Kentucky jail no longer directly accepting inmate mail

JOHNSON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A regional jail in eastern Kentucky is no longer directly accepting personal mail for its inmates.

The Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Johnson County announced Friday in a social media post lost Friday that all personal letters must now be sent to a designated address: P.O. Box 247 in Phoenix, Missouri, postal code 21131.

All mail must include the inmate’s full name and identification number, and incomplete or improperly addressed mail will be rejected and discarded.

Legal mail, money orders, personal checks, gift cards and cash cannot be sent to the P.O. box.

Mail will be digitally delivered to inmates through detention center kiosks and tablets.