What You Can Mail and Exactly How to Address an Envelope for Someone at Webb County Detention Center
Missing a detail on the envelope or including something prohibited? Your mail could be delayed or rejected. Use the checklists below to get it right the first time.
At a Glance
- ✓ Incarcerated person’s full name
- ✓ Incarcerated person’s ID number
- ✓ Facility name and full facility address
- ✓ Your full name (sender)
- ✓ Your full return address (sender)
Prohibited Items
- ✓ Polaroid photographs
- ✓ Photo negatives or slides
- ✓ Photo albums
- ✓ Photos of current or former employees
- ✓ Framed photos
General correspondence can be searched for contraband before delivery - and staff may read it in part or in full. If you're sending something personal, assume it won't stay private. Keep the content straightforward. You're responsible for what's in the envelope. If anything you send violates USPS laws governing mail, it can be referred to postal authorities and criminal investigators.
ICE detainees: General correspondence for ICE detainees is opened and inspected in the detainee’s presence unless the warden/administrator authorizes inspection without the detainee’s presence for security reasons.
Some mail gets extra protection because it qualifies as confidential or legal correspondence. At Webb County Detention Center, that protected status applies when the sender is a verified "special correspondent" - an attorney licensed in any state, a state or federal elected official, a judge or court, or a consular official. If you're a special correspondent sending legal mail, write "Confidential/Legal Mail" on the outside of the envelope so it's handled appropriately.
Practical Tips
- ✓ Use regular printed photos (not Polaroids) and keep everything flat - avoid framed items.
- ✓ Skip albums, negatives, and slides.
- ✓ Don’t send photos of current or former employees.
- ✓ Double-check the envelope has the incarcerated person’s name and ID number, the facility name/address, and your full name and return address.
If confidential or legal mail is opened by mistake, staff will reseal it and mark it "opened in error." General correspondence that violates USPS mail laws can be referred to postal authorities and criminal investigators - and you can be held personally responsible for what you sent.
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