Joe Ney State Jail, TX

Joe Ney State Jail holds visits on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Each in-person session lasts two hours, and the clock starts once both you and the inmate are present—so arrival time matters. Can't make it in person? Remote video visits through the vendor site are available once per month for up to 60 minutes. All visits may be electronically monitored except attorney–client meetings. To schedule, create your own Online Visitation Scheduler account, complete the background questionnaire, and wait for unit staff to verify your relationship request. Each inmate can have up to 10 people on their Visitors List, with changes following the facility's addition/deletion schedule.

Joe Ney State Jail handles communication through vendor-managed services, including Securus remote video visits and an online phone-registration system. Remote video visits run 60 minutes, cost $10.00, and inmates are limited to one per month. To receive phone calls, register your number online using the inmate's TDCJ ID—the registration portal provides the facility's contact numbers. During sign-up, your ID name must match your telephone listing, and you'll need to confirm you own the phone, are 18 or older, and consent to receiving calls. Call forwarding and three-way calls aren't allowed. For scheduling and payments, follow the steps in the approved vendor portal.

Joe Ney State Jail uses TDCJ's centralized digital mail system for most personal correspondence. Address letters to the TDCJ Digital Mail Processing Center, PO Box 660400, Dallas, TX 75266-0400, and include the inmate's full name and TDCJ number. A few categories go directly to the unit instead: legal mail, media mail, and publisher subscriptions. Incoming personal mail gets sorted and screened—accepted pages are scanned and delivered electronically to inmates when permitted. To avoid delays or rejection, follow addressing and content rules, skip contraband or unauthorized items, and remember that books and periodicals generally need to come from publishers or approved sellers. Legal mail follows a separate inspection process at the unit.

Sending money to someone at Joe Ney State Jail comes with strict rules. Only people on the inmate's Approved Visitation list or Inmate Telephone List can make deposits (policy effective Sept. 1, 2020). Mailing funds? Use a money order or cashier's check and include the deposit slip the inmate provides—cash and personal checks aren't accepted. Plan ahead for timing: single transactions of $500 or more are held 14 days before the inmate can access the funds. For commissary orders through eCommDirect, quarterly purchase limits apply: $70 for Jan–Mar, Apr–Jun, and Jul–Sep, and $95 for Oct–Dec. Newly received inmates can't request eCommDirect purchases until the next calendar quarter.