How To Send Mail To An Inmate
All non-legal inmate mail must be sent to the following address:
Stokes County Detention Center
Inmate Name, Inmate ID Number
Facility ID Number: 5187
P.O. Box 18247
Greensboro, NC 27419
The envelope must include the Facility Name, Inmate Name, Inmate ID number, and the Facility ID or the mail will NOT be scanned. The Facility ID for the Stokes County Detention Center is 5187.
The envelope must have a complete, legible return address including the sender’s first and last name or the mail will NOT be scanned. The sender is responsible for postage. Mail with insufficient postage will be refused.
MAIL &PHOTO REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS:
- NO cash, personal checks, or money orders mailed to the mail processing center.
- Mail must be 10 pages or less per envelope.
- Page size must be no larger than 5” x 11”.
- Mail can include written or typed pages, photos, drawings or greeting cards (NO Polaroid photos)
- NO glitter, glue, tape, 3D elements, or electronic components (lights, music, animation)
- NO items containing, depicting, or relating to sexually explicit activity, gang activity, illegal activity, violence, drug, or alcohol use, etc.
- NO photos of nude or partially clothed persons.
- NO illegal substances or any other items considered to be contraband.
- NO magazines, books, or packages mailed to mail processing center, NO publications of any kind.
- NO originals of important documents or photos such as Birth Certificates, Driver’s Licenses, Social Security Cards, Green Cards, etc., as they will not be returned.
- Photos sent to an inmate via the Pay Tel Connect application are $0.25 per approved photo charged to the sender, not the inmate.