What Happens to Your Mail After LaPorte County Jail Went Digital
Sending mail to someone at LaPorte County Jail? Here's the key thing: the jail now uses digital mail scanning. If it can't be scanned, it won't reach your recipient in its original form.
All incoming mail at LaPorte County Jail goes through a digital scanning system. Letters and paper items must be scannable to get delivered. Anything that can't be scanned gets returned to you - it won't be passed along as-is.
Rejected Examples
- ✓ Newspaper and magazine clippings
- ✓ Post-it notes, tape, or anything else that uses adhesives
- ✓ Items bound together with staples, paper clips, adhesives, or any other binding agent
Even with digital scanning, you still have a couple of options for sending approved items. The jail accepts money orders for inmates. Books are allowed too, but only when shipped directly from the publisher, Amazon, or a reputable bookstore. Buy a book and mail it yourself? It'll likely get rejected since it didn't come from an approved source.
- Skip clippings - Don’t mail newspaper or magazine cutouts; those are listed as examples of items that can’t be scanned.
- Keep everything adhesive-free - Avoid Post-it notes and don’t use tape or glue on anything you send.
- Don’t bind pages together - No staples, no paper clips, and no other binding agents that hold papers together.
- Send books the approved way - If you’re mailing a book, order it so it ships directly from the publisher, Amazon, or a reputable bookstore.
- Use a money order for funds - Money orders are accepted, so don’t tuck cash or other items into a letter.
Note: Mail that can't be scanned - like clippings, items with tape, or Post-it notes - may be returned to you. Some unacceptable items might be placed in the inmate's property instead.
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