How Visiting Time Works at Hidalgo County Jail: Splitting Your 20 Minutes

Each inmate at Hidalgo County Adult Detention Facility gets at least two visits per week, 20 minutes each. The schedule guarantees at least one slot falls on an evening or weekend - helpful if you're working around jobs or school.

If you're on the Approved Visitors List, you can split that 20 minutes with another approved visitor. Here's the catch: the clock keeps running during the switch. Time doesn't pause while one person leaves and the next steps in. That handoff eats into your actual face time, so keep it quick if you decide to split.

A housing move doesn't automatically cancel your visit. If the inmate is moved for non-disciplinary reasons, your scheduled visit should still happen. But if the move is due to a rule violation, you'll need to find out the new date and time before showing up - don't assume the original slot still works.

Tips

• ✓ Confirm you’re on the inmate’s Approved Visitors List before you make the trip.
• ✓ Plan around the “no pause” rule: if you split the 20 minutes between visitors, the time keeps running during the switch.
• ✓ Build your week around the guarantee that at least one of the two 20-minute visits is scheduled during evenings or weekends.
• ✓ Arrive early so you’re ready when the 20-minute window starts (short visits go fast).