Inmate Communications

Send Mail to an Inmate

Send Books/ Magazines to an Inmate

Soft covered books and magazines may be sent in through a 3rd party vendor such as Amazon, EBay or a bookstore.  Materials that may be rejected include, but are not limited to:

• Materials that advocate violence or a security breach.
• Literature that could incite racial unrest.
• Sexually explicit material, including pornographic magazines, nude pictures, pictures or descriptions of sexually explicit activities.
• Obscene publications or writings and mail containing information concerning where or how such matter may be obtained; any material that would tend to incite murder, arson, riot, violent racism or any other form of violence; any material that would tend to incite crimes against children; any material concerning unlawful gambling or an unlawful lottery; the manufacture or use of weapons, narcotics or explosives or any other unlawful activity.
• Material that could lead to sexual aggression or an offensive environment for inmates.
• Any material with content that could reasonably demonstrate a legitimate government interest in rejecting the material.
• Any books on the “Banned Book” list.

All newspapers must come through a prepaid subscription. Out-of-county inmates will not be allowed to enter into “time contracts” (i.e. magazine subscriptions, newspaper subscriptions, etc.).

Phone Calls from an Inmate

Phones are located in the cellblocks for their use.  Inmate may inform family/friend of whereabouts through a recorded message, if they have no funds.  Inmate may purchase communication data with funds from their commissary account, allowing them to make a personal call.  Calls are limited to 15 minutes per call. The inmate will need to redial each time the conversation is terminated.  To set up an account, visit their website.

Phone Calls to an Inmate

No messages will be passed on to an inmate.  You may contact them through the mail/ email/ sms/ video visit only.

Send emails to Inmate

Go to CIDNET to create an account. Once on the site, scroll down to “Brochure” to get step-by-step setup instructions.

ALL correspondences are scanned by Manitowoc County Jail staff before transmission is complete. If a correspondence is flagged (contains questionable verbiage/ content), it will be denied.

Canteen, Hygiene & Writing Materials

If an inmate has funds, they can purchase hygiene, writing materials & canteen weekly.  As well, family and friends may purchase items for the inmate online.

An inmate must have $1.00 or less in their account for 3 consecutive days to be considered indigent.  An indigent inmate may order indigent hygiene items & writing materials only, weekly.