How to Send Mail to Someone at Pinellas County Jail (starting April 15, 2025)
Starting April 15, 2025, Pinellas County Jail is switching to a paperless mail system. All incoming personal and legal mail gets digitized through Smart Communications - the person you're writing to reads it on an inmate tablet or wall kiosk, not as the original paper letter.
Note: Regular mail is scanned and delivered electronically, so the addressing details matter. If you don’t follow the new format (especially the inmate’s name and ID number), your mail may not make it through processing.
For personal mail, send your letter through Smart Communications. Address it to Smart Communications - Pinellas County Jail, add
Heads up: Another Pinellas County Jail page lists a different P.O. Box for personal mail (P.O. Box 9204 in Seminole, FL 33775-9129). Before you send anything, verify which P.O. Box the jail is currently using for Smart Communications mail.
- ✓ Write the inmate’s full name and ID number on the address (don’t skip the ID).
- ✓ Confirm the correct Smart Communications P.O. Box on the jail’s website (the sources list both P.O. Box 9129 and P.O. Box 9204).
- ✓ If you can’t confirm the P.O. Box yet, wait to mail it - using the wrong address can delay delivery or cause a return.
- Address it to Smart Communications - Pinellas County Jail - this routes the mail into the jail’s scanning process.
- Add “Attention To:” with the inmate’s name - use the person’s name as it appears in jail records.
- Include the inmate’s ID number - put it right with the name (same line or directly below).
- Use the verified Seminole P.O. Box - confirm whether the jail is currently using P.O. Box 9129 or P.O. Box 9204 before you mail it.
Important: If the envelope doesn’t include both the inmate’s name and ID number, it will be returned to the sender.
All regular postal mail - postcards, letters, greeting cards, photos - gets scanned into Smart Communications and displayed electronically on the inmate tablet or wall kiosk. The original paper doesn't reach them. Only send copies of documents or photos if you want to keep the originals.
Tip: Don’t mail anything you can’t replace. If you need to keep an original document or photo, send a copy instead.
Verify Before Mail
- ✓ Take a quick photo of the addressed envelope before you drop it in the mail (so you can double-check what you wrote).
- ✓ Verify the correct Smart Communications mailing address on the jail’s website (since different pages list different P.O. Boxes).
- ✓ Consider signing up for a free MailGuardTracker.com account so you can track delivery status and see if anything gets rejected.
MailGuardTracker.com offers free tracking for your postal mail. You can check delivery status, get alerts if your mail is rejected, and download copies of processed mail.
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