How to Send Mail to Someone at Citrus County Detention Facility

Correct Mailing Address

Address every letter exactly like this:

[Inmate's Last Name, First Name, Inmate ID Number]
Citrus County Detention Facility
PO Box 20187
Tampa, FL 33622-1947

Always include your own full name and return address on the envelope.

Mail Must Come Through USPS

Correspondence sent by any courier or delivery service other than the U.S. Postal Service will be refused. Use standard USPS mail for anything you send.

Packaging Restrictions

Inmates cannot receive routine mail in boxes, padded envelopes, plastic bags, multilayer packaging, envelopes with metal parts, or anything containing bubble wrap or packing peanuts. Keep your mail to a simple paper envelope and its contents.

What’s Allowed

Written correspondence: There’s no limit on the number of pages. You can write on greeting cards, as long as the card doesn’t contain electronic or other non-paper parts, isn’t built in a way that could conceal contraband, and isn’t larger than 8 by 10 inches.

Photographs: Photos up to 4x6 inches are accepted. Nude photographs, or any showing genitalia, buttocks, or the female breast, are not permitted. Polaroid photographs are not accepted at all, regardless of content.

What’s Rejected

The following items will result in the entire package being returned to sender:

• Postage stamps, stamped envelopes, blank writing paper or envelopes, blank greeting cards, pens or pencils
• Stickers or bookmarks
• Correspondence with tape, glue, or similar items affixed
• Non-communicative items like lottery tickets or matchbooks
• Address labels other than the one on the outside of the envelope
• Laminated cards or other laminated materials

Content That Will Get Mail Disapproved

Mail can be disapproved for delivery if it depicts or describes how to make weapons, bombs, or chemical agents, describes escape methods or includes facility blueprints or road maps, describes drug manufacturing or alcohol brewing, is written in code, encourages violence or criminal activity, threatens harm, contains sexual content as defined under Florida Statute 847.001, or includes another inmate’s personal or criminal history information. If mail is disapproved, both the inmate and the sender receive written notice stating the specific reason.

Correspondence Restrictions

An inmate cannot send mail to anyone who has made a written request to the warden not to receive mail from them. Parents or legal guardians of someone under 18 can request this restriction on the minor’s behalf.

What Happens If Someone Transfers or Is Released

If the inmate is transferred or released, mail addressed to them is returned to sender unless they’ve provided a forwarding address ahead of time.

Send Photos and Letters with Pigeonly

The easiest way to send photos and letters to someone at Citrus County Detention Facility is through Pigeonly. Upload your photos or write your letter online, and Pigeonly prints and mails everything to the facility for you, following the mail rules listed above.