Madison County Jail's Digital Mail System: How your letters and photos are handled
Sending mail to someone at Madison County Jail? Here's the key thing: your letter or photo won't arrive as paper. Staff scan everything and deliver it digitally. The original gets kept for only a short time.
Madison County Jail scans all incoming personal mail - letters, cards, and photos - and delivers it to inmates digitally. Your loved one sees an image of what you sent, not the actual paper.
Note: Photos that show lewd or sexual content, criminal behavior, or gang-related behavior or writings are prohibited and can be rejected.
Once your mail is scanned, Madison County Detention Facility holds the original for seven days. After that, anything not picked up gets discarded.
- Have the inmate choose a pickup person - The facility allows inmates to designate a person (or people) who can retrieve the original personal mail items.
- Pick up originals within seven days - Originals are only retained for seven (7) days from the date the facility receives the mail; after that, items not recovered are discarded.
Address your mail with the inmate's first and last name plus their booking number. Send it to: Madison County Jail, P.O. Box 2047, Huntsville, AL 35804.
Practical Family Tips
- ✓ Keep photos no larger than 4x6 inches.
- ✓ Don’t send mounted pictures, framed pictures, or Polaroids.
Sending something you might want back - a child's drawing, a special card, original photos? Plan around that seven-day window. The inmate can designate someone to pick up the originals, but if no one claims them within seven days, they're thrown away.
Reminder: Don’t include photos with lewd/sexual content, criminal behavior, or gang-related behavior or writings - those images are prohibited.
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