Sending Mail to Someone at Montgomery County Correctional Facility: Address, Rules, and What Gets Rejected
Letters get delayed or returned for two main reasons: wrong address format or something inside the envelope that counts as contraband. Use the exact format below and keep contents simple.
Address your envelope exactly like this: Montgomery County Correctional Facility Attn: [Inmate Name and ID Number] P.O. Box 247 Phoenix MD 21131 The
- ✓ Montgomery County Correctional Facility
- ✓ Attn: [Inmate full name and ID number]
- ✓ P.O. Box 247
- ✓ Phoenix MD 21131
Every piece of mail needs a return address. Skip it, and the facility won't deliver - they'll send it back to the post office. Your loved one never sees it, and you'll likely just get a vague
Don’t skip the return address: Mail without a return address is sent back to the post office.
Everything you send gets opened and inspected. Staff check for contraband - anything a person isn't allowed to receive while housed at the facility.
- ✓ Postage stamps
- ✓ Photographs depicting pornography
- ✓ Cash
- ✓ Clothing
If something in the envelope counts as contraband, expect it to come back to you. And if what's found could violate Maryland law, the facility may turn it over to the Montgomery County Police Department.
The facility limits reading material to seven items total per person - books and magazines combined. Send more than seven, and the extras get confiscated and placed in the inmate's property storage.
- Have the inmate coordinate pickup - the inmate can arrange for an outside party to pick up reading material that was confiscated.
- Confirm what’s being released - since excess items are placed in the inmate’s property, the pickup should be for the confiscated reading material.
- Complete the pickup as the outside party - the outside party retrieves the items the inmate arranged for.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Use the exact address format, including “Attn: [Inmate Name and ID Number]” and the P.O. Box in Phoenix, MD.
- ✓ Always include your return address so the mail isn’t returned to the post office.
- ✓ Don’t include postage stamps, cash, or clothing.
- ✓ Avoid photographs depicting pornography.
Reminder: All incoming mail is opened and inspected for contraband, so keep your letters and enclosures simple.
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