Fayette County Correctional Center Inmate Mail

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Mail for a Fayette County Correctional Center Inmate

The sheriff's mailing address for inmate money orders and cashier's checks is:

[Name of inmate]
Fayette County Sheriff's Office
PO Box 518
West Union, IA 52175

The correctional center itself is at 220 N. Industrial Pkwy., West Union, IA 52175. Note the ZIP code: West Union is 52175.

  • All personal mail is searched, and every piece needs a return address.
  • Legal mail is not opened by staff; the inmate opens it in front of an officer and keeps it.
  • Mail for someone no longer held in West Union is returned, not forwarded.

What can you mail to an inmate in Fayette County Correctional Center?

What Fayette County Inmates May Receive

Envelope addressed to a Fayette County Correctional Center inmate

Paper rules for letters and kids' drawings

Industrial Parkway rejects letters with stains, stickers, tape, perfume, glitter or lipstick, and won't pass along food, drinks, stationery or stamps.

Photos

Photos are not accepted in personal mail; order prints from a third-party vendor such as Shutterfly, Walmart or Target.

Books, but no magazine subscriptions

Have books shipped by the publisher or Amazon.com; Fayette County refuses individual magazine subscriptions.

Legal mail for a Fayette County Correctional Center inmate

Banned content

Weapons and tactics, drugs, tattoo and piercing material, sexually explicit or gang-related content, racist or inflammatory material, and anything that threatens security will not be delivered.

Letter addressed to the Fayette County Correctional Center

Mail Questions for the West Union Jail

My son wants to write back. Should I mail him stamped envelopes?

Can he write to his cousin in the Black Hawk County Jail?

I printed photos at home. Can they go in the envelope?

My son wants to write back. Should I mail him stamped envelopes?

No. Inmates buy envelopes through the jail commissary, and stamps or envelopes sent in are refused.

Can he write to his cousin in the Black Hawk County Jail?

No. Fayette County inmates may not correspond with inmates of other jails or prisons, even through a third party.

I printed photos at home. Can they go in the envelope?

No; prints must be shipped by a vendor like Shutterfly, Walmart or Target.

Emailing an Inmate in the Fayette County Correctional Center

Electronic Messages

The sheriff's rules mention an electronic messaging system but do not name a provider; call 563-422-3234 before signing up for any service.

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Every detail on this page is checked by hand, not scraped. This unofficial directory helps friends and family of incarcerated individuals find critical information — inmate lists, locations, bail resources, visitation hours, rules, and text, phone, email, and mail services — for jails, detention centers, and prisons across the United States.