What Counts as Legal Mail vs. Personal Mail at Monroe County Jail
Where you send mail at Monroe County Jail depends on what kind it is. Personal letters go through JailATM's central processing address. Legal mail and certain official documents must be mailed directly to the jail.
Legal mail gets handled differently than regular letters. It must go directly to the jail - not to JailATM. Include the inmate's full name and inmate number on the envelope so staff can match it to the right person.
Legal mail address: Monroe Co Jail, Inmate Name/Inmate Number, 145 L Cary Bittick Dr., Forsyth, GA 31029.
Personal mail goes through JailATM's central processing site. Since May 2, 2022, all personal letters must be mailed to JailATM.com – Monroe County Jail at 925B Peachtree St. NE, Box 2062, Atlanta, GA 30309. Include the inmate's name and inmate number so it gets processed correctly.
Heads up: Personal mail sent directly to Monroe County Jail gets returned to sender. This policy took effect May 18, 2022.
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- ✓ Checks
- ✓ Passbooks
- ✓ Deposit slips
- ✓ Birth certificates
- ✓ Social Security cards
- ✓ Driver’s license
- ✓ Alien Registration Card/Green Card
- ✓ Welfare card
- ✓ Medical card
- ✓ School diplomas
- ✓ Personal identification card
Some official paperwork needs special handling - documents where the inmate has to sign or fill out the original to complete a transaction. Think endorsing a check or transferring a vehicle title. Mail these to the jail's Business Office and include the inmate's name and inmate number on the envelope.
- Mail the original to the Business Office - Address it to: Attn: Business Office – Inmate Name/Inmate Number, Monroe Co Jail, 145 L Cary Bittick Dr., Forsyth, GA 31029.
- Wait for the Business Office to schedule review/signing - The Business Office (or a designee) coordinates a time for the inmate to review the document and sign if they choose.
- Plan for the original to leave the facility after signing - The process includes the inmate paying to have the document mailed out of the facility.
- Don’t include personal letters with these documents - Any general inmate correspondence included with transactional documents will be destroyed, and inmates aren’t permitted to keep the original documents sent through this process.
Note: Transactional originals sent through the Business Office won't stay with the inmate. Any regular correspondence you include with those documents will be destroyed.
Sending a personal letter or card? Mail it to JailATM.com – Monroe County Jail at the Atlanta processing address with the inmate name and inmate number. Sending legal mail? Send it directly to Monroe Co Jail at 145 L Cary Bittick Dr., Forsyth, GA 31029 with the inmate name/inmate number. Mailing an original that needs a signature - like an endorsed check or vehicle title transfer? Send it to Attn: Business Office at the same Forsyth address, labeled with the inmate name and inmate number.
Reminder: Business/transactional documents must be mailed directly to the jail, and originals that require a signature should go to Attn: Business Office - not to JailATM.
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