How to Send Mail to Scotts Bluff County Detention Center (PO Box to Texas) — What the September 18, 2025 Change Means

As of September 18, 2025, Scotts Bluff County Detention Center switched to a central mail processing system. All personal mail now goes to this address: Inmate Name, Inmate Number, Scotts Bluff County Detention Center, PO BOX 591, Longview, Texas 75606 (following the detention center's existing mail rules). If you send a regular letter to the Gering facility address instead of the PO Box, it may not be handled the way you expect.

Use the Texas PO Box for non-legal mail: your regular letters and photos, as long as they follow the limits. Make sure both the envelope and the mail itself include the inmate's name, the Sheriff's Office "Inmate Number," and your return address. Stick to standard letter size. Only mail within 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall will be accepted for this processing system.

Legal mail does not go to the PO Box. It must be mailed directly to the facility at Scotts Bluff County Detention Center, 2522 7th St, Gering, NE 69341. Medical mail also goes directly to the facility where the inmate is housed. The PO Box will not accept medical mail.

• ✓ Non-legal mail (Texas processing): Inmate Name\nInmate Number\nScotts Bluff County Detention Center\nPO BOX 591\nLongview, TX 75606\n\n- Legal mail (send to facility in Gering): Scotts Bluff County Detention Center\n(LEGAL MAIL)\n2522 7th St\nGering, NE 69341

Mail sent to the Texas processing center gets scanned at that central location, then delivered to the inmate electronically through the facility's messaging system. The inmate views it on their tablet. Expect them to see a digital copy rather than your original paper letter.

Keep your non-legal mailings simple and within the limits. Letters sent through the PO Box can be no more than 5 pages. Anything over 5 pages will not be sent to the inmate and will be returned to you. Only the front side of each page is entered into the system, so don't write on the back. It won't be delivered. Photos are limited to one per mailing. If you include more than one photo, the entire letter and everything in it gets returned to sender. Nothing will be scanned or delivered.

Prohibited Items

• ✓ Magazines (not accepted at PO Box 591, returned to sender)
• ✓ Bulk mailings (not accepted at PO Box 591, returned to sender)
• ✓ Newspapers (not accepted at PO Box 591, returned to sender)
• ✓ Books (not accepted at PO Box 591, returned to sender)
• ✓ Legal mail (not accepted at PO Box 591, send to the Gering facility address)
• ✓ Medical mail (not accepted at PO Box 591, send to the facility where the inmate is housed)

Trying to send a book, newspaper, magazine, or bulk mailing? Don't send it to the Texas PO Box. Those items aren't accepted there and will be returned to you. The detention center's guidance says these items must be sent to the facility where the inmate is housed, and whether they're allowed depends on the facility's mail rules.

Here's the format for non-legal mail going through central processing. Include the inmate's name and inmate number so it can be matched correctly: Inmate Name, Inmate Number, Scotts Bluff County Detention Center, PO BOX 591, Longview, TX 75606.

For legal mail, send it directly to the facility in Gering and mark it clearly: Scotts Bluff County Detention Center, (LEGAL MAIL), 2522 7th St, Gering, NE 69341. Medical mail also needs to go directly to the facility where the inmate is housed, not the PO Box.

• ✓ Put the inmate’s name, Sheriff’s Office “Inmate Number,” and your return address on the envelope and mail
• ✓ Use standard letter-size paper only (8.5 inches x 11 inches)
• ✓ Keep it to 5 pages or less for PO Box mail
• ✓ Write on one side only (front side only is scanned)
• ✓ Include no more than 1 photo per mailing (more than one photo means the whole mailing is returned and nothing is delivered)
• ✓ Do not send magazines, bulk mail, newspapers, books, legal mail, or medical mail to PO Box 591