How to Send Mail to Someone at Clark County Jail (digital scanning & correct addresses)

Clark County Jail scans all personal mail - letters, pictures, and drawings - and delivers it digitally to inmates through kiosks and tablets. This system exists for safety reasons, specifically to prevent contraband from entering through the mail. Here's the important part: you can't send personal mail directly to the jail's physical address. If you do, it gets returned to you. All mail must go through the digital scanning vendor.

For personal mail that gets scanned and delivered electronically, address your envelope exactly like this: Clark County Jail, WA Inmate's name and CFN# PO Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131 The CFN (Control File Number) links your letter to the right person. If the name or CFN is missing or wrong, the jail treats it as improperly addressed and won't deliver it.

• ✓ Inmate’s full name
• ✓ Inmate’s CFN (Control File Number)
• ✓ Your full name and return address on the envelope
• ✓ Letters, pictures, and drawings sent as personal mail (these are digitized for electronic delivery)

Legal mail and publications follow a different process. Address incoming legal mail and publications (books, magazines, etc.) coming from the publisher to: Inmate Name/CFN# Clark County Jail Services PO Box 1147 Vancouver, WA 98666 Use this PO Box - not the digital scanning vendor address - so these items route through the correct process.

Send something the jail doesn't accept, and it won't reach your person. The two biggest avoidable mistakes: (1) mailing personal letters, photos, or drawings to the jail instead of the digital scanning vendor - those get returned - and (2) putting money in the envelope. Personal mail goes to the vendor for digitizing. Cash and personal checks don't belong in inmate mail at all.

The CFN is the inmate's jail control file number - essentially their jail ID. Look it up on the Clark County Jail Roster and copy it exactly onto the address so your mail gets matched to the right person.

Practical Tips

• ✓ Copy the CFN carefully from the Clark County Jail Roster; a wrong or missing CFN can keep mail from being delivered.
• ✓ Use the vendor address (PO Box 247 in Phoenix, MD) for personal letters, pictures, and drawings - those are digitized and delivered electronically.
• ✓ Always include your full name and return address on the envelope.
• ✓ Don’t put cash or personal checks in inmate mail.
• ✓ If you address personal mail to the jail instead of the vendor, expect it to be returned to you rather than delivered.