What You Can and Can't Mail to an Inmate at Charles B. Webster Detention Center
Mail rules at Charles B. Webster Detention Center are strict—mail that doesn't follow the guidelines can be destroyed. Here's what you need to know to keep your letter (and photos) from getting rejected.
Keep everything letter-size for regular (non-legal) mail going to Charles B. Webster Detention Center. Nothing larger than 8½ x 11 inches.
Paper thickness matters too. Mail can't be thicker than light card stock, and it has to feed through a sheet-fed scanner. Skip anything bulky, stiff, or layered - it'll jam the scanner and get rejected.
Want to include something with your letter? Pictures are the only enclosures allowed. Other add-ins - even ones that seem harmless - can get the whole piece of mail rejected.
There's a limit on photos: up to 10 per package, and they must be printed on photo paper.
Prohibited Items Destroyed
- ✓ Address labels
- ✓ Stickers
- ✓ Homemade cards
- ✓ Musical cards
- ✓ Non-white envelopes or paper
- ✓ Paintings
- ✓ Tracing paper
- ✓ Pages from coloring books
- ✓ Drawings in colored ink, marker, crayon, or glitter
- ✓ Raised decorations
- ✓ Paint
- ✓ White-out
- ✓ Glue
- ✓ Any other liquid form
Warning: Prohibited items will be destroyed. Double-check your envelope before sealing it - make sure nothing extra slipped in.
Don't put money in the mail. No cash, checks, or any other form of currency with inmate correspondence.
Practical Checklist
- ✓ Keep all pages letter-size (8½ x 11 inches)
- ✓ Use paper no thicker than light card stock
- ✓ Make sure everything can feed through a sheet-fed scanner (no bulky or layered items)
- ✓ Only include photos as enclosures - nothing else
- ✓ Limit photos to 10 per package
- ✓ Print photos on photo paper
- ✓ Do not include: address labels, stickers, homemade cards, musical cards, non-white envelopes or paper, paintings, tracing paper, pages from coloring books, drawings in colored ink/marker/crayon/glitter, raised decorations, paint, white-out, glue, or any other liquid form
Quick check before mailing: If it won't run cleanly through a sheet-fed scanner, don't send it. Prohibited extras get destroyed, and money (cash, checks, currency) should never be included.
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