Mailing Address: (please note
that Inmate mail will be scanned in and viewed digitally)
Spartanburg County Detention
Center
Inmate Name (and name number)
PO Box 9133.
Seminole, FL 33775
Inmates are now able to
receive text messages from www.smartinmate.com. The rates for text are
$1.00 for pictures and .50 per text
All privileged/ legal
mail will be mailed to:
Inmate’s Name
950 California Ave
Spartanburg, SC 29303
Privileged Mail
consists of the following:
·
Law Enforcement Officials
·
Court officials
·
Attorneys
·
Legal Representation Groups, ACLU, Prisoner Rights
Groups, etc.
·
PREA, Mental Health, or Victims’ Advocates
·
City, County, state or Federal officials.
Only U.S. Postal
Money Orders will
be accepted through the mail. If letters or photographs are contained in the
envelope, all contents will be returned to sender. Write the inmates name and
inmate number on the Money Order.
Books may be
purchased by an inmates family, friend, or third party for direct
delivery to a identified inmate. Books may be purchased and
fulfilled by Amazon or Barnes & Noble ONLY. All
books must be in paperback format only.
Prohibited Books are as
followed and will be returned to the sender:
·
No Used Books
·
No Hardcover/ Leather Covered Books
·
Books with thread
·
Books that may pose threat to the safety security,
order, and/ or discipline of the facility
·
Sexually oriented material
·
Inflammatory material that could potentially incite
disturbance or disorder
·
Materials advocating violence or other illegal
actions against staff members, government officials, or other person
Questions:
Are
inmates able to send mail?
Yes. Inmates will still be able to
purchase paper and envelopes from commissary however; they must be used for
privileged mail only. Postcards will be the only acceptable form of
correspondence sent to the general public.
Can inmates keep
letters, photos, envelopes, or other mail that was acceptable within the jail
before June 1, 2021?
Yes. Inmates will be allowed to keep
items (10 total) that were acceptable before the change. The policy will
affect incoming and outgoing mail received or sent after June 1, 2021.
How will
Privileged Mail be affected?
There will be no change in Privileged
Mail.
Privileged Mailrefers to mail
sent to or received from an attorney or member of the Bar;
correspondence from State or Federal
courts; correspondence from any holder of public office; mail
received from the Citizen’s Law
Enforcement Review Board (CLERB); internal affairs office;
Sheriff’s Office; state, county or
federal corrections officials; mail received from law enforcement
agencies or their designated agents;
federal, state or local government agency representative (i.e.
unemployment agency, social services,
probation, pardon or parole agency, etc.); and mail received
from legal representative groups or
organizations, i.e. ACLU, etc. In order for mail to qualify as
"privileged mail," the
envelope must have some identifiable markings or title on it (e.g., Mr. John
Doe, Attorney at Law; Judge Smith, Ms.
Jane Doe, Paralegal, etc.).
Does this change
how books, newspapers, and magazines are accepted?
