Writing letters can
be an important and inexpensive way to maintain a close
relationship with someone who is incarcerated. Inmates may
purchase pre-stamped envelopes and may send and receive as many
letters as they desire. Those without sufficient funds are
provided a limited supply of pre-stamped envelopes. All mail
entering and leaving a jail facility is searched for contraband
and the writing will be scanned for security issues. In the case
of “legal mail” between an inmate and the inmate’s attorney, the
Facility Commander, the Board of Corrections, or other public
officials, the correspondence is checked for contraband but not
read or scanned.
When addressing correspondence to someone in jail, please
address the envelope in the following manner:
If you do not have the booking number of the inmate to whom you
are writing, you may look it up on the Sheriff’s Website using
the feature titled “Who’s in Jail.”
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Detention Facility Mailing Addresses
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San Diego Central Jail
PO Box 122952
San Diego, CA 92112-2952
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Vista Detention Facility
325 S. Melrose Dr, Ste 200
Vista, CA 92081
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South Bay Detention Facility
500 Third Ave
Chula Vista, CA 91910
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Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility
9000 Cottonwood
Santee, CA 92071
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Facility 8
446 Alta Rd., Suite 5300
San Diego, CA 92158
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East Mesa Detention Facility
446 Alta Rd., Suite 5200
San Diego, CA 92158
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George Bailey Detention Facility
446 Alta Rd., Suite 5300
San Diego, CA 92158
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Remember deputies will review anything you send into the
facility. You may send photos with your letters; however, photos
depicting any nudity will not be forwarded to the inmate. Do not
send cash, stamps, coins, drugs, cigarettes or any other
property with your letter. Rather than sending money, you may
deposit funds to an inmate’s account at the Information Office
of any Sheriff’s Detention Facility.
BOOK, MAGAZINES, PERIODICALS
Each facility maintains a supply of books and magazines
available to the inmates. Daily newspapers are also provided in
the housing units. Books or magazines mailed or delivered to a
Sheriff’s detention facility by the general public will not be
accepted. Books or magazines may be mailed to an inmate under
the following conditions:
1. They must have soft covers, no hardcover books will be
accepted, and
2. The book or magazine must be mailed directly from the
publisher or bookseller.
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