Why Your Mail to Lee County Jail Goes to Two Different Addresses
Mail to Lee County Jail keeps getting returned? The jail actually uses two different addresses depending on what you're sending. One goes to NCIC for scanned personal mail; the other goes directly to the facility for items that need to arrive as physical mail.
Lee County Jail routes incoming mail through NCIC-Inmate Communications, which handles processing at a dedicated PO Box. For regular letters, use this address: NCIC-Lee County Jail, Inmate Name, PO Box 591, Longview, TX 78606. But that's not the only address you might need.
Books, publications, and bulk items shouldn't go to the NCIC PO Box. Send those directly to the facility: Lee County Jail, Inmate's Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942.
Not to Ncic
- ✓ Magazines - send to: Lee County Jail, Inmate’s Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942 (not the NCIC PO Box)
- ✓ Newspapers - send to: Lee County Jail, Inmate’s Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942 (not the NCIC PO Box)
- ✓ Bulk mail - send to: Lee County Jail, Inmate’s Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942 (not the NCIC PO Box)
- ✓ Books - send to: Lee County Jail, Inmate’s Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942 (not the NCIC PO Box)
- ✓ Physical pictures/photos - send to: Lee County Jail, Inmate’s Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942 (do not include them in NCIC-scanned mail)
- ✓ Legal mail and court documents - send to: Lee County Jail, Inmate’s Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942 (not the NCIC PO Box)
- ✓ Medical mail - send directly to the inmate at the Lee County Jail (not the NCIC PO Box)
Watch out: Include photos with a letter and the whole thing gets returned - nothing scanned, nothing delivered. Same goes for length: keep NCIC mail to 5 pages or less, or it comes back to you.
The two-address system exists because of how scanning works. Mail sent to NCIC-Lee County Jail (PO Box 591 in Longview) gets scanned electronically - it's never delivered as physical paper. That means strict limits apply. Letters must be five pages or less; anything longer won't be scanned and will be returned.
Some items just can't be scanned. Photos are the big one - if you include them, the entire letter and everything in it gets sent back. Nothing makes it through. For anything that needs to arrive as a physical item, like actual photographs, send it to the facility address in Giddings.
Practical Steps
- ✓ Use the NCIC mailing address for regular letters: NCIC-Lee County Jail, Inmate Name, PO Box 591, Longview, TX 78606
- ✓ Put the inmate’s name and your return address on every envelope
- ✓ Keep NCIC letters to 5 pages or less so they can be scanned
- ✓ Do not include photos in NCIC mail; they will cause the entire letter to be returned
- ✓ Send legal mail and medical mail directly to the jail (not to the NCIC PO Box)
- ✓ Send books, other publications, court documents, and physical pictures to: Lee County Jail, Inmate’s Last Name, First Name, PO Box 98, Giddings, TX 78942
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