New Mail Rules at Montgomery Pretrial: Where to Send Letters Starting October 2024
If you send letters to someone at Montgomery Pretrial, the mailing address changes on October 1, 2024. Most personal USPS mail now goes through a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office processing center. Legal mail and a few other items still go directly to the facility.
Starting October 1, 2024, personal mail sent through USPS must go to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Duval processing center at P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131. Include the inmate's name and their 10-digit booking number on the address. Missing this info can delay or get your letter rejected.
Mailing address (effective Oct. 1, 2024): Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office - Duval processing center, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131. Include the inmate’s name and 10-digit booking number.
Legal mail doesn't go through the new processing center. Send it directly to the facility where the inmate is housed.
A few other items skip the processing center too. Magazine subscriptions, newspapers, periodicals, and paperback books should be mailed directly to the facility (not the Phoenix, Maryland P.O. Box).
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- ✓ Inmate’s full name
- ✓ Inmate’s 10-digit booking number
- ✓ Your name (sender)
- ✓ Your return address (sender)
All incoming mail gets inspected for contraband. Clear, complete addressing helps staff match mail to the right person. Double-check that you've included the correct 10-digit booking number and your full return address.
Keep packaging simple. Boxes won't be accepted, and envelopes can't be larger than 8 ½" x 11". If an envelope looks altered, it gets returned to you.
Warning: Mail is inspected for contraband. Altered envelopes are not accepted and will be returned to you.
Some content is considered unauthorized and will be confiscated. This includes photographs, facsimiles, and any computer-generated reading materials downloaded from the Internet, regardless of what they say.
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- ✓ Send to Phoenix, MD processing center: inmate personal mail normally delivered by USPS
- ✓ Put on the address: inmate name + 10-digit booking number
- ✓ Include on the envelope: your name + your return address
- ✓ Send to the facility: legal mail
- ✓ Send to the facility: authorized magazine/newspaper/periodical subscriptions and paperback books
- ✓ Do not send boxes, they will not be accepted
- ✓ Keep envelopes at or under 8 ½” x 11”
- ✓ Do not alter the envelope, altered envelopes are returned to sender
- ✓ Do not include photographs or facsimiles, they are confiscated for disposal
- ✓ Do not include computer-generated reading materials downloaded from the Internet, they are confiscated for disposal
- ✓ Expect inspection, all incoming mail is inspected for contraband
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