What You Can't Send to Coweta County Jail (Publications & Packages) — and Approved Alternatives

Coweta County Sheriff's Office doesn't accept outside items sent for inmates. As of March 16, 2023, that includes publications - no books, magazines, or other materials mailed from the public will be issued inside. If you send something, it won't reach your loved one.

Any outside item sent for an inmate gets returned to sender. Keep that in mind before ordering anything for delivery.

Coweta County keeps envelope mail very limited. Only two things get accepted: legal mail and money orders.

Money orders go directly to your loved one's commissary account. This is the practical way to help them buy approved items inside - without trying to ship physical goods from home.

Instead of mailing books, inmates can access reading material through tablets. The jail has partnered with TechFriends to build a digital library with over 2,000 books available on facility tablets.

Religious materials have approved channels. Your loved one can purchase them through the commissary provider or request them from the Jail Chaplain.

One exception: subscriptions to the Newnan Times Herald newspaper weren't affected by the March 16, 2023 policy change.

Practical Advice

• ✓ Skip mailing books, magazines, or packages - outside items sent for inmates aren’t accepted and will be returned to sender.
• ✓ If you’re mailing something in an envelope, keep it to what’s allowed: legal mail or a money order.
• ✓ Use money orders to add funds; mailed money orders are applied to the inmate’s commissary account.
• ✓ For religious items, use the approved options: purchase through commissary or request materials through the Jail Chaplain.
• ✓ Encourage your loved one to use the tablet digital library, which is being stocked with over 2,000 books.
• ✓ If you’re setting up a Newnan Times Herald subscription, know that the publications change does not affect those subscriptions.

Want to get religious reading approved? Start with the Jail Chaplain, or your loved one can purchase materials through commissary. For general reading, ask about tablet availability - the jail has said it's expanding tablets per housing section - and how the digital library works. Setting up a Newnan Times Herald subscription? Confirm the details with the jail if anything about delivery is unclear.