What to Do If You Want to Send Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Legal or Medical Mail to an Upshur County Inmate
Mailing reading materials or sensitive documents to someone in Upshur County? The key is knowing what can't go through the NCIC processing PO Box—and where those items need to go instead.
Upshur County uses an NCIC mail processing PO Box for most inmate mail. But here's the catch: that PO Box won't accept books, magazines, newspapers, legal mail, or medical mail. Those have to go directly to the facility. Think of it this way - the PO Box handles regular incoming mail like letters and photos. Books, periodicals, and anything legal or medical get processed separately. Send any of those excluded items to the NCIC PO Box, and you'll likely lose what you sent.
Warning: Do not send books, magazines, newspapers, legal mail, or medical mail to the NCIC processing PO Box - they will not be accepted there.
Here's the real problem with sending the wrong type of mail to the NCIC PO Box: anything sent there won't be returned to you. If you mail a book or legal paperwork to that address, assume it's gone for good.
Heads up: Excluded items (books, magazines, newspapers, legal mail, and medical mail) sent to the NCIC PO Box will be rejected - and mail sent to that PO Box is not returned or released to the sender.
To send books, magazines, newspapers, legal mail, or medical mail, confirm the correct facility mailing address and any special handling rules with the Upshur County Sheriff's Office first. Call them at 903-843-2541.
- Call the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office - use 903-843-2541.
- Ask for the current inmate mail address for the facility - tell them you’re sending books/periodicals or legal/medical mail so they can direct you to the right destination.
- Confirm the facility’s acceptance rules for your item type - before you mail anything, verify any requirements that apply specifically to books, magazines/newspapers, legal mail, or medical mail.
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- ✓ Confirm first that the item you want to send (book, magazine/newspaper, legal mail, or medical mail) must be sent directly to the facility - not to the NCIC processing PO Box.
- ✓ Call the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office at 903-843-2541 to verify the correct facility mailing address and any special handling instructions before you ship.
- ✓ Double-check that you’re not addressing excluded items to the NCIC PO Box, since those categories are not accepted there.
- ✓ If you’re unsure whether something counts as legal or medical mail, ask the Sheriff’s Office before sending so it goes to the right place.
Reminder: Books, magazines, newspapers, legal mail, and medical mail can’t be processed through the NCIC PO Box - verify the correct facility mailing address before you send anything.
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