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The New Mail Policy at Hood County Jail (Effective Dec 6, 2023)

If you send letters or cards to someone at Hood County Jail, the rules changed on December 6, 2023. Here's what gets returned, what still gets through, and how to find an inmate identifier when a mailing service asks for one.

• 2 min read • sheriff.hoodcounty.texas.gov Verified from official sources

Starting December 6, 2023, Hood County Jail began returning all personal mail to the sender. Letters, greeting cards, anything you used to mail directly to the jail? Sent back. To make sure your loved one actually receives mail, you'll need to use the new address and follow the directions on the jail's correspondence page. If you keep sending personal mail the old way, it will be returned.

Warning: Personal letters and greeting cards mailed to Hood County Jail the old way (after Dec 6, 2023) are returned to the sender.

Two categories are specifically excluded from the return-to-sender change. Legal or privileged mail still goes through normally. So do packages ordered through a publisher for books, and packages from Amazon. Those are the only carve-outs the jail lists. If what you're sending doesn't fall into one of those categories, assume it counts as personal mail and will be returned unless you follow the new process.

Note: The return-to-sender rule does not apply to legal or privileged mail.

Some permitted mail services ask for an inmate identifier. Hood County Jail directs people to the Hood County Bond Page for this. You'll find the identifier listed next to the person's name. Whenever a service, form, or set of mailing directions asks for an identifier, use the number shown next to your loved one's name on that page.

  • ✓ Go to the Hood County Bond Page.
  • ✓ Find your loved one’s name and locate the inmate identifier shown next to it.
  • ✓ Include that identifier when you follow the jail’s new mailing directions (especially if the mail service requires it).

Even when you follow the new process, mail still has to be approved by jail staff before the person in custody receives it. Anything that violates the jail's contraband rules can be rejected.

Reminder: Approval is still required. Mail can be stopped if it breaks jail rules, even if you followed the correct process.

Not sure whether what you want to send counts as personal mail or falls under an exception? Call Hood County Jail at 817-579-3333. They're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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