How to send messages, photos, and packages
Address mail to Sacramento Main Jail exactly as required: include your complete return name and address, use the facility's specified formats, and list the inmate's X‑Reference number and housing location to prevent delays. Mail routed through the Digital Mail Center gets sorted, scanned in full color, and uploaded to the eMessaging app on the inmate's tablet—usually within 48 hours (excluding weekends). If your digital mail violates facility rules, the entire letter and all photos get rejected, and the incarcerated person is notified. Mail privileges can be suspended for up to 72 hours for correspondence violations. The Digital Mail Center keeps physical mail for 30 days, then destroys it unless you include a self-addressed stamped envelope for return. After release or transfer, digital mail must be downloaded within 60 days or it's permanently deleted.
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Sacramento County Main Jail uses the Securus Digital Mail Center, which means you need to format the address a specific way. Miss the return address, the Securus PO Box, or the inmate's X-Reference number, and your letter could be delayed or returned.
Sacramento County routes general inmate mail through the Securus Digital Mail Center—so the address format matters. Miss a required identifier, and your letter could be delayed or returned.
Mailing a letter to someone in Sacramento County Sheriff's custody works differently than you might expect. Your envelope goes to a Digital Mail Center, gets scanned, and arrives as a digital copy on the person's tablet—not as paper in their hands.
Use the inmate’s full booked name and include the X‑Reference number and housing location on every item. Add your printed return name and complete return address, and follow Sacramento Main Jail’s specified return and inmate address formats.
Mail sent to the Digital Mail Center is typically scanned and uploaded to the inmate’s eMessaging tablet within 48 hours, excluding weekends. If it violates facility rules, the entire letter and all photos are rejected and won’t be uploaded.
If the inmate is released or transferred, they must download their digital mail within 60 days through the SECURUS Digital Mail Center using their x‑reference number and password or it will be permanently deleted. Physical mail is held for 30 days and then destroyed unless you include a self‑addressed stamped envelope for return.
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