
- ✓ Greeting cards
- ✓ Pens
- ✓ Pencils
- ✓ Markers
- ✓ Envelopes
- ✓ Stamps
- ✓ Stickers
- ✓ Packages
- ✓ Cash
Heads up: Bay County Jail does not accept packages or cash through the mail - two of the most common reasons mail gets rejected.
- Buy a money order - Money orders can be delivered in-person or sent by mail.
- Make it payable to the inmate - The payee should be the incarcerated person.
- Add the inmate’s identifying info - Put the inmate’s name and control identification number on the money order.
- Add your information - Include the purchaser’s name and address.
- Mail it in - Once received, the inmate’s account will be credited.
Legal mail gets extra safeguards. Attorney paperwork is opened in front of the inmate rather than processed like regular personal mail.
Note: This checklist covers the jail's published rules. Specific mailing address formats weren't provided in available sources.
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