For personal letters and postcards, the jail's listing stacks the inmate's name, then Lane's NE 2nd Street building, then Leon's 50144 ZIP code:
[Inmate's first and last name], Decatur County Jail ID [number]
Decatur County Jail
206 NE 2nd Street
Leon, IA 50144
An envelope bound for Lane's jail without the writer's name and mailing address in its upper-left corner risks being thrown out unread. Stick to blue or black ink on anything headed to NE 2nd Street, and skip drawings, glitter, confetti, lipstick, perfume, colored ink, markers and crayon. Decatur County inmates get mail Monday through Friday, and the jail sets no ceiling on the number of letters.
From Leon, inmates may write relatives and friends, though letters to co-defendants and to prisoners anywhere are barred. Lane's mail officers on NE 2nd Street sort letters, not deposits, so a twenty-dollar bill or a signed personal check has no business inside a Leon envelope; the Decatur County deposit guide describes the kiosk, counter and money-order routes.
Lane's mail officers want a complete return address on each card or postcard, and the jail's listing restricts greeting cards to plain designs with no sound chips; the Leon desk at 641-446-4111 can describe acceptable postcards.
Reading material bound for NE 2nd Street has to be brand new and shipped by its publisher, and any package for a Leon inmate must come from the vendor identified in the Leon commissary guide.
Before paying for a paperback for a Leon inmate from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million , confirm with Lane's mail officers at 641-446-4111 that a retailer shipment counts under the publisher-only rule.
Which five-digit code finishes the NE 2nd Street address on an envelope for Lane's jail?
For my nephew's birthday in the Decatur County Jail, is a singing card okay?
Is there a cap on how many letters someone in the Decatur County Jail can mail out?
My cousin is in Lane's jail and a friend sits in the Clarke County Jail; can they write each other?
Use 50144, Leon's ZIP code, which the county also prints for the sheriff's office on NE Idaho Street and the courthouse on North Main.
No. Sound chips and musical inserts keep a card out of Lane's jail; send a plain card to NE 2nd Street instead.
No set number; a Leon inmate is limited only by the stamps their commissary balance can buy.
No. Decatur County inmates may not exchange letters with prisoners in any jail or prison.
Instead of an envelope to NE 2nd Street, a Leon inmate's family can register with Reliance Telephone, load an all-options Inmate Wallet and trade screened texts with the inmate's device when one has been issued.