Personal mail is scanned and delivered on tablets. Call 817-884-3000 for the current mailing address. Legal mail and money orders go to 100 N. Lamar, Fort Worth, TX 76196. No Amazon packages.
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Tarrant County Green Bay Facility processes personal mail through an outside scanning service. Letters, cards, and postcards are scanned and made available to inmates on their tablets. Personal mail is no longer delivered in paper form at the jail. Call 817-884-3000 to get the current mailing address for personal letters before you send anything. Legal mail and money orders still go directly to 100 North Lamar Street, Fort Worth, TX 76196. Books and magazines must be shipped directly from an approved publisher. Amazon is not accepted because it uses third-party couriers.
Tarrant County no longer delivers personal mail in paper form at the jail. Letters, cards, and postcards go to an outside scanning service first, then get loaded onto the inmate’s tablet.
Call 817-884-3000 to get the current mailing address for personal letters before you send anything. If you send personal mail to the wrong address, it will be returned to you.
Letters must be no larger than 12 inches by 16 inches. Include the inmate’s full legal name and inmate ID number on the envelope. Include your return address. You can track mail delivery and see if letters were approved or rejected by signing up for a free account at mailguardtracker.com.
Legal mail still goes directly to the jail:
100 North Lamar Street Fort Worth, TX 76196
Label the envelope clearly as legal mail. Legal mail is opened and inspected in the inmate’s presence.
You can send up to 10 unframed photographs per envelope. Photos must be no larger than 4 inches by 6 inches. Photographs of an obscene nature are not allowed and will be returned. Do not send Polaroid or instant-print photos.
Books must be new and shipped directly from an approved publisher. Accepted publishers include Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Tyndale, Scholastic, and others. Amazon packages are not accepted because Amazon often uses third-party couriers. Packages from third-party couriers will not be accepted.
Magazines must be a direct subscription from the publisher. You cannot send books or magazines from a personal residence or a retailer like Barnes & Noble.
Softcover books only. Hardcovers are subject to review. Call 817-884-3000 if you’re unsure whether a specific book will be accepted.
Contraband items are returned to sender. Prohibited content includes material depicting violence, obscene material, information about weapons or drugs, and anything that could threaten the safety or security of the facility.
The easiest way to send photos and letters to someone at Tarrant County Green Bay 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.
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Personal mail now goes to an outside scanning service. Call 817-884-3000 to get the current address before you send anything. Legal mail and money orders go to 100 North Lamar Street, Fort Worth, TX 76196.
MailYes. You can include up to 10 unframed photos per envelope, no larger than 4 x 6 inches. No obscene content. No Polaroid or instant-print photos.
MailYes, but books must be new and shipped directly from an approved publisher. Amazon is not accepted because it uses third-party couriers. Approved publishers include Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and others. No books from a personal residence.
MailPersonal mail is sent to an outside scanning service, then loaded onto the inmate's tablet. You can track delivery and see approval or rejection status by signing up at mailguardtracker.com.
MailSearch at inmatesearch.tarrantcounty.com to confirm they're in Tarrant County custody.
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