Hutchison State Jail

Hutchison State Jail holds visitation on Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Visits follow a Monday-through-Sunday cycle, and each inmate typically gets one weekend visit per cycle. Regular visits last two hours—the clock starts once both you and the inmate are present at the unit. When scheduling, you may see options like Regular, Contact, and Video/Tablet, though availability varies by inmate and unit. Contact visits allow limited physical contact: one embrace or kiss at the start and end, plus holding hands as long as they stay on top of the table in full view of staff. To schedule, you'll use the TDCJ Online Visitation Scheduler. Create an account, validate it with the emailed 7-digit code, complete the background questionnaire, and follow unit rules—no cell phones, limited coins.

Hutchison State Jail offers video visits through remote kiosks and tablets. Schedule remote kiosk sessions through the vendor website; tablet video visits go through the TDCJ visitation portal. Remote video visits are capped at one 60‑minute session per month, and the vendor charges $10.00 for a 60‑minute remote visit. For phone calls, register your number through Texas Inmate Telephone Friends & Family Enrollment and provide the inmate's TDCJ ID number. Calls can only go to home landlines or post‑paid and pre‑paid cell phones. All calls are monitored and recorded except calls to an attorney of record. The name on your driver license or state ID must match the telephone listing or bill. Note: the vendor requires an AdvanceConnect funded account starting December 1, 2025.

Hutchison State Jail follows TDCJ's centralized digital mail process (effective September 6, 2023). Most incoming personal mail goes to the Digital Mail Processing Center for scanning and upload. Address every item with the inmate's full name and TDCJ number, then mail it to PO Box 660400, Dallas, TX 75266-0400. Include your return address when possible. Some mail skips the central processor: legal mail, media mail, and publisher subscriptions must go directly to the Hutchison unit. If the inmate doesn't have a tablet, the unit provides black-and-white printed copies of scanned correspondence. Inmate-to-inmate mail is inspected and may be rejected if it violates correspondence rules. Inmates authorize new outside correspondents by submitting an I-60 through Unit Records.

Hutchison State Jail holds inmate funds in an Inmate Trust Fund for use during confinement—inmates don't have physical control of that money. Since September 1, 2020, only people on the inmate's Approved Visitor list or Inmate Telephone List can deposit funds. Don't mail cash or personal checks; they won't be accepted and will be returned. If sending funds by mail, use a money order or cashier's check and include the deposit slip provided by the inmate so the payment posts correctly. For other deposit methods, fees, posting times, and vendor options, follow the facility's instructions and keep the approved-sender requirement in mind.