Inmate Mail Policy
Inmates in the Rowan County Detention Center may receive mail as set forth in these guidelines. Repeated violations may result in denial of mail privileges to the sender. Mail containing any of the following will be returned to the sender and the inmate notified that it has been returned.
Cash money or coins
Sticker address labels-All return name/address must be handwritten or typed
Polaroid photographs will no longer be allowed. Pictures are allowed but no more than 10 to an envelope
Pictures and greeting cards must be no larger than 5 X 7
No perfumed letters or envelopes
No lipstick
Any mail containing materials considered contraband or drugs
No obscene, violent, pornographic, sexually illicit, sexually erotic, sexually
prurient, sexually enticing obscene publications or writings
Envelopes or contents altered from original form or soaked/permeated in a liquid,
solid or gaseous solution
Materials containing instructions for the manufacture of explosives, drugs, weapons, alcohol, other unlawful substances or contraband
Materials advocating violence
Materials advocating hatred toward any individual or group
Materials advocating or encouraging sexual behavior that is criminal or in violation of the facility rules
Gang-related materials such as signs, drawings, language and symbols - to include pictures of persons displaying gang signs
Glue, paperclips, clasps, staples, magnets, stickers, tape, plastic, wood, cloth, glass, ribbon, liquids, metal, or any like materials
Profanity on envelopes
Communicating threats
Music lyrics printed from the internet or other medium that are obscene, violent, pornographic, or otherwise in violation of institutional rules
Stamps, blank paper, envelopes or other items that can be traded, sold, or used to gamble
Bubble envelopes
No more than 10 pages per letter, including printed material from the internet or other like media
Mail from other detention facilities or prison units is not allowed unless prior approval has been obtained from administrators
Effective 17 July 2008