Mail & Photos to Somerset County Jail. Addresses & What's Allowed

Two Different Addresses. Use the Right One

Somerset County Jail splits its mail into two separate tracks, and using the wrong address can get your mail delayed, returned, or destroyed early.

Personal letters, cards, and photos go to the Securus Digital Mail Center for scanning:

[Your Full Name]
[Your Address]
[Your City, State, ZIP]

[Inmate Name and ID#]
C/O Securus Digital Mail Center - Somerset
PO Box 20287
Tampa, FL 33622

Legal mail and publications from a recognized publisher, distributor, or authorized retailer go straight to the jail:

[Your Full Name]
[Your Address]
[Your City, State, ZIP]

[Inmate Name and ID#]
Somerset County Jail
131 East Madison Road
Madison, ME 04950

Failure to address personal mail correctly to the Securus Digital Mail Center may result in it being returned or delayed, per the jail’s own notice. Always include your return address on the envelope.

How Scanned Mail Works

Once your letter arrives at the Securus Digital Mail Center, it’s digitally scanned and made available for the inmate to view on a tablet or kiosk inside the jail. This applies to standard letters, cards, and photos or drawings that aren’t hand-made. The physical copy is kept for 60 days after it’s uploaded, then destroyed. If you want your original mail sent back to you instead, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with what you send.

What’s No Longer Accepted at All

Somerset County Jail’s mail policy specifically states that hand-made cards and hand-made artwork are no longer accepted, even for scanning. This is a change from how many facilities still handle personal mail, so don’t assume a hand-drawn card will get through because it’s paper.

What Gets Returned to Sender

• Anything that can’t be scanned, including paper larger than 8.5 x 11 inches and any non-paper item.
• All packages, regardless of contents.
• All certified mail.

If you want returned mail sent back to you instead of destroyed, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your original mailing.

Photos

Photos and drawings that aren’t hand-made are accepted for scanning and delivered to the inmate the same way as letters, through the tablet or kiosk system. A specific size or format limit beyond the general 8.5 x 11 inch scanning cap isn’t separately published for photos, so keep prints to a standard size to avoid a rejection.

Prohibited Content

Somerset County Jail’s mail policy prohibits the following content regardless of format:

• Information on making bombs, weapons, or drugs
• Material encouraging a riot, work stoppage, or other disruption of jail operations
• Illegally mailable material of any kind
• Polaroid pictures
• Pornographic or sexually explicit material
• Mail from inmates housed at other correctional facilities
• Hand-made cards or hand-made artwork

“Objectionable pictures,” meaning depictions of genitals, female breasts or nipples, or sex acts, are treated as contraband. A copy with the objectionable content removed may still be forwarded to the inmate, per the jail’s policy.

Money Sent by Mail

Only government checks, postal money orders, and checks from another correctional facility are accepted through the mail for an inmate’s account. Cash and personal checks sent by mail are rejected and returned. See the send money guide for what to ask before mailing a money order.

Books and Publications

Books and other publications must come directly from a recognized publisher, distributor, or authorized retailer, not from a family member’s own collection, and should be mailed to the direct facility address above instead of the Securus Digital Mail Center. Inmates may keep up to 5 publications combined (personal, jail, religious, or educational) in their cell at a time.

Legal Mail

Legal mail must be addressed and sent directly to the facility, not through the Securus scanning center. The jail’s policy treats legal mail as a distinct category, but it doesn’t separately spell out handling details such as whether it’s opened only in the inmate’s presence. If you’re an attorney or legal representative with a specific question, call (207) 474-7409 directly.

Indigent Mail Supplies

The jail’s mail policy confirms a minimum indigent mail provision: at least 3 first-class letters per week for inmates who can’t otherwise afford postage and supplies.

If Someone Has Transferred, Been Released, or Is Boarded Elsewhere

Before mailing anything, confirm the person is still in custody at Somerset County Jail. Somerset both boards inmates from other counties and sometimes boards its own inmates out to other facilities depending on capacity, so a recent move is genuinely possible. Check the inmate search guide, or call (207) 474-7409, before sending anything.