How to send messages, photos, and packages
Childress County Jail participates in the state Inmate Victim Services System (IVSS), which lets victims and the public register for free telephone and email notifications using an inmate's full name or jail-assigned ID number. Non-emergency notifications received after hours are held until the next morning, but emergency alerts—like warrant actions, escapes, or recaptures—go out immediately. Through the IVSS portal, you can update your contact details, manage notification preferences, review past alerts, and search limited offender information from any device with internet access. Texas correctional facilities also commonly offer phone access, video visits, electronic messaging, and tablets through state and third-party vendors, though availability varies by unit.
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Sign up through IVSS using the inmate’s full name or the jail-assigned identification number. Once registered, you can manage your account and notification preferences in the IVSS portal from any internet-capable device.
Non-emergency after-hours notifications are delayed until the next morning. Emergency notifications—such as warrant actions, escapes, or recaptures—are still sent in real time.
In the IVSS portal, you can update your contact information and notification preferences. You can also view past notifications and search limited offender information from any internet-capable device.
Personal mail commonly goes to a central processing vendor for screening and sorting, then accepted pages are scanned and delivered electronically or distributed through the facility. Make sure you write the inmate’s full name and ID number and include your full return address.
Legal or privileged mail is generally handled through the facility’s legal-mail process and kept separate from regular personal mail. It’s usually inspected only for contraband (often with the inmate present) instead of being scanned into the digital mail system.
Do not send contraband such as cash, drugs, weapons, loose stamps, envelopes, or food. Books, magazines, and newspapers typically must be sent directly from publishers or approved vendors, not from family members.
Want a heads-up when someone at Childress County Jail is released or has a custody change? IVSS sends free notifications by phone and email once you register.
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