Anaheim Detention Facility Inmate Mail
When mailing a letter or postcard to an inmate, please address your mail as follows:
Inmate's First and Last Name
Inmate name and booking number (required information)
Orange County Sheriff's Department
550 N. Flower St.
Santa Ana, CA 92703
Phone: Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988
All mail sent to an inmate at the Anaheim Detention Facility 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.
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 Anaheim Detention Facility has a zero-tolerance policy regarding mail violations.
TextBehind Digital & Letter Writing Service
Here’s how it works:
1. All offender mail (paper and electronic) is addressed and delivered to TextBehind. Electronic mail is sent through the apps (iphone, Google Play). Paper mail is sent to the address below:
Inmate Name and Inmate Number
Anaheim Detention Facility California (note: please do not abbreviate the name)
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
2. If it was sent via TextBehind's app (iphone, Google Play), TextBehind can process it within one business day.
3. An additional step is involved in processing mail that is sent using the U.S. Postal Service. TextBehind will use a scanner to make digital files of the contents of the mailing—including cards, photos or artwork.
4. All digital files are then forwarded to the offender’s assigned prison.
5. The jail or prison's mailroom staff print approved pages and then delivers them to the inmate.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Here’s what happens when TextBehind receives a letter from an inmate:
YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS...
IMPORTANT TextBehind LINKS:
Register / Log in with TextBehind
Contact TextBehind with Questions
Add an Inmate to your list of Contacts
TextBehind Volume Discount packages
** Address to Mail letters using TextBehind **
Inmate Name and Inmate Number
Anaheim Detention Facility California (note: please do not abbreviate the name)
P.O. Box 247
Phoenix, MD 21131
RATES (subject to change):
TextBehind is a digital texting and letter writing service used by jail and prison inmates and inmate’s friends and families all across America. Due to the problem of letters and postcards containing, or soaked in contraband (drugs), TextBehind electronic and physical letters replaced the former policy of allowing mail to be sent directly from inmate’s friends and family members, and vice versa.
Type of Mail Allowed for Anaheim Detention Facility
Only Work Furlough Inmates are allowed to receive mail. Mail to any other inmate will be discarded.
Postcards
The Anaheim Detention Facility allows work furlough 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.
Envelopes
The Anaheim Detention Facility allows letters in envelopes to be mailed to work furlough inmates. You must include a complete return address including your first and last name on the envelope.
To confirm that the Anaheim Detention Facility still allows letters in envelopes call Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988 or view the Inmate Mail Instructions by going here.
Call 714-765-1988 to get inmate booking number.
Address to:
Inmate first and last name and booking number
425 South Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
Newspapers
Inmates at this facility cannot have newspaper subscriptions mailed to them, however, the jail provides several newspaper choices to for inmates to read on the premises.
Magazines
A variety of magazines are provided for inmates at the jail, but you are not permitted to send magazines or subscriptions to the jail.
Books
The jail does not accept books that have been mailed to inmates either from individuals or publishers. The jail provides a reading selection of books to the inmates.
To find out if Anaheim Detention Facility has begun allowing books to be mailed by a third party publisher or bookseller, call Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988.
Care packages
Care packages are pre-chosen items packaged together and sent to the inmate from a third-party vendor. They can include clothing, snacks and seasonal items.
When a jail allows the inmate to receive Care Packages they must come directly from an approved company that specializes in serving the inmates of jails.
Call Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988 or click here or here to see if the Anaheim Detention Facility participates in a Care Package program and if so, how to purchase one.
Emailing an Inmate
A growing number of jails now offer email services to inmates and their families. This can save you time by letting you view your email from your Smart Phone, computer or tablet whenever you wish.
In addition, you don't have to deal with envelopes, stamps or the post office.
Inmates like it because the emails typically eliminate delayed mail runs so they can get your correspondence much more quickly and send responses immediately.
Jail staff likes it as it eliminates concerns about contraband entering the facility in envelopes and on paper. It also allows the jail to have an electronic record that can be called upon at any time.
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.
Call Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988 or click here to see if email services are being offered at this jail and if so, how to sign up you and your inmate.
How to address your Inmate's Postcard or Envelope
Inmate's First and Last Name
Inmate name and booking number (required information)
Orange County Sheriff's Department
550 N. Flower St.
Santa Ana, CA 92703
All mail sent to an inmate at the Anaheim Detention Facility 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.
To confirm the mailing address and/or any new policies regarding inmate mail call Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988 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.
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.
Call Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988 or click here for a complete list of prohibited items.
POLICIES REGARDING MAILING PHOTOS TO Anaheim Detention Facility
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.
Call Anaheim Jail: 714-765-1988 or check the most recent policies regarding inmate photos on the jail's website by going here.
Important Mail Tips
All mail coming into this facility is thoroughly inspected by the Watch Commander who determines whether or not the mail may be forwarded to the inmate.
Mail is always scanned and inspected for contraband, obscenity and other rule infractions.
Assume that everything you write will be read by jail staff and can and will be used against you or your inmate in court.
Never write anything about the inmate's court case you wouldn't want read aloud in court.
Mail is considered by the jail to be a privilege. Any violations of the mail policies can result in the inmate's mail privileges being suspended.
The introduction of contraband by you into the jail through the mail could result in criminal charges being filed against both you and the inmate.
Click here to view contact information for the Anaheim Detention Facility.