Legal Mail vs. Regular Mail at Sampson County Detention Center: Where to Send Each

The right mailing address depends on what you're sending. Regular mail from family and friends gets routed through a processing center for scanning. Legal and privileged mail works differently - it goes directly to the detention center to avoid the scanning flow. Sending time-sensitive legal documents or anything that needs to stay privileged? Use the facility address and label it clearly.

Legal and religious mail goes straight to the facility. Address the envelope to Sampson County Detention Center, include the incarcerated person's name and inmate ID number, and write "Legal Mail" on the outside so staff handle it as privileged correspondence. Use this address: Sampson County Detention Center Inmate Name, Inmate ID Number 112 Fontana Street Clinton, NC 28328

• ✓ Address it to Sampson County Detention Center, 112 Fontana Street, Clinton, NC 28328
• ✓ Include the inmate’s full name
• ✓ Include the inmate’s ID number
• ✓ Clearly mark the envelope “Legal Mail”

Regular mail from family and friends goes to the mail-processing address - not the detention center's street address. This is the track for standard letters and similar items that get scanned. Addressing details matter. Your envelope must include the facility name, the inmate's name, the inmate ID number, and the Facility ID. Missing the Facility ID? Your mail won't be scanned. For Sampson County Detention Center, the Facility ID is 5176.

Here's how to format the address (Facility ID 5176): Sampson County Detention Center Inmate Name, Inmate ID Number Facility ID Number: 5176 PO Box 18247 (EXAMPLE) Greensboro, NC 27419

1. Prepare your envelope - this is for non-legal mail (family and friends), which must go to the mail-processing address.
2. Write the facility and inmate details - include the facility name, the inmate’s name, and the inmate ID number.
3. Add the Facility ID - include Facility ID 5176; without it, the mail will not be scanned.
4. Mail it to the processing address - send it to the mail-processing address (not the facility street address).

Don't include payments with regular mail. Cash, personal checks, and money orders should never go to the mail processing center. And money orders can't be mailed to Sampson County Detention Center either - the facility no longer accepts them.