How to Send Mail to Someone at Leon County Jail (addresses, digital mail, and what happens if mail is rejected)
Sending mail is one of the simplest ways to stay connected—but it only works if you use the right address and follow the jail's rules. Here's how mail works at Leon County Jail, including the Securus digital process, where legal mail goes, and what to expect if something gets rejected.
Personal (non-privileged) mail at Leon County Jail goes through the Securus Digital Mail Center. Address your letter to: Inmate/Detainee's Legal Name and SPN number c/o Securus Digital Mail Center - Leon County, PO Box 21947, Tampa, FL 33622-1947. Send personal mail anywhere else, and it'll come right back to you.
Legal or privileged mail goes directly to the facility - not through Securus. Use this address: Leon County Detention Facility, Inmate/Detainee's Legal Name and SPN number, PO Box 2278, Tallahassee, FL 32316. Mark the envelope clearly as legal mail so staff process it as privileged correspondence.
- ✓ Use the inmate’s full legal name and SPN number on the envelope.
- ✓ Send personal (non-privileged) mail to: c/o Securus Digital Mail Center - Leon County, PO Box 21947, Tampa, FL 33622-1947.
- ✓ Send legal/privileged mail to: Leon County Detention Facility, PO Box 2278, Tallahassee, FL 32316, and mark it as legal mail.
- ✓ If you send personal mail anywhere other than the Securus address, expect it to be returned to sender.
Personal letters sent to the Securus Digital Mail Center don't arrive as paper in the housing unit. Instead, your correspondence gets scanned and delivered electronically to the inmate's tablet.
No tablet? The same mail you send to the Securus Digital Mail Center gets printed out and delivered to them instead.
Common return reason: Mail that’s stained with powder, perfume, glue, or glitter will be returned to sender.
Want to send reading material? Where it ships from matters. Magazines and newspaper or newsletter subscriptions are only accepted when mailed directly from the publisher. The jail doesn't accept packages or books - with two exceptions: items allowed under the magazines/newspapers rule and religious or spiritual materials. Religious or spiritual items must also come directly from the publisher. Third-party vendors like Amazon won't work. Anything outside these categories counts as a package or book and gets returned to sender.
- ✓ Don’t send packages or books from private citizens or any delivery service - those will be returned to sender.
- ✓ Magazines and newspapers/newsletters must be mailed directly from the publisher.
- ✓ Religious or spiritual materials must be mailed directly from the publisher; third-party vendors (such as Amazon) are not accepted.
When mail is censored or rejected, the inmate gets a written notice from the Canteen Supervisor (or a designee). The notice explains exactly why the mail was flagged.
- Watch for a mailed notice - if correspondence is censored or rejected, the facility will also send notification to the sender/author via U.S. Mail within five business days.
- Appeal if you disagree - the sender may appeal the decision up to the Detention Facility Director.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Put the inmate’s full legal name and SPN number on anything you send.
- ✓ Use the Securus Digital Mail Center address for personal (non-privileged) mail: PO Box 21947, Tampa, FL 33622-1947 - mail sent elsewhere gets returned.
- ✓ Use the facility PO Box for legal/privileged mail: PO Box 2278, Tallahassee, FL 32316, and mark it clearly as legal mail.
- ✓ Keep letters clean and plain - anything stained with powder, perfume, glue, or glitter is likely to be returned.
- ✓ For magazines/newspapers, only publisher-direct subscriptions are accepted.
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