Sending Money and Legal Mail to Cherokee County Detention Center — addresses and what to avoid

To add money to an inmate's account by mail, send it directly to Inmate Records at the facility. Address it to: Inmate Records – Cherokee Sheriff's Office, Inmate Name / Inmate ID Number, 498 Chattin Drive, Canton, GA 30115. Include both the inmate's name and ID number - this ensures staff credit the funds to the right person.

The jail accepts money orders, cashier's checks, and government checks. Send any of these properly addressed, and they'll be credited to the inmate's account. Cash and personal checks? Not accepted. If you send either, expect it to go unprocessed.

Cherokee County uses a central mail processing center in Atlanta for personal (non-legal) inmate mail - but that doesn't apply to money. The jail is clear: cash, money orders, government checks, and personal checks must go directly to the facility, not the processing center. Regular personal mail is different. That goes to: JAILATM.com – Cherokee Sheriff's Office, Inmate Name / Inmate Number, 925B Peachtree St. NE, Box 2062, Atlanta, GA 30309.

Legal mail works differently than personal mail. It must go directly to the facility - not the Atlanta processing center. The jail also requires that legal mail come from a legally approved entity or an attorney on record, so make sure the sender information reflects that.

Write "Legal Mail" on the outside of the envelope. This label matters. Legal mail gets opened by facility staff in front of the inmate - that's how the jail distinguishes privileged mail from regular correspondence.

Use this exact format for legal mail: Cherokee Sheriff's Office – LEGAL MAIL, Inmate Name / Inmate ID Number, 498 Chattin Drive, Canton, GA 30115. Just like with money, including the inmate's name and ID number helps avoid delays.

1. Send inmate funds to Inmate Records (Canton) - Address the envelope to: Inmate Records – Cherokee Sheriff’s Office, Inmate Name / Inmate ID Number, 498 Chattin Drive, Canton, GA 30115.
2. Send legal/privileged mail to LEGAL MAIL (Canton) - Address it to: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office – LEGAL MAIL, Inmate Name / Inmate ID Number, 498 Chattin Drive, Canton, GA 30115.
3. Send personal (non-legal) mail to the Atlanta processing center - Address it to: JAILATM.com – Cherokee Sheriff’s Office, Inmate Name / Inmate Number, 925B Peachtree St. NE, Box 2062, Atlanta, GA 30309.

• ✓ Mailing cash, money orders, government checks, or personal checks to the Atlanta mail processing center instead of sending funds to the facility
• ✓ Sending cash or a personal check at all (the jail does not accept either)
• ✓ Forgetting to mark the envelope “Legal Mail” when you’re sending privileged correspondence
• ✓ Sending legal/privileged mail to the Atlanta processing center (legal mail must go directly to the facility)
• ✓ Mailing magazines, books, or any publications to the Atlanta processing center (publications are not accepted there)
• ✓ Sending a processing-center envelope that exceeds 100 pages, or pages larger than 8.5" x 11"