INMATE MAIL PROCESSING CHANGE
05/26/2023
Inmate Mail:
The Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office partners with TextBehind to process inmate mail:
Inmate Mail must be addressed:
Offender First & Last Name Inmate ID# (initials are not acceptable
Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
The envelope must include the sender's return address to include:
The sender's First & Last Name
The sender's complete return address
Once the facility reviews the mail it will take 24 hours before the inmate receives it
Any envelope without complete or missing information as specified above, either for the sender or offender will be rejected and discarded UNOPENED without exception.
- TextBehind does not accept Legal Mail, Money Orders, Personal Checks, Gift Cards, Cash, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Social Security Cards, Driver's Licenses, books, magazines, catalogs, advertising mailers, and junk mail. These unacceptable items will be returned to the sender.
- All mail will be reviewed and approved by facility staff
- Non-privileged mail is scanned
- Physical letters are stored for up to 30 days
- After 30 days physical letters are shredded in a secure manner