What You Can't Mail to an Inmate at Dubuque County Jail
Want your mail to actually reach your loved one at Dubuque County Jail? The biggest pitfalls are packages, official paperwork sent the wrong way, and mail addressed to people inmates aren't allowed to contact. Here's what won't make it through.
Dubuque County Jail doesn't accept packages or parcels for inmates. If you send one, it won't be processed or delivered.
Certain items don't get treated like regular personal mail. Checks, money orders, and other business or transactional documents need to go directly to the jail facility - not to the inmate. Mix these in with personal mail, and you're looking at delays or returns.
- ✓ Birth certificates
- ✓ Social Security cards
- ✓ Driver’s licenses
Watch where you send official documents. If you mail them directly to the institution, they won't be delivered to the inmate. These aren't treated like personal mail meant for someone to read in their housing unit.
Warning: Documents sent to the inmate's personal mail address get returned to sender.
Prohibited Senders
- ✓ Victims of the inmate’s crime
- ✓ Current inmates
- ✓ Former inmates
- ✓ Parolees
- ✓ Probationers
- ✓ Co-defendants
- ✓ Current or former jail employees
- ✓ Current or former contract employees
- ✓ Current or former volunteers
- ✓ Anyone who has an active Protection from Abuse order against the inmate that prohibits contact
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