Where to Mail Letters to Someone at Falkenburg Road Jail (what changed Oct 28, 2025)
Had a letter to someone at Falkenburg Road Jail returned? The most common reason: the mailing address changed on October 28, 2025. Personal letters now go to a central Mail Processing Center in Seminole. Legal and privileged mail still goes directly to the jail.
On October 28, 2025, Hillsborough County started routing personal inmate mail through a central Mail Processing Center. So if you're writing to someone at Falkenburg Road Jail, your letter needs to go to the Mail Processing Center PO Box in Seminole - not the jail itself. Include the inmate's name and booking number. Legal and privileged mail works differently. Those letters still go directly to Falkenburg Road Jail, where staff process them on-site. Send a personal letter to the jail instead of the Mail Processing Center? It'll come right back to you.
For personal letters (regular, non-legal mail), use this address format: (Inmate Name) – (Inmate Booking Number) c/o Mail Processing Center PO BOX 9115 Seminole, FL 33775-9115 The booking number matters. Without it - or if the name doesn't match exactly - your letter could be delayed or sent back.
Heads up: Personal mail only gets processed at the Seminole PO Box. Mail a personal letter to any Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office facility directly, and it's coming back to you.
Legal or privileged correspondence doesn't go to the Mail Processing Center. It goes directly to the facility where the inmate is housed. For Falkenburg Road Jail, use this address: Falkenburg Road Jail 520 N. Falkenburg Road Tampa, Florida 33619 Staff process legal and privileged mail on-site - that's why it uses the jail's physical address rather than the central PO Box.
Note: If something is sent to the facility as “legal/privileged” but doesn’t meet the criteria for legal or privileged correspondence, it will be returned to the sender.
Prohibited Items
- ✓ Packages are not permitted.
- ✓ Periodicals are not permitted (magazines, newspapers, etc.).
Beyond physical mail, inmates can send and receive electronic messages through their tablets. Photos can be sent electronically too. One thing to know: if your photos violate content policies, they'll be rejected - and you won't get a refund.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Use the inmate’s name and booking number on personal letters.
- ✓ Send all physical personal mail to: c/o Mail Processing Center, PO BOX 9115, Seminole, FL 33775-9115.
- ✓ Don’t send personal letters to Falkenburg Road Jail (or any other HCSO facility); they’ll be returned.
- ✓ Send legal/privileged mail to the facility where the inmate is housed.
- ✓ For Falkenburg Road Jail legal/privileged mail, use: 520 N. Falkenburg Road, Tampa, Florida 33619.
- ✓ Don’t include packages.
- ✓ Don’t include periodicals (magazines, newspapers, etc.).
- ✓ Double-check spelling of the inmate’s name and the booking number before you seal the envelope.
Reminder: Wrong address means returned mail. Personal letters sent to the jail come back. And mail marked "legal/privileged" gets returned too if it doesn't actually qualify as privileged correspondence.
- Check the returned envelope - Look for any marking or note that indicates why it was returned.
- Decide whether it’s personal or legal/privileged - Personal letters must go to the Mail Processing Center; legal/privileged mail must go to the housing facility.
- Resend personal mail to the Mail Processing Center - Address it to PO BOX 9115 in Seminole and include the inmate’s name and booking number.
- Resend legal/privileged mail to Falkenburg Road Jail - Use 520 N. Falkenburg Road, Tampa, Florida 33619.
- Make sure the envelope is clearly addressed - A clean, complete address (and the booking number for personal mail) helps it move through processing correctly.
If the jail returned it as "not privileged": They won't accept it as legal/privileged mail. Re-send it as personal mail to the Mail Processing Center PO Box instead.
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