COLUMBUS, Ind. – Sheriff Matt Myers reminds residents that the transition phase to the new mail policy for Bartholomew County Jail (BCJ) inmates ends this Sunday. The four-week grace period to inform families and friends of the new process for incoming mail will be over.
Beginning on Monday, January 3, BCJ will not accept any correspondence for prisoners. Legal mail from attorneys is the only exception and it will still be received.
Mail to inmates is going electronic with Earth Class Mail, an extension of HomeWav. Earth Class Mail receives your postal mail, scans it, and delivers it to the designated email inbox as a PDF.
Books, magazines, and junk mail are not forwarded to inmates. Do not send them to Earth Class Mail.
The sheriff said, “Correspond as usual but send letters to the Texas address instead of the jail. They will be forwarded to inmates at no extra cost. We want to make this change as easy as possible.”
Mail should be addressed as follows: