How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements
To visit someone at Anderson County Jail, schedule your time through https://scheduler.tarmactech.com or use the tablet in the jail lobby. Each inmate gets two 20-minute visits per week, with up to three visitors at a time. The 20 minutes can't be divided or rotated between visitors. Arrive 20 minutes before your scheduled slot—late arrivals get turned away. You must be on the offender's visitation list, and anyone 16 or older needs a government-issued photo ID matching the scheduler entry. Leave personal items (cameras, cellphones, handbags, baby carriers) locked in your vehicle. Contraband like alcohol, tobacco, e-vapes, weapons, cash, or medications is prohibited. If you leave the visitation area for any reason, the visit ends—no reentry allowed.
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Visiting someone at Anderson County Jail is straightforward once you know what trips people up: you must schedule online ahead of time and show up early with the right ID. This guide covers scheduling, check-in, visitor limits, and the rules that can end a visit fast.
Anderson County Jail treats the visitation area as a secure zone, so arrive with as little as possible. Bring extra items? Be ready to lock them in your vehicle before check-in.
Schedule online at https://scheduler.tarmactech.com or use the tablet in the jail lobby to access the same scheduler. Make sure your visitor information matches the scheduler entry exactly to avoid being denied at check-in.
Anyone 16 or older needs a valid government-issued photo ID matching the scheduler entry. Arrive 20 minutes before your scheduled visit—late arrivals will be denied.
Don’t bring cameras, cellphones, handbags, baby carriers, or other personal items into the visitation area—secure them in your vehicle. Contraband such as alcohol, tobacco products, e-vapes, weapons, cash, and medications is prohibited and will be removed.
Anderson County Jail runs all mail through a scanning system, and the rules are strict. Miss one, and your entire letter comes back undelivered. The five biggest return triggers: exceeding the 5-page limit, writing on the back of pages (only the front gets scanned), including more than one photo, leaving required envelope details off (inmate name, Anderson County Sheriff's Office/booking/ID number, and your return address), and sending anything larger than 8.5" x 11".
Mailing a letter to someone at Anderson County Jail? You might notice a Longview address—even though your loved one isn't housed there. That's because the jail uses centralized mail processing. All inmate mail (except legal and medical) goes to PO Box 591, Longview, TX 75606, where it's scanned and delivered electronically.
Staying in touch with someone at Anderson County Jail? You've got two options: send messages and photos through the jail's NCIC.com system, or mail physical letters that get scanned and delivered electronically. Here's what each costs — and the limits that might trip you up.
