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| Arapahoe County Government |
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| 13101 Broncos Parkway |
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| Centennial, CO 80112 |
| 303-795-4711 non-emergency |
| 911 emergency |
| E-mail: Sheriff |
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Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility Mail Procedures
The following are general mail rules:
- All incoming mail will be inspected
- Mail is processed and distributed Monday through Friday excluding Holidays
- Inmates may receive incoming mail, sealed letters from family and friends, groups of persons and organizations, including,
but not limited to the following:
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- Courts, counsel, officials of the jail, government officials, administrators of the grievance systems, medical officials and
members of the parole authority.
- Non Legal envelopes over 8” (inches) x 10” (inches), packages, boxes and other similar items are considered parcels will not
be accepted without pre-approval.
Please use the following address to send an inmate mail:
Inmate Full Name
Inmate Booking Number
P.O. Box 4918
Centennial, CO 80155-4918
Mail will not be accepted under the following conditions:
- Mail containing;
- Polaroid’s
- Photos or pictures over 4” x 6”
- Stationary
- Any food items
- Any type of contraband
- Infectious/hazardous materials
- Photographs no larger that 4” x 6”
- Newspaper articles and pages from books or magazines
- Payroll checks, Personal checks, Third party checks
- Papers with non postage materials to include: oils, chemicals, liquid or foreign matter
- Materials depicting sexual activity or displaying male/female genitalia or females breasts
- Material that would, if communicated create a danger to the security of he facility, to include but is not limited to gang
activity, gang graffiti, or tagging
- Material that may cause a severe psychiatric or emotional disturbance or distress as determined by staff
- Information, which if communicated, could create serious danger, violence, and/or harm to any person.
- Mail containing drawings or writings made of colored crayons, colored pencils, markers or other foreign substances.
- Insufficient postage
- Homemade envelopes
- No return address on the mailing
Mail will be rejected under the following reasons:
- If there is a reasonable suspicion that the correspondence may contain the following:
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- Plans for criminal activity
- Instruction for the manufacture of weapons, drugs, drug paraphernalia or alcoholic beverages
- Codes not understood by the scanner, to include gang graffiti or "tagging"
- Plans for activities in violation of Facility Rules
- The promotion of racial discord
- The detailed construction of weapons, explosives, or incendiary devices
- Materials that would disrupt the operation and/or safety of the Facility
- Gang-related materials
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