When mailing a letter or postcard to an inmate, please address your mail as follows:
Calhoun County Jail
Inmate's First and Last Name
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
All mail sent to an inmate at the Calhoun County Jail must include the sender's name and mailing address in the top left corner of the envelope or postcard.
Failure to include your return address will most likely result in your mail NOT being delivered and your letter destroyed.
NOTE: ALL INCOMING MAIL MUST BE METERED. ** PEELABLE OR ADHESIVE STAMPS WILL RESULT IN YOUR MAIL BEING REFUSED.
Main Phone: 256-236-5561
The information below provides complete instructions regarding:
Follow these instructions exactly to help ensure that your inmate receives his/her mail and not have it thrown away.
The Calhoun County Jail has a zero-tolerance policy regarding mail violations.
Staff at the Calhoun County Jail has increasingly been finding letters that are being mailed to inmates being dipped into illegal drugs in liquid form. Because of this crime they may be eliminating all direct mail from families and friends and moving to a system where all personal mail (not legal) is sent to a third party who will either provide photocopies of your letters or will forward them in a digital form to be read by inmates on terminals in their unit.
Instructions on this service are listed below, or will be outlined in detail when this new policy takes affect. If you have any questions, call the Calhoun County Jail at 256-236-5561.
Mail Policies regarding letters, postcards, greeting cards, digital mail, newspapers, magazines and books are listed below. Scroll down for instructions. Failure to adhere to them will result in your inmate and you losing certain privileges.
Calhoun County Jail Physical Address
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
Calhoun County Jail Mailing Address
Inmate's Name
Calhoun County Jail
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
Type of Mail Allowed for Calhoun County Jail
Postcards
The Calhoun County Jail allows inmates to receive pre-metered postcards like the type purchased from the post office. They may also allow certain photo postcards as long as they have not been tampered with or contain images that may be considered to be obscene or violent in nature. It is best to only use blue or black ink. Always include your name and return address.
Envelopes
The Calhoun County Jail also allows envelopes to be mailed to inmates. It is best to only use blue or black ink.
Postcards and envelopes MUST HAVE the sender's full name and return address on the envelope.
Postcards and envelopes MUST be mailed to the following address:
Inmate's Name
Calhoun County Jail
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
Legal Mail
Send all Legal Mail to this Address:
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
Newspapers
Newspapers may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher.
Magazines
News, special interest or sports magazines may also be mailed to an inmate as long as they are shipped directly from the publisher. Any magazines that contain profanity, weapons, pornography or other content that is adult in nature will be confiscated by the jail staff and will NOT be delivered to the inmate.
Books
The Calhoun County Jail allows books to be mailed directly to the jail from a reputable source such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million. You can order them directly from your computer and have them shipped to the inmate at the address noted.
Books must NOT contain images or content that are considered excessively violent, pornographic or obscene. Any book that does not meet the Calhoun County Jail standards will be disposed of.
Hard cover books will not be accepted by the jail due to their potential to be used as a weapon.
All newspapers, magazines and books are to be shipped to:
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
Emailing an Inmate
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Fair warning: Anything you or your inmate writes in an email service is put through a filter program that looks for certain words related to criminal and/or gang activities.
There have been multiple cases in which emails between inmates and their friends or loved ones has been used as evidence in criminal court cases to convict them or to file new charges.
Go to JailATM's website, or call 256-236-5561 with any questions you have about service.
How to address your Inmate's Postcard or Envelope
Calhoun County Jail
Inmate's First and Last Name
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
All mail sent to an inmate at the Calhoun County Jail must include the senders name and mailing address in the top left corner of the envelope or postcard.
Failure to include your return address will most likely result in your mail NOT being delivered and discarded.
Always use premetered, white envelopes. Peelable or adhesive stamps are not accepted.
To confirm the mailing address and/or any new policies regarding inmate mail call 256-236-5561 or check the most recent updates on the jail's website by going here.
Mailed Items NOT Allowed
If your inmate is mailed anything other than a letter, postcard or greeting card it won't get through.
However as stated above, because of the increased smuggling of drugs, more and more jails are only allowing:
- pre-stamped or metered, and
- solid color or white envelopes or postcards to be received by inmates.
Calhoun County Jail enforces this. If you send mail with a stamp (peelable or adhesive) it will be refused.
Other examples of prohibited items include:
Stamps and stickers.
Musical greeting cards.
Altered mail such as perfumed or lipstick covered.
Paper with any type of stains such as grease.
News clippings.
Crayon, felt tip or hand painted drawings.
POLICIES REGARDING MAILING PHOTOS TO Calhoun County Jail
Oversize envelopes are prohibited.
Photos should not exceed 4 inches high x 6 inches wide.
Send no more than five photos at one time.
Polaroid Photos are prohibited.
Photos of weapons are prohibited.
Photos of drugs, the consuming of drugs or alcohol is prohibited.
Photos of lewd behavior or people exhibiting too much skin is prohibited.
Important Mail Tips
For inmates receiving mail in the Calhoun County Jail there are different addresses and policies depending on the inmate's status, as well as what type of mail they are receiving; personal mail, legal mail, subscriptions or books sent from a third-party such as Amazon.
All mail, newspapers, magazines and books are to be shipped to the Calhoun County Jail:
Inmate's Name
Calhoun County Jail
400 West 8th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
For complete information on mail policies, what you can send an inmate and what address to send them, check out our Inmate Mail page.
To set up a phone account so that your inmate can call you from Calhoun County do the following:
1. Enroll in an account with Securus Technologies.
2. Choose one of three account types, Securus Debit, Advance Connect or Direct Bill.
3. Choose [facility_name_1}, then connect with your inmate.
4. If you have any questions, call Securus: 972-734-1111 or 800-844-6591.
To find out fees, how to's, calling times, limits on phone calls and other systems Securus has do that you can communicate with your Calhoun County inmate, check out our Inmate Phone Page.
NOTE: All of your inmate's phone calls are recorded and stored. It is advised not to discuss their pending case.
To send a commissary carepack (food, snacks and goods) directly to an inmate in Calhoun County Jail follow these steps:
For all information, tips and available items for shipping Commissary packages or sending money to an inmate in Calhoun County Jail check out our Commissary Instructions Page for Calhoun County.
To deposit money online for an inmate in Calhoun County Jail follow these steps:
For all information, tips and procedures for sending money to an inmate in Calhoun County Jail, or depositing money at the jail, over the phone or by mail, check out our Send Money Page for Calhoun County.
