Dickinson County Jail Inmate Mail
Send an Inmate Mail in the Dickinson County Jail
Addressing Mail to the Dickinson County Jail
Sheriff Baloun's jail page requires the inmate's full name in the address and gives this format for letters to Spirit Lake:
[Inmate's full name]
Dickinson County Jail
P.O. Box 214
Spirit Lake, IA 51360-0214
Mail goes to the post office box, not the courthouse street address. Spirit Lake letters, per the listing, carry the sender's identity in the upper-left corner and are best penned in blue or black; Fischer's office at 712-336-2793 answers whether postcards pass. Cash, personal checks and loose stamps all get a letter to P.O. Box 214 into trouble, so leave them out.
Type of Mail Allowed for Dickinson County Jail
What the Dickinson County Jail Will Not Accept by Mail
Items the sheriff turns away
The sheriff's jail page lists the restricted items for P.O. Box 214: packages, obscene or pornographic material, personal checks, postage stamps or stamped envelopes, any food, and periodicals not sent directly from the publisher.
Letters from a lawyer or court
Attorneys and courts write to a Baloun detainee at that identical post office box, with the full name on the top line, per the listing.
Subscriptions and paperbacks headed to P.O. Box 214
A newspaper or magazine reaches the Hill Avenue jail only when the publisher mails it directly. Before ordering a book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million, ask Baloun's staff at 712-336-2793 whether a retailer shipment counts, since the sheriff bars packages.
Mail Questions for the Spirit Lake Jail
Should the Spirit Lake address end in plain 51360 or the nine-digit ZIP?
Can I tuck a book of stamps into a letter to my son in Spirit Lake?
Will my mother's homemade cookies get through to the Dickinson County Jail?
Can I mail my brother a copy of the Dickinson County News I already read?
Should the Spirit Lake address end in plain 51360 or the nine-digit ZIP?
Use 51360-0214 with P.O. Box 214, Spirit Lake, IA, as the sheriff's jail page shows.
Can I tuck a book of stamps into a letter to my son in Spirit Lake?
No. Sheriff Baloun lists postage stamps and stamped envelopes among the items the jail will not accept.
Will my mother's homemade cookies get through to the Dickinson County Jail?
No. The sheriff's list of restricted mail includes any type of food.
Can I mail my brother a copy of the Dickinson County News I already read?
No. Periodicals must come straight from the publisher, so start a subscription in his name instead.
Emailing an Inmate in the Dickinson County Jail
Faster Than P.O. Box 214
Sheriff Baloun's jail downloads include an "Inmate Texting Device" document, and the listing says texts for Spirit Lake inmates are funded through a Reliance Inmate Wallet account.