What You Can and Can't Bring to Monroe County Jail: A Family Checklist

Deputies at Monroe County Jail will not purchase items for inmates. If your loved one needs essentials, family has to bring them. Timing matters: inmate property is only accepted during regular visiting days. Plan your drop-off around the normal visitation schedule rather than making a separate trip.

Packaging Hygiene Reading

• ✓ Personal hygiene items must be new, in clear plastic, and unopened.

Books, magazines, and other reading materials will be inspected before they are allowed in. Keep them separate from hygiene items and other property so staff can check them quickly.

Prohibited Items

• ✓ Tobacco products (not permitted in the Monroe County Jail)
• ✓ Ink pens (not allowed in the cells)
• ✓ Anything used for tattooing (tattooing is prohibited in the jail)
• ✓ Aerosol or spray cans (not allowed)

Since deputies will not buy items for inmates, you have two options: bring needed items yourself on a regular visiting day (the only time property is accepted), or order through the online commissary. Online ordering works well when you cannot visit in person or want to avoid packaging issues with hygiene products.

1. Confirm who you are ordering for. Use your loved one’s name and any identifier the ordering system asks for so the order is credited to the right inmate.
2. Shop within what the jail offers. Choose items from the online commissary list available for Monroe County Jail inmates.
3. Place the order and keep your confirmation. Save the order details for your records in case you need to reference what was purchased.

Packing Labeling Tips

• ✓ Keep hygiene items in their original packaging, new, clear plastic, and unopened (this is a jail rule).
• ✓ Separate any reading materials you are dropping off so they can be inspected (this is a jail rule).
• ✓ Keep receipts for hygiene items so it is easy to show they are new if questions come up.

Label everything clearly so staff know who it is for. Do not break seals on hygiene items. Monroe County Jail requires personal hygiene products to be new, unopened, and in clear plastic packaging. Open containers will be rejected.