Mail Address:
[Inmate Name]
Rockcastle County Jail, KY
PO Box 76550
Highland Heights, KY 41076

[Inmate Name]
Rockcastle County Detention Center
205 East Main St. Box 12
Mt. Vernon, KY 40456

All incoming mail must be addressed with the Inmate name.
All incoming mail must have a return address on envelope

All incoming mail must be no larger than 8 ½ x 11 inches (letter size), no thicker than light card stock and able to be fed through a sheet fed scanner.

All incoming mail shall be opened and inspected or read to determine if contraband is enclosed or any violation of jail rules has occurred. If such is found in mail will be destroyed and not returned.

Prohibited Mail

• Stamps
• Blank envelopes
• StationaryCash, checks, or any other forms of currency
• Threats of physical harm against any person or threats/details of criminal activity      
• Plans to smuggle contraband into or out of the institution
• Information to formulate escape plans to commit a crime or to violate a jail rule
• Solicitation of gifts, good, money, or things of value from individuals or established close friends
• Code or gang insignia
• Obscene language or drawings
• Information that, if communicated, would create a threat to the security of the institution

None of the following may be included or attached:

• Address labels
• Stickers
• Homemade cards
• Musical cards
• Non-white envelopes or paper
• Paintings
• Tracing paper
• Pages from coloring books
• Drawings in colored ink, marker, crayon, or glitter
• Raised decorations
• Paint or the use of white our glue or any other liquid form

Pictures are the only enclosures permitted to be mailed to inmates.

Each inmate is allowed up to 10 photographs per package, but these MUST be printed on photo paper

Printouts from the Internet, colored pages, and provocative materials(i) are not permitted and will be destroyed          

i.Provocative is generally defined as follows:” Causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction” or “arousing sexual desire or interest.”

Return to Sender Items

• Legal mail (Not sent to: 205 East Main St. Box 12 Mt Vernon, KY 40456)
• Certified Mail requiring inmate signature.
• Mail with postage due.