How to send mail to someone at Belmont County Jail (and why your letter goes to Phoenix, MD)

Belmont County Jail uses TextBehind as its mail management provider (policy effective August 1, 2021). Your letter goes to TextBehind's P.O. Box in Phoenix, MD first, gets processed there, then forwarded to the jail. Send it directly to the jail in Ohio instead? It won't match their required mail process and likely won't get delivered.

Required Envelope Info

• ✓ Sender’s complete first and last name (no initials)
• ✓ Sender’s complete return address

• ✓ Inmate’s complete first and last name (no initials)
• ✓ Inmate’s Jail ID Number
• ✓ Address it to: Belmont County Jail, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131 (with the inmate’s name and Jail ID included)

TextBehind does not accept legal mail, money orders, personal checks, gift cards, or cash in mailed envelopes. If you need to send any of those items, don’t tuck them into a letter going to the Phoenix, MD address.

Paper mail isn't your only option. Since Belmont County Jail uses TextBehind, you can also send electronic letters, greeting cards, photos, and drawings through TextBehind's website or their free mobile app.

Here's how to format your envelope correctly. In the center (recipient area), write the inmate's full first and last name - no initials - plus their Jail ID, followed by the TextBehind address: Inmate First Last (Jail ID #12345) Belmont County Jail P.O. Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131 In the upper-left corner, include your full first and last name (again, no initials) and your complete return address.

• ✓ Your full first and last name (no initials)
• ✓ Your complete return address
• ✓ Inmate’s full first and last name (no initials)
• ✓ Inmate’s Jail ID Number
• ✓ Belmont County Jail, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131