Postcards
Incoming and outgoing prisoner personal mail must be on a pre-stamped or metered standard postcard. The authorized size for incoming postcards is no smaller than 3 1/2 x 4" and no larger than 8 1/2" x 11".
The following items are not authorized on postcards.
- Do not meet the size requirements.
- Have pictures, photos, or drawings on them.
- Include gang symbols or writings.
- Have watermarks, stains, stickers (including stamps), or labels.
- Are marked with paint, cosmetics, markers, high-lighters, crayons, or other such substances.
- Are treated with chemicals (for example, drugs, perfume, or cologne).
- Are colors other than white.
- Are altered, split, or glued.
- Do not have a return address.
General information
- Standard pre-stamped or metered postcards may be purchased at any U.S. Post Office or on U.S. Postal Service websites.
- All incoming mail will be searched and may be read.
- For money or negotiable instruments received through the mail, the envelope must include the prisoner’s name and must be designated “for deposit only” or it will be refused.
- The Iron County Jail will only accept cashier’s checks, money orders, and/or government checks.
- Other items received in the “for deposit only” envelope will not be delivered to prisoners and will be destroyed.
E-messages can be sent to inmates through GettingOut.com.
Sending books
- Books must be new and shipped directly from a publisher, retailer, or book distributor (such as Amazon).
- No hardcover books are allowed.
- No spiral binding books are allowed.
- No third party sellers are allowed.
- Inmates are limited to 5 books in their possession and can only receive 5 books per month.
Address for mail and books
Example format for addressing mail to inmates:
INMATE [FIRST NAME] [LAST NAME]
IRON COUNTY JAIL
2136 N MAIN ST
CEDAR CITY, UT 84721