Grundy County Jail Inmate Mail
Type of Mail Allowed to be Sent to Inmates in Grundy County Jail
Grundy County posts no mail rulebook, so ask 319-824-6933 before sending photos, books or cards with glitter, stickers or padding.
Mail Questions for 705 8th Street
Will letters to my fiancé in Grundy Center be opened?
Should I use 706 G Avenue for letters?
Will letters to my fiancé in Grundy Center be opened?
Jails generally inspect incoming non-legal mail for contraband.
Should I use 706 G Avenue for letters?
706 G Avenue is the courthouse; letters for inmates belong at 705 8th Street.
Mail Items Not Allowed to be Sent to Grundy County Jail Inmates
If you attempt to directly mail anything other than a plain letter or postcard to the Grundy County Jail it won't get through.
Note: Inmates are NOT allowed to have in their possession any more than two (2) paperback books and four (4) magazines or other publications at any time.
Hardbound books are not permitted.
The books must come directly from the publisher.
All publications must be new.
No used books allowed.
Examples of prohibited items include:
- Stamps and stickers.
- envelopes
- Food items or personal hygiene items
- Cash or money orders
- Musical greeting cards.
- Altered mail such as perfumed or lipstick covered.
- Paper with any type of stains such as grease.
- News clippings.
- Computer generated printouts.
- Crayon, felt tip or hand painted drawings.
- Cardstock paper, greeting cards, construction paper, or manila envelopes
- Perfume, powder or cologne on the mail
- Kiss impressions on the correspondence
- Stained or extremely dirty letters
- More than 20 photographs (5" x 7")
- Anything gang-related
- Nude or partially nude photos or drawings
- White out, white out tape, crayons, paint, markers, glue, tape, glitter, stickers or labels
- Metal or plastic
- Food or medicine
- Pens, pencils, etc.
- Gum
Grundy County Jail Policy Regarding Mailing Photos to an Inmate
- Photos should not exceed 5 inches high x 7 inches wide.
- Grundy County Jail allows only twenty photographs to be mailed at any 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.
Inmate Mail Tips for you to Follow
Failure to follow the jail’s guidelines can get the inmate in trouble.
Repeated failure to follow guidelines can get future mail from you banned.
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.