Use this layout for the Waukon street address:
Person's legal name, then booking no.
Allamakee County Jail
877 Highway 9
Waukon, IA 52172
Include your return address. For photos, greeting cards, books or legal mail, call 563-568-4521 before mailing anything beyond a plain letter, and ask whether a post office box should be used instead of the street address.
Don't put cash or checks in the envelope. To get the booking number, see our Allamakee County jail lookup page.
What is the mailing address for the Allamakee County Jail?
Is it safe to tuck money into a letter to Waukon?
Can I send snapshots or a paperback to Waukon?
What do I need on the envelope?
Send it to Allamakee County Jail at 877 Highway 9 in Waukon, ZIP 52172, with the recipient's name on top. The sheriff lists that street address, and no P.O. box is used for inmate mail.
No. Waukon letters must never carry bills or checks; funds go separately as a money order.
Iowa county jails typically turn away items outside the letter rules, and refused items may be returned or thrown out.
Who the letter is for, that person's booking number, and a return address for you.
For quicker contact than a letter to Highway 9, families can text through Reliance Telephone.
Messages are paid from Reliance's All Options wallet, which is non-refundable; message prices are on Reliance's listing for the jail on Highway 9.