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FL Systemwide Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/20/2024 15 page limit for letters experience
09/29/2023 ULK 81 banned 9 August 2023 official document
04/29/2020 ULK 29 banned since 1/18/2013 official document
04/29/2020 ULK 66 banned as of 3/20/2019 experience
11/02/2009 33-210.101 Routine Mail rules official document Download File
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11/02/2009 33-501.401 Admissable Reading Material official document Download File
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Calhoun Correction Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/25/2012 no envelopes with metal parts experience

Century Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/23/2011 33-210.101(20) boxes, padded envelopes, envelopes with metal parts are not allowed. official document
10/06/2022 ULK 78 banned official document

Columbia Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
01/16/2013 NO metal parts on envelopes experience

Columbia Correctional Institution Annex Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
05/21/2023 cannot send more than 15 pages of printed material in a letter official document

Faulkenburg Road Jail Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/27/2009 books must come direct from publisher or bookstore with invoice or receipt prisoner

Florida State Prison Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
10/08/2007 no hardcover books prisoner
04/26/2009 5 pages per envelope prisoner
02/08/2010 can receive new and used, hard and soft cover, up to four. prisoner
06/19/2013 3 book limit, paperback only official document
12/26/2022 books must ship via USPS prisoner

Graceville Correctional Facility Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
11/09/2010 4 books per envelope prisoner
11/09/2010 no cardboard boxes/envelopes or metal on package prisoner
11/09/2010 New/used/hard/softcover OK prisoner

Jefferson Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
05/19/2015 Maximum 4 books at a time. Used or new okay. Hard or soft okay. prisoner
02/18/2018 spiral bind takes a lot longer to receive, plz dont sent prisoner

Okaloosa Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
07/24/2014 Accordance with FAC Chapter 33-210.101 metal parts on envelopes are not allowed experience

Orange County Correctons/Jail Facilities Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
10/24/2023 no hardcover, limit 4 books at a time prisoner

Orient Road Jail Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
06/13/2009 Books/Magazines must come from publisher with invoice experience

Polk Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/10/2013 no metal parts allowed prisoner
06/19/2020 can be used, can be sent via media mail, must go through USPS prisoner

Pretrial Detention Facility Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/11/2009 Only softcover or paperback books. No hardcover or spiral bound books. Only 2 books per mailing. Pamphlets etc. are "unlimited within reason." prisoner

Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
04/27/2009 list of reasons mail can be rejected (p.1) official document Download File
04/27/2009 list of reasons mail can be rejected (p.2) official document Download File
03/28/2010 Only 3 books at a time prisoner
03/28/2010 no hardcover books prisoner
09/11/2015 new or used books ok, only 3 at a time prisoner

Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office Jail Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
09/30/2014 can't receive books prisoner

Suwanee Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
05/19/2015 soft cover only prisoner

Tomoka Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
03/09/2015 3 books at a time prisoner

Union Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
06/30/2011 Only 8 newspapers/zines allowed per package. Only 4 paperback books allowed per package. prisoner
07/22/2011 No hardback books. New/newish only. No spiralbound books. No ripped books. prisoner

Wakulla Correctional Institution Rules

Submitted Rule Source Documentation
02/02/2010 Books: Soft or hard okay. Must come straight from organization, publisher, or vendor. No more than 4 books at once. Regular Mail: Religious and political material should not be overly subversive or encourage riotous type behavior. FL reviews publications issue-by-issue. prisoner