Visiting hours. To post bail, call for instructions. Portland, OR 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. You may send letters and other correspondence through the U. Postal Service to an adult in custody. All mail is routed through the Inverness Jail, even for individuals housed downtown at the Detention Center.
All incoming mail will be opened and inspected. To avoid having mail sent back to you, it is best to use pencil, ball-point pen, or colored pencil to compose letters, drawings, etc.
There are restrictions on the content and materials that persons may send into the jail. In addition to using the U. After filling out a form, give it to a Facility Security Officer. They will accept the forms between AM and PM every day, except holidays. Facility Security Officers will not accept personal mail for an adult in custody. Personal mail must be sent through the postal service. Legal mail may be sent through U.
An attorney or other legal staff may also drop legal mail off with a Facility Security Officer at one of the jails; the person dropping the mail off must show valid identification.
Mailroom staff will take steps to verify the sender. Legal mail will be searched for contraband in the presence of the recipient. There are rules and guidelines that apply to the different materials that may be sent through the mail. For example, books and magazines must come directly from a publisher or commercial retailer and also have some size limitations. Packages sent directly from a private party to an adult in custody will be rejected.
