Sending Mail to an Inmate at Habersham County Jail — Why Personal Mail Goes to Atlanta and What Gets Rejected

All personal mail sent to inmates at Habersham County Detention Center gets routed to a central processing facility first. Staff there open and scan your letter, then email it to the inmate at the detention center. The jail uses this system to help keep drugs out of the facility.

For personal letters, use the JailATM.com processing address in Atlanta. Don't send them to the detention center's physical address. Include both the inmate's name and inmate number so staff can match it to the right person: JailATM.com - Habersham County Detention Center Inmate Name/ Inmate Number 925B Peachtree St. NE, Box 2062 Atlanta, GA 30309

• ✓ Write the inmate’s full name.
• ✓ Add the inmate number (do not skip this).
• ✓ Address personal mail to: JailATM.com - Habersham County Detention Center, 925B Peachtree St. NE, Box 2062, Atlanta, GA 30309.

Legal mail works differently. It goes directly to Habersham County Detention Center (not the Atlanta processing address), and only a legally approved entity or the Attorney of Record can send it.

Official and business documents also go directly to the detention center. This includes checks, passports, deposit slips, birth certificates, Social Security cards, driver's licenses, green cards (Alien Registration Card), welfare or medical cards, school diplomas, and personal identification cards. Use this address: Attn: Jail Administration Inmate Name/Inmate Number Habersham County Detention Center 1000 Detention Drive Clarkesville, GA 30523

• ✓ Use the official-documents format: Attn: Jail Administration.
• ✓ Include the inmate’s name and inmate number on the address.
• ✓ Mail official/business documents to: Habersham County Detention Center, 1000 Detention Drive, Clarkesville, GA 30523.
• ✓ For legal mail, remember it must be sent by a legally approved entity or the Attorney of Record, and it must go directly to the jail facility.

Certain items will be rejected outright. Don't send bulk packages, cash, or pornographic material.

Photos are capped at 10 per mailing. Correspondence from other detention facilities won't be accepted either.

The jail also restricts who inmates can correspond with. Inmates cannot send mail to victims of their crime or co-defendants. They're also barred from writing to current or former jail employees, contract employees, or volunteers. Anyone with an active Order of Protection against the inmate is off-limits too.

Practical Tips

• ✓ Double-check the inmate number and use the correct address for personal mail (JailATM.com in Atlanta).
• ✓ Send business and official documents to the detention center address (Attn: Jail Administration, 1000 Detention Drive, Clarkesville, GA 30523).
• ✓ If you have questions about mail or the visitation policy, call the Detention Center at (706) 839-0500.

Despite these restrictions, inmates at Habersham County Detention Center can still send and receive mail. Use the correct address and avoid prohibited items, and your message should get through without issues.