What You Can Mail to Ohio County Jail: photo limits, size rules, and prohibited items

Photos are the only enclosures you can include in mail to an inmate at Ohio County Jail. The facility caps it at 10 photographs per package, so pick your favorites and save the rest for another mailing. One more thing: photos must be printed on actual photo paper, not regular printer paper. This helps them hold up during the facility's processing and screening.

All incoming mail at Ohio County Jail must be letter size or smaller: no larger than 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Thickness matters too. Nothing thicker than light card stock will be accepted. Everything you send also needs to run through a sheet-fed scanner, so the mail has to be flat and flexible enough to feed like a standard page. If it's oversized, too rigid, or too bulky to scan, it risks being rejected.

1. Keep everything letter size: Make sure the mail is no larger than 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
2. Check the thickness: Do not send anything thicker than light card stock.
3. Make it scanner-friendly: Prepare mail so it can be fed through a sheet-fed scanner (flat, flexible, and easy to feed as individual pages).

Prohibited Items

• ✓ Stamps (for example, do not tuck extra stamps into the envelope)
• ✓ Blank envelopes (do not include an extra empty envelope for the inmate to use)
• ✓ Stationery (do not include writing paper or other stationery supplies)
• ✓ Cash, checks, or any other forms of currency (do not mail money in any form)
• ✓ Threats of physical harm against any person or threats/details of criminal activity (anything written that threatens violence or describes criminal activity can be rejected)
• ✓ Plans to smuggle contraband into or out of the institution (anything that talks about bringing prohibited items in or out is disallowed)

The biggest problems tend to involve money and security concerns. Ohio County Jail prohibits cash, checks, and any other form of currency in the mail. Written threats, details of criminal activity, or plans to smuggle contraband will also trigger rejection. Those issues carry bigger consequences than a simple returned letter, since they raise safety and rule-violation flags.

Every piece of incoming mail is opened and inspected for contraband and rule violations. If staff find anything that breaks the rules, the mail will be destroyed. It won't be returned to you. That's why it pays to keep things simple and double-check the prohibited list before you seal the envelope.

1. Decide whether you’re including photos: Pictures are the only permitted enclosures.
2. Stay within the photo limit: Keep it to 10 photographs per package.
3. Print photos the right way: Use photo paper for every photograph.
4. Keep pages letter size: Make sure everything is no larger than 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
5. Avoid thick or rigid pieces: Do not send anything thicker than light card stock.
6. Make sure it can be scanned: Prepare your mail so it can feed through a sheet-fed scanner without snagging or jamming.

• ✓ If you included pictures, they are the only enclosures
• ✓ No more than 10 photos in the package
• ✓ Everything is 8 1/2 x 11 inches or smaller
• ✓ Nothing is thicker than light card stock
• ✓ The mail can be fed through a sheet-fed scanner