How to deposit funds, commissary, and payment options
Money deposits for Cleveland Unit inmates are limited to approved senders—you must be on the inmate's Approved Visitor List or Inmate Telephone List (effective Sept. 1, 2020). To mail a trust fund deposit, send a money order or cashier's check (no cash or personal checks) to: Inmate Trust Fund, PO Box 60, Huntsville, TX 77342-0060. You can get deposit slips from the offender to include with mailed deposits. Cash and personal checks aren't accepted and will be returned. For other options, use approved online vendors or facility kiosks—just confirm you're an approved sender first. Don't mail money to the facility street address or include personal letters with payments.
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Since September 1, 2020, only certain people can deposit money: the sender must be on the inmate's approved visitor list or the Inmate Telephone List. Not on one of those lists? The deposit gets blocked—even if the amount, payment type, and address are all correct. Before sending anything, confirm the person making the deposit is an approved sender.
Only people listed on the inmate’s Approved Visitor List or Inmate Telephone List can deposit funds for someone at Cleveland Unit (effective Sept. 1, 2020).
Mail a money order or cashier’s check to: Inmate Trust Fund, PO Box 60, Huntsville, TX 77342-0060. Don’t send cash or personal checks; you can also ask the offender for a deposit slip to include with your mailed deposit.
No. Cash and personal checks aren’t accepted for trust fund deposits and will be returned to the sender.
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