How to send messages, photos, and packages
Address mail to the facility's official inmate mailing address and include the inmate's full name and ID number, plus your full return name and address. Missing details can get mail sent back. The facility follows standard USPS restrictions—no hazardous materials, perishables, obscene material, or postal trademark imitations—and bans additional items like certain photos, city maps, oversized greeting cards, and anything designed to hide contraband. Want to send books? They must ship directly from approved vendors like Barnes & Noble or Hamilton Books. Amazon deliveries aren't accepted. Privileged mail goes only to approved special correspondents under separate procedures. For ICE detainees, general mail is opened in the detainee's presence unless security authorizes otherwise. Detainees can also reject all general correspondence, which gets returned to sender.
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Mail gets rejected for two main reasons: missing information on the envelope, or something inside that breaks the rules. Use this checklist as a starting point, then confirm Citrus County Detention Facility's current requirements before sending anything.
Use the facility’s official inmate mailing address and clearly include the inmate’s full name and ID number. Add your full return name and address; mail that’s incomplete or incorrectly addressed may be returned to the sender.
USPS-prohibited items aren't allowed: hazardous materials, perishables, obscene material, and postal trademark imitations. The facility also bans certain photos, city maps, oversized greeting cards, and anything designed to conceal contraband.
No. Citrus County Detention Facility will not accept Amazon as an outside vendor. Books must be mailed directly from approved vendors such as Barnes & Noble or Hamilton Books.
For ICE detainees, general correspondence is opened in the detainee’s presence unless security authorizes a different procedure. Confidential or privileged mail from approved special correspondents is handled under separate procedures.
Sending books to someone in custody sounds simple enough—but vendor rules can make or break your order. Before buying anything for Citrus County Detention Facility, take a minute to confirm which sellers are allowed and how items need to be addressed.
