All personal inmate mail from outside family members and friends must be sent to the following address:

Western Tidewater Regional Jail VA

 Inmate’s Name, five-digit inmate identifier

 P.O. Box 247

 Phoenix, MD  21131

The mail will be scanned and delivered electronically, and the inmates will be able to view their mail via the tablets in the blocks.  If an inmate is on cell restriction or unable to use a tablet, then the mail will be printed off and given to the inmate. 

Pictures (5×7 or smaller only) and cards (birthday, Christmas, etc.) will be accepted and scanned in at the facility in Maryland. No polaroid or any picture pornographic in nature are prohibited.  Also, you cannot embed pictures into a letter, they must be separate. 

*** This does not pertain to Legal Mail and ONLY applies to incoming inmate personal mail sent to the scanning facility.  All Legal Mail should continue to be sent to Western Tidewater Regional Jail directly***