How Mail and Photos Reach Inmates at Volusia County (addresses, photo fees, and religious-only books)
Sending mail to someone at Volusia County Corrections works differently than you might expect—letters don't go straight to the jail. Here's how the offsite scanning system works, which address to use, what photos cost, and why only religious books are allowed.
Most incoming mail at Volusia County Corrections doesn't go directly to the facility. Instead, regular (non-privileged) mail gets sent to an offsite processing center, scanned electronically, and then forwarded to the jail for inspection. Once it clears, the inmate doesn't receive your actual paper letter. They see a scanned version delivered through an app on their tablet. The exception? Privileged mail from attorneys or public officials. That mail bypasses the scan-and-deliver process entirely.
Note: Privileged mail from attorneys or public officials is the exception to the standard inspection-and-scanning process.
Since delivery is electronic, timing works differently. Mail reaches inmates via tablet Monday through Friday only - no weekends, no holidays. Send something before a long weekend, and it may sit until regular delivery resumes. You can include photos, but there's a fee: senders pay $1.00 per photo. If a photo gets rejected during inspection (due to content or image quality), it won't be delivered - and you won't be charged for that one.
Photo fee: You (the sender) are charged $1 per photo - not the inmate. If a photo is rejected during inspection, you won’t be charged for that rejected image.
For regular (non-legal) mail, send it to the offsite processing address. Format the envelope with the inmate's booking name and booking number: SCH-VCDC FL INMATE NAME – BOOKING NUMBER PO Box 30 Pinellas Park, FL 33781
Legal mail - plus anything financial like cashier's checks, money orders, and certified government checks - goes to a different address: Volusia County Corrections INMATE NAME – BOOKING NUMBER PO Box 2865 Daytona Beach, FL 32120 Sending a money order? Make it payable to the inmate and include their booking number. Don't tuck in notes or photos with it. Volusia won't accept cash, personal checks, payroll checks, or food through the mail.
Volusia County Corrections only allows religious books, magazines, and publications. Want to send reading material? It must be religious, and it has to ship directly from a bookstore, publisher, book club, or reputable distributor like Amazon. Everything must be prepaid - no "bill me later" options, and no passing along used books from home.
Even approved religious materials have limits. Inmates can keep up to three (3) paperback books, magazines, or publications in their housing unit at a time.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Address mail to the inmate using the name used during booking, and include the booking number.
- ✓ Put your full return address on the envelope, or it will be returned.
- ✓ Send mail through recognized delivery channels (U.S. Post Office, FedEx, or UPS); hand-delivered mail is refused.
- ✓ Use the PO Box in Pinellas Park for regular (non-legal) mail.
- ✓ Use 1354 Indian Lake Road in Daytona Beach for legal mail and for cashier’s checks, money orders, and certified government checks.
- ✓ If sending a money order, make it payable to the inmate and include the booking number.
- ✓ Do not mail cash, personal checks, payroll checks, or food.
Timing + cost tip: Photo delivery follows the same Monday–Friday tablet schedule (no weekends/holidays), and you’ll be charged $1 per photo as the sender.
How it reaches them: Regular mail is scanned offsite, inspected, and then delivered through a tablet app. Privileged attorney/public-official mail is handled differently.
The quick version: most mail and photos go through an offsite scan-to-tablet system (attorney and public-official mail is the exception). Photos cost you $1 each. Regular mail uses the Pinellas Park PO Box; legal mail and money orders go to 1354 Indian Lake Road in Daytona Beach. For books, Volusia only accepts religious materials shipped prepaid from a bookstore, publisher, book club, or reputable distributor.
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